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Students and staff from BMet College joined a trio of virtual celebrations today (15 October) designed to inspire participants and showcase student success. The three concurrent events recognised the college’s Student Star of the Month Awards and World Students Day, alongside Black History Month – commemorated by a captivating presentation by acclaimed Birmingham-based artist and […]

BMet Sport Academies at Sutton Coldfield College are back in action and raring to go after a long unprecedented break due to COVID19. Since March, sport student enthusiasts at the college have had to put their passions for team games, competitions and challenges on hold, to be safe and in line with national Government advice. […]

BMet is gearing up for a series of ‘virtual open events” next week (12 October to 15 October) in the shape of live information sessions, Q&As, careers advice, and how to apply details. The ‘Virtual Open Events’ are designed to give parents and prospective students a chance to find out more about the fantastic range of […]

The hard work and positive achievements of BMet’s interim payroll manager has led to national recognition by a leading global recruitment agency. Samantha Lancaster was nominated for the Payroller of the Year award by Hays Recruitment Agency and was one of only four people to be chosen as a highly commended winner. The leading agency […]

Students and staff at BMet College are embracing Black History Month with a series of unique forward-thinking and engaging cultural activities. Throughout October, there will be the opportunity for the college community to take part in range of virtual and college-hosted events. All activity has been designed to celebrate positive contributions of key figures within […]

We re-opened our college buildings at the start of September and continue to put in several safety measures. We have done all we can to make it a safe environment for staff and students and visitors to BMet. Our priority is to ensure all those coming into college feel safe. We are asking students to […]

A careers, advice and guidance apprentice at BMet is one step closer to reaching his career goals after being selected as a finalist at a regional awards ceremony recognising young professionals. Joel Harrison, who works as an employer contact officer at the college, will be joining 49 other young professionals this Friday (28 August) – […]

GCSE students at BMet have had excellent news today after receiving their results – in what is a record year of success for the college. 900 students have achieved grade 4s and above today, all of whom left school without a Grade 4 in English or Maths GCSE (Thursday 20 August 2020). Of those 900 […]

BMet have received the following announcement from Pearson: Following Ofqual’s announcement that A Level and GCSE students are to receive Centre Assessment Grades, Pearson have reviewed the impact on BTEC students and taken on board feedback from teachers, schools and colleges. Following their review and the feedback they have decided to apply Ofqual’s principles for […]

BMet is today celebrating exam success with students but has strong reservations on how A level grades were awarded. A level students at BMet’s Sutton Coldfield College achieved a 99% pass rate and 55% of students guaranteed their place at university on the spot. The vocational pass rate for Level 3 BMet students was 100%.   […]