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The Friary School (formerly Friary Grange) is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. The school became an arts and sports college in 2006 and despite this status being withdrawn by the DofE in 2010 the subjects remain high-profile in the school and local community.

The school shares its sporting facilities, including astro-turf pitches, a sports hall, a multi-gym, and a swimming pool, with Lichfield Council for community use.

History

With the introduction of Comprehensive secondary education in the period 1970-73 a new school opened on Eastern Avenue as Friary Grange initially taking older pupils. The former girls' grammar school at St.John Street was renamed The Friary and catered for younger pupils. The school was finally united at Eastern Avenue as The Friary in 1987. The St. John Street site became Lichfield college with the city library and records office moving to the site in 1989. In 2022, an extension on the Sixth Form Center was built.

Previously a community school administered by Staffordshire County Council, in September 2019 The Friary School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Primitas Learning Partnership.

Notable former pupils

Sian Brooke, actress
Siobhan Dillon, actress and singer
John Eccleston, puppeteer, writer, television presenter and programme creator
David Charles Manners BEM, writer, theatre designer and charity co-founder
Daniel Sturridge, England and Liverpool FC footballer
Brad Foster (boxer), British Title-Winning Boxer
Levi Davis (rugby union), Rugby player

References

^ "Prospectus" (PDF). The Friary School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
^ "Staff". 10 October 2016.
^ "The Friary School - Inspection Report". Ofsted. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

M.W. Greenslade, ed. (1990). "Lichfield: Education". A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 14: Lichfield. British History Online. pp. 170–184. Retrieved 14 January 2008.

External links

The Friary School official website

[1] "Prospectus" (PDF). The Friary School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2008.

[2] "Staff". 10 October 2016.

[Ofsted07-3] "The Friary School - Inspection Report". Ofsted. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

City of Lichfield, England
Notable buildings	Bishop's Palace Hospital of St John Baptist without the Barrs Lichfield Cathedral Lichfield Clock Tower
Churches	Christ Church Church of St Chad St Mary's Church St Michael on Greenhill
Railway stations	Lichfield City Lichfield Trent Valley
Schools	The Friary School King Edward VI School Lichfield Cathedral School Nether Stowe School
Museums	Lichfield Museum Erasmus Darwin House Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum
Theatres	Garrick Theatre
Parks and open spaces	Beacon Park

Schools in Staffordshire (including Stoke-on-Trent)
Secondary	Abbot Beyne School Alleyne's Academy Biddulph High School Birches Head Academy Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy Blessed William Howard Catholic School Blythe Bridge High School Cannock Chase High School Cardinal Griffin Catholic College Chase Terrace Academy The Cheadle Academy Cheslyn Hay Academy Chesterton Community Sports College Clayton Hall Academy Codsall Community High School Co-op Academy Stoke-on-Trent The de Ferrers Academy Discovery Academy Endon High School Erasmus Darwin Academy Excel Academy The Friary School Great Wyrley Academy The Hart School Haywood Academy JCB Academy John Taylor High School Kidsgrove Secondary School King Edward VI High School, Stafford King Edward VI School, Lichfield The King's Church of England Academy Kingsmead School Kinver High School Landau Forte Academy Amington Landau Forte Academy QEMS Leek High School Madeley High School Moorside High School Nether Stowe School Newcastle Academy Norton Canes High School The Orme Academy Ormiston Horizon Academy Ormiston Meridian Academy Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy Paget High School Painsley Catholic College Paulet High School The Rawlett School The Rural Enterprise Academy St John Fisher Catholic College St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy St Peter's Academy St Thomas More Catholic Academy Sir Graham Balfour School Sir Thomas Boughey Academy Stafford Manor High School Staffordshire University Academy Tamworth Enterprise College Thistley Hough Academy Thomas Alleyne's High School Trentham Academy Walton High School Weston Road Academy Westwood College The Wilnecote School Wolgarston High School Wombourne High School
Grammar	St Joseph's College
Special	Abbey Hill Academy Blackfriars Academy The Meadows School Shenstone Lodge School Walton Hall Academy
Further education	Burton & South Derbyshire College Buxton & Leek College Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form Moorlands Sixth Form College Newcastle-under-Lyme College South Staffordshire College Stafford College Stafford Collegiate
Independent	Denstone College Lichfield Cathedral School Newcastle-under-Lyme School St Dominic's Grammar School St Dominic's Priory School Stafford Grammar School Yarlet School
Former	Abbots Bromley School Berry Hill High School and Sports College Brewood Grammar School Edial Hall School Fair Oak Academy Hagley Park Academy Hanley High School Longton High School Mitchell High School

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