News
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Welcome to 2026
Happily, the snow proved no obstacle to welcoming students back for the start of the Spring Term. The school’s site staff did a tremendous job in ensuring the site was safe and prepared. For a reminder of our school closure procedure, please see School Closure – The Friary School. Students […]
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School Climate Action Plan
As part of the Department for Education’s commitment to all school’s becoming increasingly committed to making their contribution to climate action and sustainability, all schools have to have a Climate Action Plan in place that ensure the foci are a school priority. This focus is both in terms of school […]
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Old Headteacher For New Headteacher…
Mr Allman’s final day at school was a swathe of goodbyes and farewells as we all head into the Christmas Holidays. The ‘formal’ goodbye from staff saw a comedy sketch about him by Mr Rivers and Mr Perry played out before all staff – who had all donned ‘Allman’ face-masks […]
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Johnson House Celebration Assembly – Autumn Term 2025
The Johnson House Celebration Assembly for the Autumn 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 – Julia Kluk, Chloe Chui, Hayden Moseley, Will Crawford, Francesca Albertazzi, […]
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Friary Fund-Raising Continues as Seward House Break Records
Our recent Seward House Week – raising funds for Midland Air Ambulance – broke the £3,000 barrier for the first time in the school’s history as a remarkable £3082.80 was raised in a single week. The fund-raising programme is led by our student leaders and the school was a buzz […]
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Changes to Bus Timings on Fradley 817 Service Route
Our school has been notified that there will be slight change in the timings Of the 817 bus to school that runs through Alrewas and Fradley before arriving at our school. The new timings from 5 January will be: To School: Alrewas, adj Daisy Lane – 0730 Fradley, adj Wyndham […]
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Garrick House Celebration Assembly – Autumn Term 2025
The Garrick House Celebration Assembly for the Autumn 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 – Sam Willis, William Pemberton, Bethany Worrall, Zia Waldon. Year […]
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Seward House Celebration Assembly – Autumn Term 2025
The Seward House Celebration Assembly for the Autumn 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 Baines, […]
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Darwin House Celebration Assembly – Autumn Term 2025
The Darwin House Celebration Assembly for the Autumn 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, Simao Reves, Louie Hollinsworth, Lily […]
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The Friary Pen Returns
After a brief hiatus, ‘The Friary Pen’ E-Magazine has returned for December 2025 with an array of creative writing which sees reporting, story-telling, poetry and other contributions from students from all ages in our school. A copy of the e-magazine can be viewed here. This school magazine edition focuses on […]
