News
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Nitrous Oxide Guidance
The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) would like to alert parents about increasing reports of harm from nitrous oxide misuse. They have advised all front-line staff who come into contact with young people are aware of the risk of nitrous oxide misuse, […]
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Online Safety Guide -Autumn Term
As part of our top-ranked Online Safety School Status we maintain a high profile amongst our students related to online safety and online conduct . This includes lesson activities, assemblies, tutor time sessions and more besides. Equally, we know that most online activities take place outside of schools and parents […]
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House KS3 Independent Learning Competition
Do you know your mountains from your munros ? Can you name the highest peak in England ? Do you know which was the first designated National Park ? Our KS3 competitors certainly did when they took part in the first of the year’s House KS3 Independent Learning Competitions. The […]
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Online Safety Guidance
At our recent Year 7 Partnership Evening, Steve Neale, one of our Safeguarding Leads, led a well-received presentation on the up-to-date risks and warning signs related to your child as they enter their teenage years and forge their online presence and experience. There are lots of benefits of being online, […]
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House Competition Scores – Autumn Term
The battle for the House Trophies saw the end of the Autumn Term standings present all Houses as still in touch with overall victory. The final awards are not given out till the end of the Summer Term but there is still all to play for: Highest House Points: […]
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School Gates Entry Timings
Parents will be well aware that we have improved our site security and safeguarding measures through the installation of fencing around the entire site and electronic gates at the front of school. The fencing around the school site means that intruders cannot enter easily and children are kept secure through […]
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Governors Student Panel
Each half-term a selection of our school governors meet with students to see how they are getting on and to offer guidance to them, as well as their families, about how things can improve or simply just to say ‘well done’ and ‘thank you’. Those students who are under-performing, or […]
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Year 8 Reading Competition
Year 8 were set a Reading Challenge Competition to read as many books as possible between September and December. The challenge was designed to encourage active, independent reading because, as well as reading being an enjoyable activity, it plays an essential role in improving skills such as comprehension and creative […]
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Y8 Partnership Evening
Our Partnership Evenings see parents are carers come into school to learn about the year ahead and to see what key pointers need to be kept an eye on. The evenings also have a range of drop-in sessions – each of which are repeated – so that parents can drop […]
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LCA Academy of Performing Arts & LCA Actors
The Performing Arts Department have been delighted to welcome back former Friary School student Eleanor Ham, Director of LCA Academy of Performing Arts, who visited us to deliver a master class to the Sixth Form Performing Arts students. Eleanor is busy building her career as a performer, teacher and acting […]
