News
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Y8 Netball Team Shine
The girls kicked off their season with an away match versus local rivals, King Edwards. With a team consisting of a few new players, we decided to go in with a game plan: “What can we learn from the match?”. The girls fought continually, making great interceptions, and snatching the […]
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Enterprise Club
Our Enterprise Club has been running this term and the teams are ready to sell their products to see if they can make a profit which they can then build up further, The teams have been given a £10 repayable investment by the school and they are all running their […]
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Year 12 Employability Workshop and Interviews
As part of The Friary’s Raising Aspirations Programme, we held our Employability and Mock Interview Workshops for Year 12 students. The first half of the morning workshop aimed to provide an opportunity for each student to understand the importance of employability skills by making a great first impression, using effective […]
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Broadening Staff Expertise at The Friary
We are blessed at our school to have a committed staff body but we wanted to flag up the benefits we get from those amongst our staff who take up places on the Governing Bodies at other local schools. We have had staff go out as governors to visit schools […]
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Anti-Bullying Week
Anti-Bullying Week is organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance and takes place annually across the country. The theme this year is ‘Reach Out’ with the aim of encouraging young people to reach out for support or reach out to someone who needs support. During the week students were involved in a […]
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Coming Soon – Xmas Carol Concert at Lichfield Cathedral
Our annual Christmas Carol Concert at Lichfield Cathedral is on the horizon – so even if we have now set you panicking about not having got started yet for the big day – do pencil in to come along between 7.00-8.00pm on Monday 28 November. The event will include all […]
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Friary Victorious in Northern Schools Outdoor Ski Championships
In preparation for the National Schools Championships, next weekend at Swadlincote. two members of the Friary School Ski Team, headed north to Rossendale ski slope, near Blackburn to compete in the Northern Schools Outdoor Open Championships, Finn Pike (Y8) competed in the U14 category and older brother Reece (Y10) competed […]
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Turning Up Critical to Exam Success
All schools are judged on the attendance levels they reach and though we traditionally do well in terms of low absence rates, it is always an area we work on and try and improve. Our most up to date attendance levels see us at 94.2% against a live national average […]
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Sixth Form Open Evening
Our Sixth Form Open Evening was very busy and we had hundreds of budding Sixth Form students checking out the school offer and working out what the best options were for September 2023. The evening included a talk by our Headteacher, opportunities to talk to all subject staff about courses […]
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Promoting Lichfield with Lichfield District Council
Our school has been working with Lichfield District Council to publicise what a great place out city is to invest in. Lichfield District Council commissioned filming agency Brave New Beast to produce an Inward Investment Video to encourage investment organisations to consider Lichfield as a suitable base and filmed at […]
