News
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Johnson House Exhibition – British Heroines – Mary Seacole
Johnson House are leading their way with an exhibition of work connected to our British Heroines Focus Week on Mary Seacole (1805-1881). Having been born in Jamaica in 1805, Mary Seacole gained fame as a traveller, businesswomen and nurse for British troops in the Crimean War. You can learn more […]
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Student Voice As Planners Go To Handbooks
We have been consulting with tutor groups via the House and Vice Captains about the function and purpose of the school planner. This was an aspect of school life students were keen to voice ideas about and they made a number of excellent suggestions which we are planning to adopt […]
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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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Sixth Form Cambridge University Talk
We welcomed Maria Kazani, Schools Liaison Officer from Sidney Sussex College within the University of Cambridge, into school to talk with Sixth Form students. A total of forty-three Year 12 students were reminded of high aspirations, pushing oneself in one’s studies, and taken through the Oxbridge application process. Amy Jones, […]
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GXO Year 9 Careers Visit
As part of our raising aspirations programme, this week locally based business GXO visited our Year 9 students to provide an interactive careers presentation. GXO is a world leader in providing cutting-edge logistics solutions for multinational companies. The training and development team from GXO provided our Year 9 students with […]
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Spires Care Home Visit Programme Continues
We had another care home visit with a different group of Year 10 students from our Health & Social Care course. The group who came to the visit were in full craft mode, they were helping residents with a variety of different tasks. This is an invaluable experience for students […]
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Welcome to the New ‘Currently Nameless’ Friary Dog
Follow the sad loss of Millie, we have had a dog-shaped gap in our school, but the vacancy has been filled by a new pup. We are now running a Naming Competition where students and staff can suggest names from which the final name will be chosen. The suggestions box […]
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Year 11 Exam Support in English Literature
We are offering our Year 11s great variation and detail of support in their final revision for their means in all of their subjects – every student has a brilliant chance of doing superbly well if they give their all in these last weeks. The 2+ month break can be […]
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School Ski Team Shine in Nationals
The Friary School Ski Team kick off the 2023 season with success in the English Schools National Indoor Ski Championships. Three familiar faces and one new face travelled to The Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead to compete against senior schools from across England in the English Schools National Indoor Ski Championships […]
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Parental Information – Year 11 Final Exams
The following message went out to Year 11 parents on Tuesday 25 April 2023: The final Year 11 exams are upon us and with Bank Holidays, Coronations, strikes and so on, the first formal week of W/B 15 May will very soon be here. This email will outline a myriad […]
