News
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Year 7 & 8 County Athletics Championships
After the recent Cannock and District Athletics events at Aldersley Stadium, eight pupils from Year 7 and 8 qualified to represent Staffordshire at the County Championships. Amongst many highlights, Ellie Irvine’s (Y7) high jump cleared 1.15m to finish 6th. Annie Evans (Y8) threw three discus and her first attempt […]
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Year 12 Trip to Twycross Zoo
As part of their A-Level Biology course, Year 12 students ventured off to Twycross Zoo in order to meet tigers, giraffes, lemurs, snow leopard, meerkats and more besides. The visit was part of their studies on biodiversity and classification of species and provided practical examples to apply to the theory […]
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Friary Dance Troupe Shine in Day of Dance
A Friary dance troupe took part in the Lichfield Fuse Festival’s Day of Dance. The event was designed to bring dance into the community and was well attended as part of the wider Fuse Festival. Sophie Butler, English teacher and dance co-ordinator, said: “The girls rehearsed tirelessly for the show […]
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Blazers Out for Summer
Having got through the first hot day, and looking at the forecast until the end of term, we have decided to allow students to leave their blazers at home for the remainder of term. This will help make the day easier to negotiate and comes on the back of our […]
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Preparing for a Heatwave
The good news is that reports suggest we’ll have a run of good weather over the last week and a half of the school year and lots of us will enjoy it over the weekends too. Even so, we want to remind parents to prepare their child for the sun […]
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Inside Story – The Friary Fake News Scandal
The Context As a society, we all now recognise the term ‘fake news’. Opinions published as fact, deliberate stories to mislead, personal agendas using misinformation to get a ‘win’, and the over-reaction, quick-to-anger, and abuse that follow this around. We have seen Donald Trump’s ‘fake news’, British politics is increasingly […]
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URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT – FAKE NEWS ALERT
We have an important announcement related to ‘Fake News’ that has been distributed about our school. We can confirm that any claims or rumours of outlandish changes at our school next year are false and should be ignored. Our Head of History, Mr Rivers-Boyce, has provided a video explaining how […]
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Changes for September 2022
We are looking at making some changes for September and wanted to give you advance information on what to expect. The following video gives all the details: click here. Matt Allman, Headteacher, said: “We are looking forward to the new school year and are excited by the changes ahead.”
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KS3 School Show – Joseph & The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
The Summer Term saw the return of our long-awaited and highly anticipated Lower School Production. This is where students from Years 7, 8 and 9 take centre stage and showcase their talent in a musical production. Of course, this was a very special show indeed, as it was the first […]
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Year 11 Prom Night
The Year 11 Prom Night at Branston Golf Club proved a huge success and as students headed off to ‘After-Prom’ it was clear everyone had had an amazing time. The evening began with a red carpet arrival as every student was clapped in by staff and parents and cameras were […]
