Priory School, Portsmouth

at , Portsmouth , PO4 0DL United Kingdom

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Priory School is a secondary school in Southsea, Hampshire, England.AdmissionsStewart Vaughan is the Headteacher at the school.Priory school is an academy and part of the Bohunt Education Trust.It is situated in the north of Southsea, close to Fratton railway station on the A2047. Next door is the Priory Tennis Centre which is also part of the main schoolHistoryIt was first established to provide post-13 education to boys who couldn't afford the fees of the city's many private schools. It opened in November 1888 on a temporary site on Commercial Road.The schools modern 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.The construction of the school cost £9,704 and took two years, the buildings were completed in May 1892. Later extensions of the school site led it to cover the site of an old priory and a farm called Priory Farm.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 the 4 November 1907, this school building now forms the main building of the current school.During the First World War both the boys and girls schools were converted into the Fifth Southern General Hospital to care for soldiers injured during the war. After the war both schools returned to normal.

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Priory School, Portsmouth is Portsmouth based place and this enity listed in School category. PO4 0DL.