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Sixth Form Road Safety Awareness
Year 12 and Year 13 students recently had road safety assemblies, delivered by Stuart Allen, Road Safety Officer for Staffordshire County Council. Stuart is an ex-police officer, and the delivery of his assembly, with his own knowledge and experience, is always engaging and hard hitting for students. They learnt about […]
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Year 11 Golden Tickets
As part of incentivising Year 11 students to push hard for their formal exams, we have set up a Willy Wonka Golden Ticket-style scheme that see prize draws for different measures regularly made. The tickets then go into a prize draw of free Prom tickets, festive goodies, etc. The first […]
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Year 8 & 10 Netball
Our Year 10 and 8 Netball teams came up against Cannock Chase High School in our latest league matches. Year 10 started well, dominating possession, and passing the ball well around the court, going into half time on top. Cannock Chase’s half-time team talk clearly made a difference to their […]
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Staff CPD – Friary Framework Training
The Friary Framework provides a basis for everything that is essential to high-quality teaching and learning at The Friary School. We have our own model of teaching and assessment and believe this provides the bedrock of our school’s success. Each Autumn term, all staff participate in CPD training which revisits […]
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Sixth Form Trip To See ‘Othello’
In preparation for A Level English Literature exams, Year 12 and Year 13 students to see the Royal Shakespeare Company’s latest production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, ‘Othello’. For some, it was their first visit to Stratford-Upon-Avon, so as well as being able to enjoy the theatre, they were able to see […]
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World Expedition with Projects Abroad to Costa Rica
We are looking to run a two-week expedition to Costa Rica for current Year 10s-12s in July 2026 and sign ups will be called for next week. The trip builds on the success of past expeditions to Croatia, Borneo, Cambodia, and our 2025 adventure to Eswatini and South Africa. This […]
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The Friary School PTFA Christmas Raffle
It’s that time of year when we launch our Friary PTFA Christmas Raffle and try to raise extra funds for school projects to be launched over the next year. This year the Christmas Raffle will again be running as a text raffle. All you need to do is text keyword: FRIARY24 to the number: […]
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School Christmas Dinner is Coming
Our hugely popular Christmas Dinner is taking place on Thursday 12 December and at only £2.58 is a miracle of modern catering. The meal includes Roast Chicken, Stuffing, Pigs in Blankets and Seasonal Vegetables. There will also be a Christmas Dessert and vegetarians can enjoy a Quorn Fillet with trimming […]
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Vysions Winter Programme – Free Xmas Holiday Activities & Food
The Winter HAF Programme is rolling out where children aged 11-16 can get free breakfast, lunch and dinner between 9.00am-6.00pm over the Xmas periods. Those children who qualify for HAF get it free, but anyone else can access the provision for just £7 per day. There will also be a […]
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Y12 House Debating Competition – ‘Domestic violence is accepted as the norm in the UK’
As part of our focus week on Action Against Domestic Violence, our Y12 students engaged in a lively debate addressing the motion: ‘Domestic violence is accepted as the norm in the UK’. During the debate, the teams explored a variety of arguments including the representation of domestic violence in films […]
