News
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Y10 H&SC Visit to The Spires Care Home
Our Year 10 Health & Social Care students are undertaking placements at The Spires Care Home as part of the vocational course. The Spires Care Home are fantastic support to our school and have been inspiring students in their work for several years now. The sessions roll over the next […]
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U15 Boys Hockey V Lichfield Cathedral
Following the recent poor weather conditions, and cancelled training sessions, the boys went into this match with a lack of preparation and on paper were not the favourites against a well drilled team who train on a regular basis. However, the Friary team immediately put pressure on the opposition winning […]
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Battle of the Bands
Our annual gig night saw acts from Year 7- Year 13 battle to win the coveted ‘Battle of the Bands’ title and to get a slot at the Lichfield Fuse Festival this summer and the singers, musicians and back-stage crew again did a stunning job. The fantastic hosts (Lila Boxall […]
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U13 Boys Mini Hockey Tournament
The boys triumphed with goals galore in a hockey tournament against Lichfield Cathedral School. The Friary played against both A & B teams, across two separate pools, and even battled each other in a Friary V Friary showdown with the Y8s coming runners up. The tournament saw an amazing 17 […]
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PTFA Funds Boosted by Lichfield Round Table
Our PTFA collected a £300 cheque from Lichfield Round Table following our participation in the Santa Run which whizzes through the local streets spreading Xmas cheer and collecting donations for different local charities each evening. Having been drawn in the Xmas Holidays and on the night of the World Cup […]
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Formal Consultation on Changes to the School Day
We are writing to you as part of our consultation process in relation to extending the school day. Recently, the Department for Education set the expectation that all state-funded mainstream schools must deliver a minimum length of school week of 32½ hours from September 2023 and this directive necessitates this […]
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Website Development
Our school website is an important part of our communication of school news and we continually review it to ensure it is updated and refreshed so it is relevant and covering all bases. Having reviewed the website, and having spoken to parents, we are updating our pages so that they […]
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Online Safety Measures in School
As part of our Safer Internet Day celebrations, and our top-ranked 360 Online Safety Curriculum Award, we are flagging up the wide-ranging methods we use to protect our students online and to educate them so that they can take on the personal responsibility of online safety when they are at […]
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Safer Internet Day
As a proud holder of the top award for the 360 Online Safety Curriculum Accreditation, our Safer Internet Day (7 February) celebrations are a big deal in our curriculum and for our school. In a globally connected world the ability to keep oneself safe and happy online is a crucial […]
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Promoting Second Languages
A recent survey by Rosetta Stone discovered that although 72% of Brits believe learning another language would be good for them, only 23% have successfully done so. Britain is also by far the worst performer in Europe on measures of second language proficiency. As a school, we have very high […]
