News
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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 […]
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Duke of Edinburgh Award Success
With the post-lockdown surge in Duke of Edinburgh numbers continuing to roll through, large groups of Friary students, supported by staff, committed to a weekend winning their Bronze and Silver Awards. As well as the school and community based activities, the expeditions for Bronze and Silver Awards took the groups […]
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Student Voice – House Exhibitions
An addition to our student voice platform is for each House to produce an exhibition of work – whether it be art-work, commentary pieces, or research – in relation to a Focus Week. This week’s Pet Week included an exhibition of work on the topic and there was an array […]
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Y11 Exam Timetable Summer 2023
The Year 11 Exam Timetable is laid out below and is supplemented for every student by a personalised one which is available via the ‘Exams’ button on EduLink. This is also available via each parents’ EduLink page too. Students should be waiting outside their morning exams by 8.50am and their […]
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Community Event on the Horizon
We have been approached by our local District Councillor, Paul Ray, to promote a ‘Be Proud of Your Community Day’ in the north of Lichfield centred around Oakenfield on Saturday 13th May from 10am-2.30pm. The event has been pulled together by Lichfield District Council, Bromford Housing, the Police and Lichfield […]
