News
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‘With You’ Online Support Related to Drugs, Alcohol & Mental Health
We wanted to flag up the online support available to everyone via With You’. ‘With You’ provide information, links and connections, online chat, directions to local support groups, and more besides. The organisation emphasises that their name reflects who they are – a positive place where people can progress, connect […]
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Year 9 Netball
Our Year 9 Girls Netball Team ended the Autumn Term with a busy schedule which culminated in 2 games in 2 days. Firstly, hosting Nether Stowe, the girls had a game plan and aimed for the ball to be passed around the court securely. Once the girls got going, we […]
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Entry Level GCSE Maths Certificate Plan for Year 10
As part of supporting all of our students in getting their GCSE grade 4+ in GCSE Maths we have introduced a pre-cursor exam to support progress, boost confidence and provide a step-up to the final exams at the end of Year 11. We follow the Edexcel Entry Level GCSE Maths […]
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Extra-Curricular Programme – Spring 2023
Our extensive extra-curricular programme had had its usual termly update and though further activities come up with one-off sporting events, Focus Week activities, guest speakers, and more besides, the main overview programme gives a broad idea of all that is going on. This term will see plenty of sporting clubs […]
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Vaccinations for Spring 2023
As we move into the Spring Term, the NHS Schools Immunisation schedule starts to kick in to action, so we just wanted to flag up key dates for your diaries. Parents/Careers of Years 7,8 and 9 students will have received a letter on Edulink at the end of last term […]
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All GCSE, A-Level & Vocational Certificates Available
Those students who sat their final exams in Summer 2022 have been notified via letter that their certificates are available for collection at our school. This delay is related to the time the Exam Boards spend collating their certificates and getting them put to schools. The certificates cannot be posted […]
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Sixth Form Geography Inter-School Competition
The Friary School hosted Lichfield’s first ever Sixth Form Geography Inter-School Competition. Six teams from The Friary School, King Edward VI School and Erasmus Darwin Academy competed to find ‘Ways to Save the Planet’. Each team researched different strategies. They chose what they considered to be the best strategy, which […]
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PTFA Lichfield Round Table Santa Run
The Friary PTFA continued to go the extra mile for the school as they took on the Lichfield Round Table Santa Run slot on World Cup Final night with Shining Stars UK – a local charity who provide a safe environment for adults with disabilities to go to nightclubs, the […]
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Health & Social Care Tee Up Revision
Our Health & Social Care Department is hugely popular with students and gets fantastic results – one of the main reasons for this is that they come up with imaginary ways to bring lessons to life. As Year 13s head towards their final exam, a novel approach to revision saw […]
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Christmas Dinner Celebration
Spreading our own very special brand of festive cheer, it was Christmas Dinner Day in the canteen this week. Our dedicated canteen staff were in at the crack of dawn to start prepping veg, cooking turkey and baking cakes ready for the busiest lunchtime of the year. Students were treated […]
