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Blackfriars Exam Results 2023

Blackfriars Exam Results 2023

We are incredibly proud of our students and how hard they worked towards their external accreditation. What an amazing set of results. Comparing student results with our data targets and flight paths, all students achieved or exceeded their targets in all subject areas.

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The king and I

The king and I

Like the whole country I was upset when I heard the news of Queen Elizabeth’s death. However, if someone had told me that day that I would been going on a trip to London to see the Queen Lying in state, I would have told you you were crazy. But I hadn’t considered my Aunt, Shell, and her wild ideas. Everyone should have an Aunt Shell in their life.

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World Book Day 2023

World Book Day 2023

This year we had both World Book Day and Sparkle Day on Friday the 3rd of March! This meant that we had a big mix of sparkly book characters in our classes. To celebrate World Book Day each class had to prepare an interactive experience about the book of their choice,...

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Caitlyn’s Story

Caitlyn’s Story

 Caitlyn's Story - July 2022 In July 2022 we were very fortunate to have Claire, from Ability consultants, visit us in school to introduce a group of students to Frame Running. Frame Running (formerly known as RaceRunning) is an adapted sport for children, young...

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Parent Workshops

Parent Workshops

In order to help you navigate your way through this challenging period in your child’s life, we are hosting 3 workshops for Parents and Carers. Please do come along and join us for tea and biscuits and an informal session where you can hear some helpful information, ask questions, raise queries and hear from other parents about how they have managed this period. Even if you have already been through this period and just fancy a chat, please come along:

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Pumpkin Contest

Pumpkin Contest

During our Harvest Festival assembly we had our Pumpkin Contest where students designed pumpkins over half term, one design from each class was chosen and then made before Mrs Martin had the tough choice of deciding on a winner!

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Swimming Pool Refurbishment

Swimming Pool Refurbishment

We are super excited that our newly refurbished pool opened in early October. All our students have been eagerly waiting for this day so they can get back to doing what they love, swimming! The pool has had a brand new lining put in, now with our school logo printed...

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Blackfriars Academy Chronicles

Blackfriars Academy Chronicles

We have finally this year been able to operate as Blackfriars likes to – as a creative, vibrant, caring and challenging environment where we work with young people to help them to develop to be the very best that they can be. I hope that by reading this term’s Blackfriars Academy Chronicle (BAC) you will get a flavour of what we mean.

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Blackfriars Academy Chronicles

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