House System
All students in our school are placed into one of four Houses and these form the basis of pastoral guidance and support throughout each student’s time with us.
Our Houses were formed to better integrate our whole school together and each House has two tutor groups from each year group, as well as attachment from Sixth Form tutor groups as well.
Fundamentally our Houses contribute to our whole school climate and have a key curriculum role as they bring in student leadership, community liaison, competition in sport, debating rivalry, and more besides. They also play a key role in delivering Focus Weeks through student led assemblies, exhibitions and activities.
The Houses are named after famous people from Lichfield:
The House system places a key role in rewards and sanctions as though there is individual acclaim for students, their House points, behaviour points, attendance rates and so on all, contribute to the House total for a range of trophies. This means each House has a collective spirit which is very much driving at ‘all for one and one for all’.
Each of our Houses also take centre stage each year through their individual House Week which sees Houses compete in fund-raising for their chosen local charity and their collections always reach into 4-figures.
Every student’s House will play an important part in their school life and we believe it is both a responsibility and of real benefit for students to throw themselves into the House team and spirit. Every student should be there for their House, just like the House should be there for every student.
For more information about the House System, please contact Michelle Simpson, Assistant Headteacher, via office@friaryschool.co.uk.
