News
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Christmas Attendance Breakfast Rewards
Those students who attend the best tend to achieve the best exam results – the link is crystal clear in our formal exam results every single year. Of course, not every child is well enough to attend every day, such is life, but very day missed does critically make a […]
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Student Alumni Airbus Careers and Apprenticeship Talk
Student alumni Minhaz Uddin, was welcomed back to The Friary School to deliver an assembly about his Higher Degree Level Apprenticeship with Airbus, the world’s largest airliner manufacturer. It designs, manufactures and sells civil and military aerospace products worldwide. In summertime ex head boy Minhaz gained superb A-Level results, which […]
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Lichfield Science and Engineering Society
The Friary School science department recently received a very generous gift from the Lichfield Science and Engineering Society (LSES). The society donated £1000 for the purchase of a laboratory incubator, which will greatly enhance the practical teaching of microbiology. This valuable addition will benefit students across several year groups, particularly […]
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Yule Log Decorating Competition
Our Hospitality & Catering team are always challenging our students to develop new skills and our latest festive challenge saw them demonstrate how to use a bain-marie in the production of the icing for the yule log! Over 5 classes took part and there were some amazing efforts from the […]
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Darwin House Celebration Assembly – Autumn Term
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 – Ewan Brodie, Archie Kennedy, Beatrice Martin, Isabelle Webb, Jake Bratton, […]
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Garrick House Celebration Assembly – Autumn Term
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 – Cerys Thompson, Harry Elson, Bosco Chan, Sophie Rogers, Dan Sandles, […]
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Seward House Celebration Assembly – Autumn Term
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 – Rutendo Mutezo, Emma Derrick, Jonah Birchall, Eva Hughes, Izzy Bucknall, […]
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Johnson House Celebration Assembly – Autumn Term
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 – George Burgess, Luca Ivey, Oliver Bridges, Luke Hale-Phillips, Hannah Grimshaw, […]
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Year 7 Partnership Evening
Our Year 7 Partnership Evening was very well attended as our new parents arrived hungry to pick up all the key information despite some terrible weather making leaving the house not exactly an appetising adventure. The evening included a presentation from our Headteacher and then a series of other presentations […]
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Christmas Dinner
Our Christmas Dinner is mammoth task – all the trimmings for a bargain price – and weeks of planning came together to feed what seemed like the 5,000 at times as multiple students and staff went large to get two dinners ! The festive plate included turkey, pigs in blankets, […]
