Welcome to the Priory Primary School 

The Priory is a unique school. It is beautifully situated and our children are a pleasure to be with. There are many aspects of the school which, combined together, make the school what it is today. Firstly, of course, there are the children. The children join the school with a variety of previous experiences; we have no expectations about prior attainment and we are not selective. We simply work with the children at their individual stages of development.

There are many systems that support the formation of good attitudes to learning and encourage high standards of behaviour. However, perhaps the most important aspect of a child’s development is the happy atmosphere that pervades the entire school. Children actively want to come to school, they enjoy being with their friends and teachers and they love to learn.

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It is hard to identify one specific feature of The Priory that makes the overall learning experience so special. We always aim to provide memorable events and opportunities and some of these are listed below:

• Sleepovers: Occasionally, as a fundraiser or as preparation for a residential visit, we hold a sleepover in the school hall. We have a campfire style evening meal and offer orienteering and team-building activities before bed (and possibly sleep!)
• Autumn and Summer Parties: We celebrate the start and the end of the year with a party, complete with disco, dressing up, and party food.
• Diverse Curriculum enrichment opportunities: From The Viking Man to drumming workshops, from the beautiful hawks from The Hawk Conservancy to the exotic animals of Zoolab, from artists in residence to visiting storytellers and theatre groups – the opportunities are as different as they are plentiful. Most recently the children have been visited by The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust who have led a number of outdoor creative activities in our annual “Outdoor Week”. A visit that the children are very much looking forward to is from The Crocodiles of the World organisation.
• Extra-Curricular Clubs to suit all tastes: Clubs operate after school, at lunchtime, and in the morning. They range from a before-school games club to colouring, multi-skills to rounders, computing to construction club. The clubs are run by external providers as well as school staff. The list of these enrichment opportunities is ever-growing!

The Priory at different times of the year

Facilities

The Priory is a well-equipped school set in beautiful grounds in a rural area near Tadley in Hampshire. The grounds are an amazing resource in themselves, with a lovely big field surrounded by trees, 2 playgrounds, a school garden, an adventure playground, and a wild area. These are used across the day and across the curriculum. Additionally, the school boasts one classroom per year group, lots of additional rooms for extra learning opportunities, a new well-stocked library, a kitchen complete with a catering team, and a large well-lit hall that is used for assemblies, PE lessons, meetings, and public events. The school minibus is used to transport pupils to school as well as transporting to and from events in the community.