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  • Year 11 – The Year Ahead…

    Year 11 – The Year Ahead…

    This is a big year for our Year 11 and we have mapped out a whole series of sessions, mock exams and boosters to help them peak for the Summer 2019 exams. There are just 26 weeks till the formal GCSE exams begin but there are also a number of […]

     
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  • Open Evening Video – This is The Friary

    We have been inundated with requests to see the video production from last night’s Open Evening which gives an idea of what it is like to come to our school from the arrival at the front gates in Year 7 to the opening the brown envelopes containing the exam results […]

     
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  • Open Evening – Thursday 27th September

    Open Evening – Thursday 27th September

    The Friary School’s Open Evening starts at 6.00pm on Thursday 27th September and we are looking forward to meeting some fantastic Year 6s who will be weighing up which secondary school will be best for them. The event is usually very well attended and though extensive car parking will be […]

     
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  • Looking to Summer 2021

    Looking to Summer 2021

    Parents of older students will be well aware of our extensive after-school booster programme and our popular Saturday School sessions which attract well over 100 students each weekend as the final exams loom. Even so, as we continue to improve our school, we are now looking to get our younger […]

     
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  • Year 11 Visit Paris

    Year 11 Visit Paris

    Our Year 11 GCSE French student enjoyed a fantastic trip to Paris which combined spectacular sightseeing with an intense review of grades and the path to exam success next summer. The first full day (Saturday) saw student visit the Arc de Triomphe, walk the Champs Elysees, cut down to the […]

     
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  • Fantastic Start to the New Sixth Form Year

    Fantastic Start to the New Sixth Form Year

    The Summer 2018 Sixth Form results only revealed what a talented band of students we are losing as they head off to universities, higher-level apprenticeships, gap years and employment. Even so, our new Year 13s have stepped up as student leaders and the new Year 12s look like they will […]

     
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  • The Senior Six

    The Senior Six

    Student voice is an important part of school life with lively and active House Council and School Councils covering a wide range of topics for their peers every year. Every year though we have the student leaders at the top of the school and these make-up the Senior Six. They […]

     
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  • PTFA’s Oktoberfest II – Coming to The Friary School

    PTFA’s Oktoberfest II – Coming to The Friary School

    This September we kick off our PTFA calendar with the hugely successful ‘Friary Oktoberfest’!  Once again we will be creating a Bavarian styled venue to house an evening of music and real ale all in aid of raising vital funds for our school. Each year our dedicated PTFA comprising of […]

     
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  • GCSE Success at The Friary School

    GCSE Success at The Friary School

    Having emerged last year as the 4th highest-ranked school in Staffordshire for the all-important progress measure, our Year 11s were under pressure to match up to their counterparts and we are delighted to say that the ‘Class of 2018’ have matched up. Our English Department performed superbly again with outstanding […]

     
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  • Starting Autumn Term 2018

    Starting Autumn Term 2018

    We are looking forward to seeing all of our students again for the star of the new term on Wednesday 5th September. Our new Year 7 students should arrive for a 8.45am start in the theatre and then will spend their time up to break re-familiarising themselves with the school, […]

     
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