News
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Sixth Formers Secure Top Apprenticeships
Our school very much encourages students to apply for apprenticeships as it can often be a much better route to take than the traditional university route, what with funding, loans, etc. Consequently, we make sure our students and parents have lots of opportunities to interact with employers and apprenticeship provides […]
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Friary Celebrations for Sixth Form Results
The Friary School was thrilled to see their Sixth Form students achieve stand-out exam results after the hard work and commitment they had put in over the last two years. Overwhelming numbers of students got into their first-choice universities, there were fantastic apprenticeships taken up, and average grades and progress […]
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School Welcomes Cabinet Member for Education & SEND
Our school was fortunate to welcome Janet Higgins, Staffordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Education & SEND, and the Reform County Councillor for Lichfield Rural West, to our school. The visit brought the opportunity for school leaders to talk about case studies and wider issues including SEND and curriculum. Elsewhere, […]
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Attendance Rewards
Amongst our busy end of term we found time to reward those students who had the best attendance, or who had made real efforts to improve their attendance rates after a period of absence. We always look for new and exciting ways to reward our students so this time we […]
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GCSE RE Visit to Local Mosque
Our Year 10 GCSE RE students visited a local mosque and met with two female Muslims about their faith and gender equality in Islamic Britain. Following this, our students met with the Mosque’s Imam who talked about the local Muslim community and the inter-faith work they’re doing with the Christian, […]
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Garrick Take House Current Affairs Quiz Title
One of our any House Competitions sees tutor groups representing their Houses in our weekly Current Affairs Quiz Competition. Each week students get asked in their tutor groups get asked questions about the news that week, as well as questions about the Focus Week theme we explore as a school […]
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World Challenge Expedition to South Africa & Eswatini
This year’s World Challenge expedition headed off to South Africa and Eswatini and Southern Africa offered a lifetime of memories to the hardy students and staff who brave the wilds. The programme saw community work, a lengthy mountainous trek, a safari and the general experience of the wonderful hustle-and-bustle of […]
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Darwin House Win House Cup
Darwin House emerged victorious in the battle for the House Cup – beating Seward House who had seemingly had a stranglehold on the trophy. Seward did get some revenge by winning Sports Day! This House Cup victory meant Darwin House took centre stage all morning on Rewards Day with our […]
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Summer Sizzler
Our Summer Sizzler went bigger and bolder than ever with more of everything as we went all our with our wonderful PTFA to raise school funds but more important to give record numbers of students a chance to perform on the big festival stage. Our new staging system was hugely […]
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Baseball and Cheerleading Camps – July 2025
Wade Street Church is at The Friary School this summer – between 21 July – 25 July 2025 – running both a baseball and cheerleading camp. There are sessions for both 8-11 year olds and 12-17 year olds, and there is even a taster session for 3-7 year olds too., […]
