Friary Achieve Artsmark Award

We are absolutely delighted to have achieved the Artsmark Gold Award. 🏆🎭🎤🖌🎦

This nationally recognised accreditation, awarded by Arts Council England, recognises schools who embed arts, culture and creativity throughout the curriculum.

Our Assessors' comments included:

- "Arts and culture continue to flourish at your school."
- "Your focus on inclusion throughout this Artsmark journey has had a positive impact."
- "You have positioned the school at the heart of the community in relation to the arts. The Summer Sizzler is a strong example of how you have engaged a wide range of community members."
- "The breadth of your arts and cultural offer is a further strength, providing students with new and exciting learning opportunities supported by your extensive collaborations."

The award recognises the hard work of staff, the commitment of students and the active support of our families and the wider school community, such as our PTFA. We thank everyone involved.

Special thanks go to Mrs Hearn and Mr Hood, who oversaw the school's accreditation, as well as to staff in the Arts, Performing Arts and other contributing departments.

More detail can be found here.