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The Friary School is a thriving 11-18 school of over 1,250 students and is a member of The Primitas Learning Partnership MAT.

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LAST CALL TO APPLY FOR STUDENT LOANS FOR SEPTEMBER 2025…
Don’t miss the deadline…

HUGE CONGRATS to Bailey Hansford (Y10) who was awarded a Top Player Award at Lichfield Rugby Club… Doing brilliantly and all well impressed…🏉👋



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Darwin House Week for The Max & George Dogs Trust – https://friaryschool.co.uk/2025/05/13/darwin-house-week-for-the-max-george-dogs-trust/

Darwin House hosted an incredible Charity Week that brought our school together for a …meaningful cause, and the House Team are beyond pr…



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The Guardian – We told young people that degrees were their ticket to a better life. It’s become a great betrayal…
A good article on the current challenge facing graduates – it is a great route but not a silver bullet for wealth and …prosperity…

HUGE CONGRATS to the former Friary students – now at university – who picked up their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards they did with us at Buckingham Palace recently…
Just another reason to be very proud of you…



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Juts to flag how awesome again that our PTFA were at our Comedy Night… Well organised, great support, upbeat and on it… These brilliant parents make everyone else’s parenting that little bit easier…
THANK YOU!!!



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The Guardian – Don’t ditch GCSE results day – as a teacher, I can tell you just how disastrous that would be…
Tend to agree – we give up holidays to help students – this will drag it out more… When it goes right or wrong you need …guidance on hand…

BBC News – Social media: Teenage girls report more problematic use than boys…
No surprise… Girls’ peer relationships can often be tricky and social media can often fuel this…

HUGE THANKS to everyone who came along and made our Comedy Night a sell-out… We can’t emphasise enough how events like this help our funding out… Lots of familiar faces and new ones too… THANK YOU !!!



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Pushing Apprenticeships – https://friaryschool.co.uk/2025/05/09/pushing-apprenticeships/

As a school we are always very vocal at pushing apprenticeships – whether it be direct with students, via student / business group meetings, via …Careers Week and …



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Lichfield Live – Lichfield athlete ready to represent nation at Italian skyrunning event…
Always proud of Libbie (Y12) – just one adventure after another… 🏃‍♀️😀

The Guardian – ‘I punched another dad’ – your stories of the worst parent behaviour at kids’ football…
An interesting piece to read – some really lousy parental behavior at times – all of us as Mums / Dads need to do all we can …to be good role models…

Year 8 House Debating Competition – https://friaryschool.co.uk/2025/05/09/year-8-house-debating-competition-2/

Our Year 8 House Debate Competition took place this week, with teams debating this issue: ‘The NHS offers too much and …should be scaled back’ as part of…



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Happy VE Day to everyone…
A day to celebrate and remember
Lots of fantastic events taking place all over the country…



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Year 11 Trip to ‘An Inspector Calls’ – https://friaryschool.co.uk/2025/05/08/year-11-trip-to-an-inspector-calls/

Our Year 11 students enjoyed an explosive performance of ‘An Inspector Calls’ at the Alexandra Theatre in …Birmingham.

Director Stephen Daldry’s pr…



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The Friary School
Eastern Avenue
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS13 7EW


Tel: 01543 267 400
Pupil Absence Line: 01543 267 467

Email: office@friaryschool.co.uk

 
 
 
 
 
 

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