News
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National Pet Month
Students and staff celebrated all things animal-related, with our annual Pet Week Focus Week. Always a highlight on the school calendar, the week saw the usual menagerie of animals gracing the school buildings – much to the chagrin of Sadie, our resident Hub dog, and Jinx, our canine attendance assistant. […]
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Year 11 Pre-Exam Briefings, Drop-Downs, After-School Boosters & Saturday Schools
As we plough into the Year 11 exam season our school is providing extensive support for our students as they face up their vital exams. This support comes in a range of formats: Pre-Exam Briefings These take place between 8.40am-9.00am before morning exams and between 12.40pm-1.55pm before afternoon exams. They […]
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Praise for Friary Students from Chasetown Youth FC
Year 8 Friary students received high praise from Michael White, the Chasetown Youth FC manager of the Under 13 team, who led the team as they took part in a 2-day football tournament with R&T Tours at the Alton Towers Football Festival 2025. The students were: Larry Barnett, Luke Bebbington, […]
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The Friary School Hosts Primitas SEND Conference
We are delighted to be hosting a free SEND Conference as part of our Trust’s commitment to work with partners from across the country so that we can all connect, learn and grow together in supporting special educational needs in our settings. The event has a wide range of excellent […]
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Bank Holiday School Closure
Just a reminder to students and parents that our school will be closed for the Bank Holiday on Monday 5 May. Matt Allman, Headteacher, said: “All those students who are missing school have plenty of work set online as part of our regular homework and our older students have formal […]
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Bingo Attendance Rewards
As part of celebrating the attendance records of students, those students with the lowest rates of absence were invited to a Bingo Rewards Event which saw students play along to win Easter themed prizes as a reward for their great attendance. The Department for Education judges good attendance to be […]
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Year 7 Netball Tournament
Year 7 netballers took part in their first Netball Tournament playing against seven schools in Cannock and District. All every excited to have more game time, the girls came up against tough competition in their first game, against Kingsmead, which was a close battle and sadly ended in a loss […]
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Encore – Fiscal
Our annul Encore variety show took on the themes of money, wealth and business as a wide rage of acts proofed a stellar range of scenes from different plays and performances,. The entire production involved over 120 students – so 10% of the school – and included performances from from […]
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PTFA Buys School New Minibus
The majority of secondary schools do not have an active PTFA but we are fortunate to have an active one that make a real difference in the lives of Friary children on a daily basis. There are a wide range of PTFA fund-raising events including the PTFA Quiz, the Summer […]
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Year 11 Easter School
As part of our Year 11 revision programme we have offered a series of Easter School boosters throughout the holiday so students can come in and put in those last bits of work that can make such a big difference. The sessions include: GCSE Art – Tuesday 15 April – […]
