News
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Bus Problems for Fradley, Streethay & Hill Ridware Routes & Issues for Parents Too
We were contacted by Student Transport from Staffordshire County Council yesterday to relate that there will be major road works along Eastern Avenue over the next two weeks. This will involve major road closures and will cause problems with the school bus routes going to and from school. The sections […]
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School Sports Day
School Sports Day went off with a bang as Year 7-10 took to the track and field to do their tutor group and House pride. There were a wide range of events including sprints, distance, long jump, high jump, discus, javelin, shot and more besides. The performances built on the […]
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Year 13 Leavers Assembly & Meal
We said our final goodbye to our Year 13 leavers with our annual Leavers’ Assembly and Meal. At the Leavers’ Assembly we were able to recognise a multitude of student achievements and also gave students the opportunity to vote for their own awards. We are so proud of all of […]
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National Armed Forces Day
Our recent Focus Week celebrated National Armed Forces Day at the Friary with an abundance of activities and visits in and out of school across year groups. During the hottest week of the year, to celebrate the incredible work that the Armed Forces do, the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas […]
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Year 9 Normandy Trip
Our Year 9 excursion to Normandy took record numbers this year with well over 100 students travelling down to Chateau Beaumont near Lavel in Normandy. The long journey down went via the Portsmouth to Caen ferry route – enabling a break on the ferry to watch movies, grab food and […]
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Year 11 Leavers Assembly & Prom
Our Year 11 celebrations proved to be a fantastic end to the cohort’s formal time with us – although we hope to be re-uniting with the majority of them as they move into Sixth Form. The Leavers’ Assembly saw the usual mix of memory-lane photos, entertainment, awards and speeches. The […]
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Sixth Form Park Run
As one of their endeavours to raise money for Pathways, our Sixth Form charity, Year 12 students completed a 5km sponsored Park Run in Beacon Park. A number of our students volunteer weekly at the event, as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award, so they were able to […]
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Cannock and District Tennis Tournament
In the week Wimbledon returns, so did the Cannock and District Tennis Tournament. On Monday, our U13s pairs took on 5 other schools in round robins matches, each played the best of 3. This was the first year of competing for our year 7 girls’ pair and they played brilliantly, […]
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Swimming Gala Success
The annual swimming gala took place at Cheslyn Hay Leisure Centre on Friday and we had secured one of the 6 lanes on offer to compete. We arrived with 25 pupils’ boys and girls from Years 7-9 ready to compete in 38 races, including individual 50m and 25-meter relays. Each […]
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Sixth Form Senior 7 for 2024-2025
Our Sixth Form Senior Seven is made up of seven senior student leadership roles which include the Head Boy and Head Girl, as well as a Deputy Head Boy & Girl, a Charity Co-Ordinator, an Events Co-Ordinator and a Chair of the School Council. All of these roles are taken […]
