Priory School, Portsmouth

Last updated

Priory School
Priory School, Fawcett Road, Southsea (NHLE Code 1104272) (March 2019) (2).JPG
The school in March 2019
Address
Priory School, Portsmouth
Fawcett Road

, ,
PO4 0DL

England
Information
Type Academy
MottoEnjoy Respect Achieve
Religious affiliation(s)Non-Affiliated
Established1974 (1888)
Local authority Portsmouth
Department for Education URN 141175 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherStewart Vaughan
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Enrolment1218
Colour(s)Black and White
Former namePortsmouth Southern Grammar School for Girls
Website http://priorysouthsea.org

Priory School is a secondary school in Southsea, Hampshire, England. It is situated in the northern area of Southsea bordering Fratton, and lies close to Fratton railway station on the A2047. Stewart Vaughan is the Headteacher at the school. [1] Priory school is an academy and part of the Bohunt Education Trust. [2]

Contents

History

The current site was originally purchased by the Portsmouth School Board in May 1890 for £3000, at the time the area was known as "The Wilderness" due to the lack of development activity. On the site were several buildings in a heavy state of disrepair, among the buildings were Howard's Cottage reputedly the oldest building in Portsmouth and home to the ghost of Lady Temple. [3]

The construction of the school cost £9,704 and took two years, the buildings were completed in May 1892. [4] Later extensions of the school site led it to cover the site of an old priory and a farm called Priory Farm. [3]

In 1905 it was decided that the Francis Avenue School for girls should move to a building next to the boys school. This school, which cost £25,000 to build, was opened on 4 November 1907. [4]

During the First World War, the building was requisitioned by the War Office to create the 5th Southern General Hospital, a facility for the Royal Army Medical Corps to treat military casualties. [5]

During the 1920s the school became heavily over-crowded and an extension to the girls school was completed in 1934. [4] Portsmouth was considered a high-risk target during the Second World War and the girls school moved to Salisbury. [4] On 10 January 1941, German bombing led to the destruction of the boys school and the extension at the girls school. [4] The boys moved to the St Ronan's Road School, with the old boys school being left as a bombed out wreck for the next twenty years. [4]

In 1946 the girls school became the Portsmouth Southern Grammar School for Girls. The Southern Grammar School for Boys was on Eastern Road and went on to be part of Portsmouth College. [4]

In the late 1950s the boys school was demolished and replaced with a gymnasium for the girls school. [4] A lecture theatre was completed in the 1960s. [4]

In 1974 the boys school returned to the site, this time merging with the girls school to form Priory comprehensive school. [4] The school became a specialist sports college with the opening of the Priory Tennis Centre in 2006 and it became an academy, sponsored by the Bohunt Education Trust, in September 2014. [6]

Notable former pupils

Portsmouth Southern Grammar School for Girls

Notable former teachers

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fratton Park</span> Association football ground in Portsmouth, England

Fratton Park is a football ground in Portsmouth, Portsea Island, England and is the home of Portsmouth F.C. Fratton Park's location on Portsea Island is unique in English professional football, as it is the only professional English football ground not located on the mainland of Great Britain. Fratton Park has been the only home football ground in Portsmouth FC's entire history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tadcaster Grammar School</span> Academy in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England

Tadcaster Grammar School founded in 1557, is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located near Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England, educating children aged 11–18 years old, and has an on-site sixth form. The school is located in the hamlet of Toulston just outside the brewery town of Tadcaster. The school's catchment includes Tadcaster and its surrounding villages, while traditionally taking pupils from the York area, including villages such as Appleton Roebuck, Copmanthorpe, Bishopthorpe and Bilbrough.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Poole Grammar School</span> 11–18 boys academy grammar school in Poole, Dorset, England

Poole Grammar School is an 11–18 selective boys grammar school and academy in the coastal town of Poole in Dorset, on the south coast of England. It is a member of the South West Academic Trust (SWAT). The school was a mathematics and computing school, with an additional specialism, cognition, added in 2006.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gravesend Grammar School</span> Grammar school, academy in Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom

Gravesend Grammar School is a selective grammar school with academy status located in Gravesend, Kent, England. The school accepts boys at age 11 through the 11+ exam accepting a cohort of the top 15-20% and boys and girls at 16, based on their GCSE results. The school continues to strive achieving around 100%(5 A*-C including English and Maths) at GCSE level with many students obtaining >9 GCSEs at the end of Year 11.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">High Storrs School</span> Academy in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England

