News
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Friary Fund-Raising Continues as Seward House Break Records
Our recent Seward House Week – raising funds for Midland Air Ambulance – broke the £3,000 barrier for the first time in the school’s history as a remarkable £3082.80 was raised in a single week. The fund-raising programme is led by our student leaders and the school was a buzz […]
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Changes to Bus Timings on Fradley 817 Service Route
Our school has been notified that there will be slight change in the timings Of the 817 bus to school that runs through Alrewas and Fradley before arriving at our school. The new timings from 5 January will be: To School: Alrewas, adj Daisy Lane – 0730 Fradley, adj Wyndham […]
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Garrick House Celebration Assembly – Autumn Term 2025
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 – Sam Willis, William Pemberton, Bethany Worrall, Zia Waldon. Year […]
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Seward House Celebration Assembly – Autumn Term 2025
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 – Lily Wood, Sophia Chan, Oliver Simcox, Sam Thackaberry, Emma Baines, […]
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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 […]
