News
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Increased Maximum Spend in School Canteen
We have made the decision to extend the maximum spend in our school canteen from £5 to £7. This will take effect from Monday 11 October and will be applied via ParentPay. This decision stems from us moving out of the COVID restrictions and extending our breakfast and after-school provision. […]
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Y13 Debating – ‘The #MeToo Movement has run its course’
Well done to all the students who took part in the debates over the last few days. The topic, ‘The #MeToo Movement has run its course’, created some real passion amongst Year 13 and maintained focus on topicality and awareness of world issues that we seek to push at the school. The […]
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PTFA Oktoberfest
A sure sign that COVID was at least partly on the wane was the re-appearance on the PTFA calendar of our annual Oktoberfest bash. The event was well attended and saw live oompah music, beers, bratwurst, gin bars and more besides and the mixed crowed of parents, staff and just […]
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Year 7 Reading Rewards Scheme
Our Year 7s are being inspired to read through our new, fun and interactive reading initiative called Reading Rewards. It is an online reading log and incentive program, which also has an app for smart phones. Students log the books they are reading and how long they have spent reading them […]
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Prize Giving Evening
This year saw the return of our annual Prize Giving Award Ceremony and we were delighted to host an evening of celebration with fifty plus students receiving awards from across a range of categories. Subject Awards were given out to those who had demonstrated particular academic success across either KS3 […]
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New Email Addresses for Staff & Students
Parents will be aware that our school is a member of the Greywood Multi-Schools Trust and that we work closely with Queen’s Croft Special School (Lichfield) and Henry Chadwick Primary School (Hill Ridware).There have been some significant benefits of academy conversion; for example, partnership work on teaching provision and over […]
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Open Evening
It was fantastic to see so many enthusiastic and bubbly Year 6’s at our Open Evening and we’re hopeful we’ll have many of them with us in September 2022. The evening included a presentation by the Headteacher and an opportunity to tour the whole site with student guides so that […]
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Garrick House – Harvesting for Lichfield Food Bank
Garrick House students voted Lichfield Foodbank their local charity to support and the charity’s annual food collection for Harvest Festival is well under way again this year. Last year they collected 2 ½ tonnes of food and Garrick House are leading the way in helping them to beat it this […]
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Sixth Form Engineering Education Scheme
After making a bid to Lichfield’s Conduit Lands Trust, the Friary School’s application for funding to support a new student project has been accepted – and we are delighted ! The Conduit Lands Trust is a longstanding local charity dedicated to helping further the education of Lichfield’s young residents. We […]
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Peer-on-Peer Abuse / Sexual Harassment
As a school we work with a wide range of local agencies to prepare our students for growing up in today’s world and preparing themselves for the world of work. One key aspect that we have rightly seen hit the headlines over the last year has been misogyny and sexual […]
