Major plans to demolish and replace the majority of an Oldbury school have been approved. Six old buildings at Perryfields Academy in Oldacre Road, Oldbury, will be knocked down to make way for a ...

Major plans to demolish and replace the majority of an Oldbury school are to be decided next week. Six old buildings at Perryfields Academy in Oldacre Road, Oldbury, would be knocked down to make for ...

AHH the good old days, when if matron caught you swearing you were made to stand in front of her desk with a bar of carbolic soap in your mouth for 15 minutes. A bit Dickensian but that’ll learn yer.

Perryfields Academy have confirmed they will once again be offering free uniform and PE kit to all new students to allow them to “Wear the badge with pride”. Sign up for the top news stories every day ...

Housing association Bromford has completed a deal with Taylor Wimpey that paves the way for the creation of more than 200 affordable homes in Bromsgrove. The company has completed the purchase of a ...

A secondary school is trying to track down two former pupils from the 1990s after workmen found their names scrawled on a wooden beam. "Cooke & Chedd 97" were the words revealed under the stage in the ...

The rate at which primary school pupils are being suspended from state schools in England has more than doubled in a decade, BBC analysis suggests. New data released on Thursday showed over 37,000 ...

Weather warnings are in place across parts of the country as snow continues to fall causing travel disruption and school closures. Here is a list of school closures in the Black Country so far: In a ...

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Detailed plans for hundreds of homes, which represent the second phase of a landmark development in Bromsgrove, have been submitted. Taylor Wimpey is seeking reserved matters approval for the ...

A headteacher has broken her silence after Oldbury schoolchildren were kept in class while police dealt with a nearby 'disturbance' involving a gang of youths. Claire Harris said police advised ...