News
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A Warm Welcome Back !
The sun was shining as The Friary School welcomes its students back for another exciting academic year. The first day back at school is always a mix of emotions, but it’s been an especially encouraging start for Year 7 students. After a relaxing summer break, everyone returned to familiar faces […]
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Hot Weather Rules
It does doesn’t it – we love a bit of sunshine. Even so, we have also been running ‘Hot Weather Rules’ this week but wanted to flag this to parents – especially new ones – so that it is clear for everyone. We have systems in school that help to […]
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Year 13 University Destinations
The university option was popular amongst our Year 13 students and despite a national picture of plunging grades, newspaper outrage, and university clearing worries, we were thrilled that our students gained fantastic university placements which will set them up for later life. The following list remains subject to updates but […]
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Year 11 Apprenticeship Success
As a school we are very proactive in pushing the apprenticeship route and work hard to relay options, provide experiences, and to liaise with students, parents, business and apprenticeship providers to ensure our students get the full picture as they make their way in life. This commitment includes partners meeting […]
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Year 7 September 2023 – We Can’t Wait To See You All Again!
As we blast through the six week holidays, we hope you are all having a wonderful summer and managing to get some hard earned rest. We really can’t wait to welcome you back at 8.40am on Wednesday 6 September when we will be opening our doors to the new academic […]
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GCSE Celebrations as Friary Students Shine on Results Day
The Friary School’s Year 11 results brought lots of success stories, and though national reports painted a picture showing sharply reduced grades with the removal of allowances for COVID in England, there was lots to celebrate as so many of our students overcame all the hurdles to shine. The exam […]
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Sixth Form Results Success at The Friary School
The Friary School is thrilled to see our Sixth Form students achieve great success on Results Day 2023 after the withdrawal of the COVID mitigation that has nationally seen higher grades in more recent years. There was lots of celebration with almost all students securing their first-choice university places and […]
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Successful CIF Bid Upgrade for Sports Hall Roof
The Friary School has successfully gained a Conditions Improvement Fund (CIF) Bid worth over £200,000 from the Department for Education which will be used to replace the roof on the school’s Sports Hall The Sports Hall is an integral part of the school – used for both for PE lessons […]
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The Return to School in September 2023
The new school year begins for students on Wednesday 6 September. The school’s term dates for 2023-2024 can be seen here. Our new Year 7 will go to the theatre when the bell goes for the start of the day. From here, they will be met by their tutor and […]
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Year 6 Summer Transition Pack
We have provided a Year 6 Summer Transition Pack Year 6 Summer Transition Pack to give our new Year 7s the opportunity to explore some of the subjects they will be studying next year The purpose of the pack is to provide some guidance on topics that are likely to […]
