Academy Life
Parent Information
Below you will find copies of letters for parents/carers and useful links to support your child at school.
Parent/Carer Letters
Summer Term 2025
17.06.25 Reminder – Uniform Grants Still Available
28.05.25 Reminder – School Skirts
Spring Term 2025
11.04.25 Trial Launch of New Consequence System
21.03.25 Fairfax Skirt Update
17.03.25 Letter Regarding SNUS
14.03.25 Parent-Staff Communication
10.03.25 Parental Online Safety Letter
03.02.25 Operation Encompass
29.01.25 Detentions & Maintaining High Standards
06.01.25 Return to School Letter
Autumn Term 2024
02.12.24 Change to Last Day of Christmas Term
18.11.24 Extreme Weather Guidance
21.10.24 Eisteddfod Programme Competition
18.10.24 Principal’s Letter
15.10.24 WMP Safety Letter
11.10.24 Y7-9 Assessment Weeks Letter
10.10.24 Student Mental Health Letter
06.10.24 Parental Survey Letter
03.10.24 Online Safety Letter
27.09.24 Principal’s Letter
03.09.24 Return to School Letter
Fairfax uses ParentPay as its online payment system. It allows parents/carers to pay quickly and securely for school meals, trips and activities, music lessons and revision guides etc.
You simply top-up your ParentPay account online by debit or credit card. Your ParentPay balance can be used immediately to pay for any of items on your child’s account. Should you need login details, please contact Reception.
Please click on the link below to access the site:
ParentPay – Leading Cashless Payment System for Schools
Free School Meals
The link below will take you directly to the online application process through Birmingham City Council:
Online FSM Application
My Child at School (MCAS)
Fairfax Academy uses a computer information system called Bromcom. This system is supported by a portal for parents/carers called ‘My Child at School’ (MCAS).
Please click on the link below for instructions to set up your MCAS account.
MCAS Parental Guide
Reporting Your Child Absent
As a parent you want your child to always be feeling their best for school and when they are not feeling very well it can be confusing to decide whether they should go to school or not.
The guide via the link below will help you understand what illnesses you should keep your child home from school for and what actions you should take so that your child feels better and communication with the school is effective.
All absences (Years 7-11) should be called through to the school on 0121 378 1288 Option 1 before 8:00am.
Sixth Form absences should be reported on 0121 378 1288 ext 3260/3309 before 8:00am
Alternatively email ff-attendance@fairfax.fmat.co.uk
Permission to Administer Medicine
Where ever possible we encourage students to take their medication at home before the school day and on their return. Where this is not possible and you require your child to receive medication during the school day, please complete and return the form in the link above.
Information Evening Presentations
Free Accredited Courses on mental health, ASC, Counselling for parents and teachers
The AIM Group deliver Free online Level 2 Accredited Courses to Parents to help better understand some key issues around young people’s mental health and wellbeing, along with a range of other qualifications that may help with developing your own careers.
Here’s some of the most popular subjects available:
• Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (Most popular)
• Understanding Children and Young Peoples Mental Health
• Understanding Behaviour That Challenges
• Counselling Skills
• Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties
• Understanding Autism
• Bullying in children and young people
These are just the popular qualifications, but they have over 30 available.
The qualifications are completed online within a 12-week period in your own leisure. They are equivalent to a GCSE Grade C and certificated upon completion. You can do as many as you like, however you can just do one at a time.
The only criteria you must meet to be eligible, is:
Aged 19 or over on or before 31st August 2024
Have lived in the UK/EU for 3+ years
Not already on a Government funded course
If you are interested in undertaking one of these Free Online courses or would like further information, then please register your interest via this link: FREE Courses – Registration Form
Liam Duly (from The AIM Group) will then discuss the courses with you and complete the set up.
