News
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‘The Woman in Black’ Theatre Visit
As part of our Performing Arts provision, a groups of students from across Year 9 to Sixth Form attended a performance of ‘The Woman in Black at The Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham. The play has been receiving rave reviews with Birmingham Live pointing out that the stage version of Susan […]
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Friary Staff Speak at National Online Safety Conference
The Friary has a continuing commitment to online safety and safeguarding and we are proud to hold a nationally recognised award for excellence in this field. Following on from our third successful assessment in a row, which will mean nine consecutive years of holding it, Steve Neale, our Online Safety […]
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U14s Girls Hockey
The U14 girls, a newly formed team, displayed resilience and determination as they faced off against King Edwards in challenging conditions of torrential rain. Despite the adverse weather, the team kept their spirits high throughout the match. From the outset, it was evident that Friary’s squad comprised of a mix […]
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National Apprenticeship Week
As part of National Apprenticeship Week we welcomed into school a string of visitors – including the National Apprenticeship Bus – who came in to meet with students and to talk them through the benefits and options available for those keen to pursue an apprenticeship. Our school has seen a […]
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Year 10 Boys Football Teach District Cup Final
On the day of Y10 parents evening, our year 10 boys were busy making the school and themselves proud by booking their place in the Cannock & District Cup Final by beating Cardinal Griffin 4-2. They started bright scoring after 2 minutes through George Burgess, after some great pressure on […]
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Saturday Schools & 8 Week GCSE Countdown…
We are now just 8 weeks away from the GCSE exam starting for real – and the Sixth Form exams will begin soon after. Our school is awash with revision and study sessions, morning boosters, after-school boosters and Saturday Schools and will be up until the last exam. Our staff […]
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Public Footpath Outside of School
The public footpath outside of the school – heading down toward Grange Lane – is again being flooded during wet weather and continues to present problems for hundreds of children walking to and from school. This has been an on-going problem which Staffordshire County Council periodically come and ‘fix’ by […]
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Snow Closure Reminder
There are rumours of snowfall on Thursday 8 February – though whilst the BBC report just predicts rainfall, the Met Office suggest there may well be snow – so we felt it would be worthwhile reminding everyone of what we do if we need to implement a snow closure. The […]
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Year 8 & 9 Netball
Netball teams from both Year 8 and 9 travelled over to The Hart in Rugeley to play their latest league fixtures. Year 8s got us started and straight away we had to work hard to stop The Hart’s fantastic shooter getting close to the net. The first half left us […]
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National Recognition of Outstanding Careers Provision
Every school is judged on their competence on their Careers, Education, Information & Guidance (CEIAG) provision against The Gatsby Benchmarks. Our careers provision is externally critiqued by The Careers & Enterprise Company in order to assess how we perform against other schools in meeting these standards. The most recent assessment illustrates how […]
