The Friary School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Lichfield, Staffordshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Staffordshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Friary School is a secondary school in Lichfield, Staffordshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 March 2024. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
The Friary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Not published |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Year 7 2026 entry there were 268 first-choice applications for 217 offers, 1.2 first choices per offer, the 3rd highest of 47 Staffordshire secondary schools.
- In Year 7 2026 entry, 207 offers went to first-choice families, and 61 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 57.8 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Eastern Avenue, Lichfield, WS13 7EW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Staffordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,255 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at The Friary School, and it is easy to see why.”
- “A culture of high expectations permeates throughout, and pupils rise to this high bar willingly.”
- “Staff work tirelessly to prepare pupils for their examinations.”
To improve
- “However, in some instances, the curriculum can be too focused on what pupils need to do in their examinations.”
- “This can limit pupils’ learning experiences.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 66% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 57.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 268 first-preference applications, 217 offers in total, 207 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Staffordshire.
- Nether Stowe School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- King Edward VI School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chase Terrace Academy 3.7 mi Not judged
- Erasmus Darwin Academy 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Norton Canes High School 5.1 mi Requires improvement
- The Hart School 6.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kingsmead School 6.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lift Rawlett 6.7 mi Not judged
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