News
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Year 11 Netball
The first netball fixture of the year saw us travelling to Chase Terrace Academy for a Year 11 Netball Tournament. For the first game, we came up against our local rivals and this got the adrenaline pumping. It’s always a tough fixture and ended up being a tough start for […]
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The Friary’s Worldwide Experience
One of the many things about our students we celebrate is their array of languages which only add to their skills, knowledge and talents. We have 89 students at our school who have English as an Additional Language (EAL) and they speak a total of 22 languages in addition to […]
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House Competition Update
Our four Houses are well underway with their annual battle for supremacy wit the House Cup the ultimate prize, but other competitions also available to get prestige and victory. Our main House Cup has seen Seward House – last year’s winners – take an early lead with total House points: […]
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Focus Week – Sexual Health Week
As part of our PSHE programme, we are taking our students through sexual health information which will help to prepare them as they move forward towards adult life. The Focus Week includes Year specific assemblies on relationships and sexual health, as well as specific tutor time activities. There are also […]
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Year 13 Parents Evening
We are staging our Year 13 Parents Evening on Thursday 19 October on Teams as part of our partnership with home as we run into the final A-Level and vocational exams. This parents evening is timed to take place before the important mock exams after half-term so that every effort […]
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Year 13 UCAS Application Process Rolling Through
Our UCAS process – related to university applications – is now swinging through as we clarify predicted grades and support students with their choices and personal statements as they plot their way forward in life. Our Sixth Form team is leading our staff through reviewing student progress, seeking a balance […]
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The Friary Big Read 2023
We have an exciting new opportunity this year for KS3 students – a chance to enter ‘The Friary Big Read 2023’ launching on Monday 2 October. This reading challenge encourages students in Years 7, 8, and 9 to read at least one book per half term this academic year. These […]
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Road Safety
We are delighted that the new crossing has been completed on Eastern Avenue for all of our students who walk to and from school and need to cross this busy road. You can read more about the road safety work here. We felt it would be worthwhile flagging up to […]
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PTFA Oktoberfest or Ask Not What the School Can Do For Your Child But What You Can Do for your Child’s School…
We saw around 100 staff, parents and friends join us at our Oktoberfest. It may well give way to another option next year but it was good to go out with a bang. The evening had the popular oompah band thumping along and there were beerhall songs, forfeits, banging of […]
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Year 13 Partnership Evening
Our Year 13 Partnership Evening was well attended by parents and very much focused on the new landscape of Sixth Form exam result as the COVID grade changes disappear and the picture for Summer 2024 is more clearly revealed. There was a marked fall in A-Level grades in Sumemr 2023 […]