High Storrs School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form college with academy status located on the south-western outskirts of Sheffield, England. The main school building is Grade II listed. It moved to its current site in 1933. The school does not have a set uniform, instead allowing students to wear what they like as long as it follows the dress code.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harrogate Grammar School</span> Academy in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England

Harrogate Grammar School is a co-educational academy school and sixth form in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. It has around 1,900 pupils in the main school. A 2022 Ofsted inspection rated the school as 'Outstanding' in all five areas of the Ofsted framework

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Oldershaw Academy</span> Academy in Liscard, Wallasey, Wirral, England

Oldershaw Academy is a secondary school located in the Liscard area of Wallasey, England, and is a specialist Business and Enterprise College.

Oxted School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the English town of Oxted, Surrey. It was opened in 1929 as the first mixed grammar school in Surrey and now has over 1,900 pupils aged 11–18.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jesmond Park Academy</span> Academy converter school in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England

Jesmond Park Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trafalgar School, Portsmouth</span> Academy in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Trafalgar School is a coeducational secondary school located in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. The school is on London Road in the Portsmouth northern sub district of Hilsea. The current comprehensive school, established in 1975, was the product of an amalgamation of four separate secondary schools in the west of the City of Portsmouth. Formerly a boys' school, the school became coeducational in September 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Portsmouth Academy</span> Secondary, academy in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

The Portsmouth Academy is a secondary school with academy status, located in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England on St Mary's Road in the central district of Fratton near St Mary's Church. Originally established as a girls' school, it became co-educational in the 2017/18 school year.

St. Paul's Catholic School is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form located in Evington, Leicester, England. It is situated off the B667 road, just west of City of Leicester College and is part of the St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi-Academy Trust.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Midhurst Grammar School</span> School in Midhurst, West Sussex, England

Midhurst Grammar School was a grammar school and later a comprehensive upper school in Midhurst, West Sussex. The school served pupils aged 11 to 18 who usually joined the school from one of the local intermediate schools. It was replaced in 2009 by Midhurst Rother College. Notable students included geologist Charles Lyell and H. G. Wells.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Priory City of Lincoln Academy</span> Academy in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England

ThePriory City of Lincoln Academy is a co-educational secondary academy and sixth form in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. It is a member of The Priory Federation of Academies and leads the government's School Games Organiser programme. It is also a specialist school in sports and health, exercising a partially selective intake in the former.

King Edward VI High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Highfields area of Stafford, England. The school's sixth form forms part of the Stafford Collegiate. It is a non-selective state school admitting boys and girls from ages 11–18. The school was formed in 1977 following the amalgamation of King Edward VI Boys’ Grammar School and Stafford Girls’ High School.

Mary Rose Academy is a 2-19 special school with academy status, located in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. It opened in February 2007 and educates 110 pupils. The opening of Mary Rose School, due for September 2006, was delayed by design and construction issues. The school takes children with a wide range of severe and complex learning needs. Mary Rose School was awarded specialist Sports College status in 2008 and converted to academy status in November 2013. The school was then renamed Mary Rose Academy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Leamington School</span> Academy in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England

North Leamington School (NLS) is a mixed, non-selective, comprehensive school for students aged 11 to 18 years located at the northeastern edge of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. It is rated as a good school by Ofsted, and has 6.7% of children eligible for free school meals. Mike Lowdell is the current headteacher.

The Ravensbourne School is a secondary academy school in the London Borough of Bromley. It stands on a 22-acre (8.9 ha) site in Hayes Lane, to the south of Bromley, and in the parish of Bromley St Mark. It is named after the River Ravensbourne, which runs nearby.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Baverstock Academy</span> Academy in Druids Heath, West Midlands, England

The Baverstock Academy was a mixed secondary school and sixth form college, located on the southern edge of the Birmingham outer city ward of Druids Heath.

References

  1. "New headteacher is up for the challenge at Southsea school". Portsmouth News. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. "Priory School, a new academy with Bohunt Education Trust". Priory School. 2 September 2014. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 "A short history of Priory School: Out of the Wilderness". Priory School. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Priory School". Portsmouth Guide. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  5. "Territorial Hospitals" (PDF). British Journal of Nursing. 5 December 1914. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  6. "Priory School in Southsea the latest to become academy in bid to improve". Portsmouth News. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  7. "Scientist visits his former Portsmouth school to give talk". Portsmouth News. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2019.

Further reading