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Staffordshire Youth Commission: Education and Mental Health Research
The Staffordshire Youth Commission has today launched two surveys looking at the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on education and the mental health of students and parents. The Youth Commission would be extremely grateful if students and parents could support them in completing these surveys by Thursday 10 September: The […]
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Doing the ‘One-Way’ System
One of our key methods for securing your safety is to implement a ‘one-way’ system around the school site. This is a key component of our COVID structures and follows guidance from the Department for Education and out Health & Safety support team. The ‘one-way’ system is a non-negotiable – […]
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Parent Reminders for School Re-Opening
With school re-opening on Thursday 3 September, we wanted to again flag up the extras that you should kit your child up with that go beyond the usual uniform, pencil cases and school bags. We would recommend that your child brings: § Their own tissues § Their own hand sanitiser […]
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Return to School Update – 26 August 2020
The following message has been sent to all parents via email and is now published on our website and social media accounts. It is vital that all parents discuss the details with their child before they return to school. Letter to Parents / Carers: All, I am contacting you with […]
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Home to School Transport – Autumn 2020
The following message comes from Staffordshire County Council’s Transport Team and related to school transport in the new term. Full details can be found at https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Education/Schooltransport/homepage.aspx and they can be contacted by telephone on 0300 111 8000 or via email on student.transport@staffordshire.gov.uk. It is important to note that we as […]
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GCSE Results Day
We had thought that A-Level Results Day was tumultuous but by the time we go to the Y11 Results Day there was a whole new level of challenge to deal with. Indeed, this has continued throughout the week and will unfortunately be with us for some time yet. Even so, […]
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Vocational Results Update – Summer 2020
We have already provided information on this topic via discussions with students and parents, emails, and Results Day envelopes, but we wanted to flag up once more that there are due to be changes in these results. This guidance applies to BTECs and OCR Nationals and comes after the results […]
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Request for School Uniform
Everyone will be well aware of the current tough economic climate and this is bringing an increase in requests for support with school uniform. If any families have old uniform that their children have grown out of, but it is still in good condition, we will take all donations at […]
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Friary Sixth Formers Heading across the UK
Year 13 students are remaining positive despite the exam furore and so many have secured fantastic university places on the back of their efforts at our school over the last seven years. Just a small sample of the university places shows the students are heading across the country: Isabella Acton […]
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A-Level Results Day
Amidst a chaotic national picture, there was lots to celebrate amongst our Sixth Formers, and we are incredibly proud of so many of our students who achieved outstanding results. This cohort of students represented a Year 11 cohort who achieved excellent GCSE results and they have now gone on to […]
