News
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‘Wind in the Willows’ – Tickets Available
Tickers are now available for our Whole-School Performance of ‘Wind in the Willows’. The show runs evenings from Wednesday 4 December to Saturday 7 December, as well as an afternoon matinee on the Saturday. The tickets can be purchased online at: https://yourboxoffice.co.uk/the-friary-school/653-the-wind-in-the-willows Matt Allman, Headteacher, said: “We have a lot […]
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U13 Girls Hockey Tournament
Despite a cold wintry night the girls battled in a friendly hockey tournament hosted by EDA. The Friary played against Cathedral, EDA, King Edwards and Chase Grammar with a score sheet of four draws and one loss. The majority of goals came from Poppy Grimshaw and Gabriella Cole-Pearce which came […]
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Sixth Form Open Evening
The Sixth Form Open Evening was very well attended and presented the specific approaches and features that mark our provision out as one of the very strongest in the district. The key messages related to: 1. Our smaller setting so that no child gets lost as just a face in […]
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World Food Day
Our World Food Day celebrations saw a hectic week organised by the Science Department that brought thoughts, tastes and awareness to the minds of every student. The assembly week focussed on the level of hunger in the world and practical ways that we can all help achieve the target of […]
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Interact Club – Feeding Birmingham’s Homeless
Jade Athwal, a key member of the school’s Interact Club, which operates on partnership with Lichfield St Chad Rotary, has been making an impact with her charity work in the wider community. Jade volunteers with the Midland Langar Seva Society and, along with other Sikhs, supports homeless people by collecting […]
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Year 8 Partnership Evening
Swift on the heels of the Year 9 Partnership Evening came the Year 8 one and, though some messages remained the same, the emphasis was suitably different. In many schools, Year 8 can be a missed year – not the shiny newness of Year 7s, and not the threshold of […]
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Working with Lichfield Cathedral’s ‘In the Image and Likeness’ Exhibition
The Friary School have been working with Lichfield Cathedral on their latest art installation, following on from the success of doves of peace project last year. This year we are supporting the Cathedral’s engagement programme with a project entitled ‘In the Image and Likeness’ that will celebrate our personal journeys, […]
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Remembrance
Our annual Remembrance commemorations ran this week in the run up to Remembrance Sunday. Student representatives travelled to the National Arboretum to lay our annual wreath in memory of those who have lost their lives serving our country. Elsewhere, there was an exhibition about the First and Second World War […]
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Y9 Partnership Evening
Our recent Year 9 Partnership Evening was well attended and mapped out the route for our Year 9 students towards Pathways Evening, towards formal GCSE-level qualifications, and towards thoughts of Sixth Form and post-school life. There were a range of drop-in sessions focusing on boys achievement, core subjects and learning […]
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Consultation on Admission Policy (October – December 2019)
The Admission Code of Practice (2012) requires an Admissions Authority to consult each time it proposes to make changes to its admission arrangements. Consequently, the Governing Body of The Friary School, as part of the Greywood Multi-Schools Trust, are consulting on our admission arrangements for 2021-2022. The proposed admission arrangements […]
