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Top trumpeter Alison Balsom works with Tipton children to encourage more youngsters to take up an instrument
Retail & Consumer
Award-winning musician explains why she has become an ambassador for musical education and keen to pass on her experience to the next generation
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University of Birmingham school inundated a year before it opens
Economic Development
The unique school could eventually rival fee-paying establishments as 1,600 parents sign up to attend open days
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Apple founder Steve Wozniak: Entrepreneurs are leading the way in digital age
Economic Development
Man who built the first Macintosh computer in a garage alongside friend Steve Jobs, is appearing at the National Entrepreneurs Convention, at the ICC
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Home of the week: 拢1,100,000 The Old Rectory at Alveston
Retail & Consumer
An architect who built houses of God also made living quarters for his representatives, reports Alison Jones
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West Midlands parents paying tens of thousands to be near top state schools
Economic Development
Families living in the postal district of Bishop Vesey鈥檚 Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield are forking out 79 per cent more for their property than the county average
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Number of 30-plus classes in West Midlands soars
Economic Development
Labour accused the Government of squandering money on pet projects such as free schools instead of providing more teachers and classrooms where they were needed
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Chris Game: George Dixon and Birmingham's first School Board elections in 1870
Opinion
School boards were empowered to make attendance compulsory for five to 13-year olds, but not until 1880 were they required to.
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'Birmingham Baccalaureate' skills policy hangs in balance
Economic Development
The Birmingham Baccalaureate has now ended and, with the children set to return to the classroom from September, no new deal has been signed.
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Other countries do without governors - so why can't we?
Opinion
Lots of other countries manage without governors. If we want to continue this historic custom, it needs a modern re-think.
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A new chance to create a modern garden suburb
Opinion
Birmingham is getting bigger because it is a successful and popular city where people want to live
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Trojan Horse inquiry uncovers campaign of 'aggressive Islamic ethos'
Economic Development
Pupils branded "kaffir" if they did not attend prayers and non-Muslim children excluded from school trips designed to teach languages but which were really religious pilgrimages
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Tributes paid after long-serving doctor Peter Pollitt passes away
Economic Development
Peter Pollitt ran his own surgery as well as working in casualty at the old Walsall General Hospital
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Glee may have to change name when shown in 海角视频
Economic Development
Court decision follows victory in trademark case by Birmingham-based comedy club chain
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End blame game over Trojan Horse says MP
Economic Development
Gisela Stuart calls for MPs, Government and city council to focus on solutions rather than blaming one another
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Gisela Stuart MP: City must take a long look at itself in wake of Trojan Horse
Economic Development
The extreme fragmentation we have seen here has not happened in other places.
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Lioncourt Homes submits plans for 800-home development
Economic Development
Five-year project to regenerate 104 acres of land takes significant step forward
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Javid believes inner-city is hotbed of cricket talent
Economic Development
All-rounder insists next generation can follow him into the pro game.
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Architecture of schools can help to build and shape next generation
Opinion
Does the architectural design of a school affect the quality of learning that goes on there?
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Bloodhound supersonic car en route to region
Manufacturing
Walsall College to host a week of events aimed at inspiring next generation of engineers
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A third of Birmingham pupils miss out on first school place
Economic Development
Newly published Government figures revealed a total of 31.3 per cent of city youngsters due to enter Year 7 this September were not offered their top preference
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Sir Albert Bore fights off John Clancy in Birmingham City Council leadership challenge
Economic Development
Labour councillors, meeting in private, voted by 47 to 27 in support of the 68-year-old leader
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Birmingham leadership challenger promises top jobs for colleagues
Economic Development
Birmingham's 77 Labour councillors meet in private on Saturday to decide whether to reappoint current leader Sir Albert Bore or back the challenge from Quinton councillor John Clancy
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The man creating a school that's in a class of its own
Economic Development
The new University of Birmingham School is not a free school or academy - it's in a category of its own as the first secondary university training school in the 海角视频. Principal Mike Roden tells Hannah Hiles about the challenge of building the school.
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Half of city primary schools still unable to provide free dinners
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Almost half of city council-controlled infant and primary schools are not yet ready to provide free meals to pupils.
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