News
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Careers Pathways Assembly – RAF
Today Year 10 students were joined by Sgt Clayton from the RAF. The visit was to raise awareness of the many meaningful careers within the RAF and to help support our students with career options. The RAF offers a wide range of careers for officers, air and space operations, logistics, […]
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Raising Aspirations Programme – Rodbaston college visit
As part of our Raising Aspirations programme, a group of Year 10 and 11 students visited South Staffordshire College Rodbaston to explore the college campus and look at post-16 education options. The students, led by Mrs Stubbs and Ms Ptolomey, learned about various qualifications on offer, and a tour took […]
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Hot Chocolate with the Head
This week saw Bethany, Nancie, and Jonny nominated by their respective Heads of House. Jonny, the nominee for Seward House, put in a Man of the Match performance in last week’s Y9 boys football game, helping to steer his side to the District Cup Final. He performs well off the […]
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Johnson House Celebration Assembly – Spring Term
The Johnson House Celebration Assembly for the Spring Term saw multiple winners celebrated including: Academic Progress Awards: These awards are based on both results and progress so all students can take an award no matter what their ability: Year 11 – Chloe Chui, Hayden Moseley, Joe Wilkes and Madeleine Lydall. Year […]
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Darwin House Celebration Assembly – Spring Term
The Darwin House Celebration Assembly for the Spring term saw multiple winners celebrated including: Academic Progress Awards: These awards are based on both results and progress so all students can take an award no matter what their ability: Year 11 – Audrey Wu, Callie Meakin, Louie Hollinsworth, Simao Reves, Lucy Arrowsmith, […]
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Garrick House Celebration Assembly – Spring Term
The Garrick House Celebration Assembly for the Spring Term saw multiple winners celebrated including: Academic Progress Awards: These awards are based on both results and progress so all students can take an award no matter what their ability: Year 11 – Adam Brown, Harry Plumridge, Jack Smith, Lucia Piskova, Oliver […]
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Seward House Celebration Assembly – Spring Term
The Seward House Celebration Assembly for the Spring Term saw multiple winners celebrated including: Academic Progress Awards: These awards are based on both results and progress so all students can take an award no matter what their ability: Year 11 – Lily Wood, Sophia Chan, Oliver Simcox, Sam Thackaberry , Emma […]
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Encore 2026
The Spring Term ended with the performing arts extravaganza that is our annual ‘Encore’ variety show. A stellar range of dance, dramatic and musical performances took on this year’s theme of ‘Amore’. The entire production involved an incredible 181 students – almost 15% of the school. Playing two packed-out shows, […]
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New online safety resources on both GOV.UK and Friary websites
Together with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), the Department for Education (DfE) have published new resources on their ‘Kids online safety’ website to help parents and carers understand and get support for online bullying and gaming. The updated website can be accessed here: Kids online safety The Friary is proud to […]
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The Friary Pen – Spring edition
The Friary Pen’s Spring edition is a vibrant collection of student writing inspired by the themes of spring, renewal, resilience, and nature. It includes poetry, short reflective pieces, and creative monologues, along with artwork and a voting section for favourite submissions to our Spring photography competition. There is a QR […]
