Fortis Academy has been crowned the winner of BMet College’s Prom Package Competition, an exclusive contest run in partnership with Hits Radio. Open to Birmingham secondary schools, the competition gave Year 11 students the chance to win the ultimate prom experience—and Fortis Academy took the top spot! A Surprise Celebration for Fortis Academy Students The […]

BMet Principal and CEO Pat Carvalho has welcomed the appointment of Afzal Hussain as the new Chair of the Corporation. Afzal takes over from Sir Dexter Hutt, who has provided invaluable leadership during his six-year tenure helping BMet to secure it’s Ofsted Good rating. Afzal is an experienced senior leader with a strong track record […]

Colleges and training providers across the West Midlands and Warwickshire have launched a suite of free, online, modular courses to help tackle the region’s leadership and management challenge. A suite of six courses is available, free of charge, on the Skills West Midlands and Warwickshire website. Click here to access the free training courses Leadership […]

In a historic show of unity, leaders from across Birmingham’s public, private, educational and community sectors have signed an Anti-Racist Pledge today (Wednesday 30 October). The pledge was signed at the Birmingham Race Impact Group Biannual Summit titled What’s Changed? Among those pledging their support was BMet Principal and CEO, Pat Carvalho, joining a panel […]

Further Education Training Providers across West Midlands and Warwickshire unveil new one stop shop for employers Skills West Midlands + Warwickshire launched Post 16 training providers say: “We’ve made your business our business” com creates hub to present region’s best training and talent in one place Colleges and training providers across the West Midlands and […]

Thursday 17th August 2023 A Levels, Level 3 BTEC Nationals and Level 3 Technical qualifications Thursday 24th August 2023 GCSEs, Level 1 & 2 BTEC Firsts/Tech Awards and Level 2 BTEC Technical qualifications   You will receive your exam results from 8:30am via an email from the College on the morning of the results days. […]

Thousands of residents and businesses will benefit from new green skills and qualifications – thanks to funding from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA). Achieving the ambition to be carbon neutral by 2041 is a huge challenge, and the WMCA is using its £130m adult education budget to make sure local people have the skills […]

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, Dudley College of Technology and Halesowen College have announced changes to further education delivery in Stourbridge and the Black Country which will ensure that all students and applicants continue to receive an excellent learning experience. The announcement comes following a three month review led by the FE Commissioners team and will see BMet transfer […]

A ‘one year on’ Apprenticeship Levy breakfast event is being hosted by BMet in June. The business breakfast event aims to demystify the world of apprenticeships and offers a unique opportunity for employers to learn from and share best practice with each other. Most importantly they will take away top tips on how to access […]