News
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Darwin House Celebration Assembly – Autumn Term 2025
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 – Audrey Wu, Callie Meakin, Simao Reves, Louie Hollinsworth, Lily […]
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The Friary Pen Returns
After a brief hiatus, ‘The Friary Pen’ E-Magazine has returned for December 2025 with an array of creative writing which sees reporting, story-telling, poetry and other contributions from students from all ages in our school. A copy of the e-magazine can be viewed here. This school magazine edition focuses on […]
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Friary Environment Commitment
This school year our Focus Week programme is littered with environmental-themed topics designed to broaden the students awareness of the climate and environmental crisis which is gripping our planet. These weeks include * World Clean-Up Day * Second-Hand September * Remembrance (Environmental Impact of War) * Road Safety Week (Electric […]
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Recycling at Christmas Focus Week
As part of our latest environmentally-themed Focus Week, our students have been exploring the issue of recycling before they head into the ultimate period of mass consumption – Christmas. Lichfield District Council came in to talk with Year 7 about ‘’What happens to your rubbish?’ and an exercise in rooting […]
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Parent Workship on Reading
We continually monitor students’ learning progress in order to identify any difficulties and provide support which will allow every student to achieve their best. For many students a barrier to reading greatly impacts their access to learning. Through intervention and Quality First Teaching we encourage students to use strategies specifically […]
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Christmas Carol Concert at Lichfield Cathedral
Our annual Christmas Carols Concert, staged at Lichfield Cathedral, was a resounding success as a large audience of children, staff and families watched over 100 students sing, play and read as part of our Christmas festivities. Our school choirs performed a range of songs including a Folk Ensemble with ‘What […]
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Year 11 House Debating Competition – Christianity & Christmas
Our Year 11s were getting into the Christmas spirit this week with a lively debate on the motion, ‘Nowadays, Christmas has nothing to do with Christianity,’ as part of our Meaning of Christmas focus week. All teams put up a good verbal fight, but the judges, Lyse Edwards (school governor), […]
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School Christmas Dinner
Our catering team pulled out all the stops by serving a fantastic Christmas dinner that saw over 800 students and staff tuck into their first Xmas plate of the season in just two half-hour sittings. The Christmas plate includes turkey and all the trimmings, there were desserts, crackers were abound, […]
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Whole-School Show – The Addams Family
Our Autumn Whole-School Show, ‘The Addams Family’, played out to 4 full houses – three evenings and a matinee as audiences were treated to a superb production telling the tale of one of the most iconic famous families for all generations. The grand set – a monster to assemble – […]
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Sixth Form and Rotary Club Shoe Box Appeal
Each year our school co-ordinates a collection for The Rotary Club Shoebox Appeal through our close partnership with Lichfield St Chad Rotary Club. The scheme has been operating for 30 years and aims to deliver gifts for babies, children, teenagers and households in the most deprived communities in Eastern Europe. […]
