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Priory Community School - an Academy Trust (often shortened to PCSA) is a school in
Priory website
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Priory Community School - an Academy Trust (often shortened to PCSA) is a school in Worle
Worle ( ) is a large village in North Somerset which is joined to the seaside town of Weston-super-Mare on its western edge. It, however, maintains a very separate identity, and may now be bigger than its more famous neighbour. Worle pre-dates ...
, a historical village close to Weston-super-Mare
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in North Somerset
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, England.
The school is an Academy
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosop ...
, part of The Priory Learning Trust, and had 1,264 pupils aged 11 to 16 as of September 2015.
Ofsted rated Priory 'outstanding' in all categories in November 2014. Priory converted to an Academy Trust on 17 August 2011
History and future developments
The school was founded in September 1975, and moved to a purpose-built site during autumn 1977. During the 1980s, the school ran an unusual timetable, blocking an entire half-year to take the same subject at the same time. This allowed both setting and mixed-ability teaching in the same subject. This timetable management was the subject of anOpen University
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module and television programme.
Head teachers / Principals / Heads of School
* Arthur Spencer: 1976–85 * David Dennis: 1985–2000 * Paul MacIntyre: 2000–03 * Ron Richards: 2003–07 * Neville Coles: 2007-2017 *Jane McBride: 2017-2019 *Angelos Markoutsas: 2019 -References
External links
Priory website
Academies in North Somerset Schools in Weston-super-Mare Secondary schools in North Somerset Educational institutions established in 1975 1975 establishments in England {{Somerset-school-stub