News
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RE Department Wins Funding Grant
Our RE department successfully bid to The Jerusalem Trust for some funding to buy some text-book resources on Christianity and Biblical Literacy The Jerusalem Trust is a charitable organisation which seeks to advance the Christian religion and promote Christian organisations and the charitable purposes and institutions they support. It also […]
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Careers Advice – Comparing Salaries
We offer students a great deal of Careers Advice and our programme stretches all the way down to Year 7 before peaking in Year 11 and Year 13 as students make their final steps beyond school. Our careers package is inspected by The Careers & Enterprise Company as part of […]
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Hope Mentoring Support for Parents
As a school, we use the HOPE mentoring approach to assist our students who need support, guidance and assistance in negotiating the challenges and complexities of teenage life. We have a specialist lead in this approach in Fiona Evans, Student Support, though all of this team are well-trained in this […]
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Illegal Drugs & Vapes
A case has hit the headlines where a Headteacher from the north-west has warned that illegal vaping could kill a child, after the collapse of a 12-year-old pupil who had used a vape containing spice – an illegal synthetic drug. High levels of psychoactive cannabis oil and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) have […]
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Under 18s Hockey
For the first time ever, the Friary U18’s, challenged King Edwards Sixth Form Team to a U18s hockey match – which was a first for them playing together in more recent times. In the first half, Friary unfortunately could not get into the game and failed to apply pressure and […]
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Parent/Carer Virtual Apprenticeship Information Evenings
The ASK Programme and Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire Careers Hub are working in partnership to deliver a series of free webinars, aimed at parents and carers in order to broaden apprenticeship awareness, and eliminate misconceptions. Please secure your free tickets using the below links. Sales open on Friday 20th October 5pm […]
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Focus Week on Remembrance
We very much encourage our students to reflect on their journey through life by looking back at the journey that others have trod – whether it be comparing the experiences of Years 7s and Year 13s at our Year 7 Dedication Service bringing back ex-students to talk through their university […]
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Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Awards
Following the COVID pandemic we went flat out to re-introduce our Duke of Edinburgh programme and took on greater numbers than ever before so that all those who had missed out on such life experiences could grab back what had been previously lost. As part of this, we entered a […]
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House Current Affairs Competition
Our weekly current affairs quiz has been running through which looks at the newsworthy events in the world around us and then drills down into our Focus Week in school; whether that be Sexual Heath Week or Black History Month. There are twenty questions each week and the responses are […]
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Year 7 Design & Technology Halloween Enrichment
Year 7 students got into the Halloween spirit with a Design & Technology Halloween enrichment session. Students stopped after school to look at aper engineering, CAD, moulding and manufacturing techniques which included vacuum forming and die cutting. Alison Cartwright, Head of DT & Art, said: “The designs were fantastic – […]
