Welcome...

Welcome to our digital prospectus. We have once again made the decision to run with a virtual open evening and live school tour format for this year. These events have proven to be very successful in recent years and coupled with the chance for all families to come for a visit during the school day, we believe this is the best way for students and parents to get the most personalised approach, Please scroll down this page to hear and see how our school runs. We are determined to give you the best insight we can and hope you enjoy what you see. You can book on to both our virtual open evening live Google Meets and our school tours further down this page. Bookings will open in September.

The Priory School is a learning environment which promotes high aspirations, high expectations and academic success.

In leading the school I have four key aims:

• To be ambitious for academic success for our students.
• To ensure that our students enjoy their learning.
• To create opportunities for students to develop the key values of responsibility, respect and resilience.
• To keep students safe and happy at school so that they can learn effectively.

At The Priory School we have a dedicated team of teachers, support staff and governors who believe that every child has the right and ability to succeed. To embed our students’ learning, we need to ensure that we have strong partnerships with parents and carers. By sharing the same educational goals and working collaboratively, we will be able to lay the foundations for the future success of your child.

Geraint Edwards

Headteacher



Our School Ethos

The Priory School is an inclusive, community, co-educational school. We provide our students with a rounded education, focused on both progress and attainment, whilst promoting the values of responsibility, respect and resilience.

1

Responsibility

Supporting students to become life-long learners who are motivated, self-regulating, reflective, civic-minded and effective leaders.

2

Respect

Encouraging students to be inclusive, tolerant and able to demonstrate democratic values.

3

Resilience

Equipping our students with the skills to meet the challenges and demands of 21st century life.

What do we do at The Priory School?

Our School Life

These videos introduce some of our key members of staff who introduce some of the many elements of The Priory School that make it such a great place to learn. As you will see, alongside a dedication to academic success, our school promotes each child to get involved with and succeed in a huge range of other opportunities that are on offer here.

What does the school look like?

Explore our school in 360°

Click on the image to the left of the screen to dive into our 360° tour, giving you an opportunity to look into classrooms, see our sports facilities and where you’ll have your lunch! We’re really proud of our school and this tour will give you an insight into the space in which we teach and learn. Throughout the tour, you can click on the numerous icons on the screen to uncover more information, photos and video clips to help give you a better picture of what we offer here.



Take a 360° tour
What is Year 7 like at The Priory School?

Our Students

Our Uniform

Our Year 7's look really smart in our red Priory School jumper with a white shirt, Priory School tie (for boys) and black trousers or skirt.

PE & Sport

As well as PE lessons, we have a range of clubs offering all sorts of sports….and even things like Spikeball and rock climbing.

TPS Challenge

Complete 12 different challenges in Year 7 to achieve your #TPSApprentice badge which you can proudly wear on your uniform!

Chromebooks

All Year 7s will start school with a Chromebook. We want to help build digital resilience - learning independently, creatively, collaboratively and communicating anywhere at any time. Read 2021's Parent Pack.

Music

Continue to learn a musical instrument, or maybe find your new instrument - we offer lots of opportunities outside of lessons including termly concerts and a whole school musical every other year!

Reading

We have a fantastic library full of books to suit everyone's taste. Year 7 have dedicated time in Form and English lessons for reading, sometimes sitting on our astro turf in the sunshine!

Open Evening 2023

'An interactive student tour'

On Tuesday 10th October 2023, we're giving Year 6s and their parents/carers the opportunity to dial into a video call with two of our current students for an interactive tour of the school and Q&A session. Alongside a small number of other families, you'll have the opportunity to hear directly from our students. Each tour will last about 35-40 minutes.

The session will take place via Google Meet. Full details of how to log in will be provided closer to the day.



Please click the buttons below to access the booking sites for our Virtual Open Evening Tours and Open Morning Tours.


Virtual Open Evening
Thursday 5th October


Open Morning Tours
Between 10th and 18th October 2023



Previous Feedback



"We just wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed our open evening session last evening. We were very impressed by the students who led the presentation. Their friendly, interactive and knowledgeable approach made a big difference to us parents as well as to our son, they managed to keep him interested for the whole session!"

"I thought the Google Meet was a great idea combined with the videos and the two girls who led our time slot at 7.30pm did a great job engaging with the children."

"I just wanted to thank the school for the wonderful open evening last night. The two children where so impressive, organised and extremely reassuring with their answers."

"I know that nothing replaces seeing the school in person, but the videos, the range of presentations and also the students who hosted our call really were all excellent. Thank you for engaging and exciting my ten year old son who was able to confidently put The Priory as his first choice secondary school."

"The Google Meet was just brilliant what an ingenious idea. We had a lovely meet with Rai-Rai and Priya who were a credit to the school. All of the presentations showcased what a brilliant school the priory Is. I felt it captured the feeling of the school beautifully. Maisie loved being part of the online open evening and loved doing the Google Meet, wonderful opportunity to build her confidence, thank you for asking her."

"If people make decisions based on the open evenings alone, I think TPS will win hands down. Tonight’s event was excellent, well done.......I just really hope we get in!"

The Google Meet was well structured; the videos provide a good insight into school life and the questions to prompted discussion. The small group format worked well and gave the kids the confidence to share their feedback and questions.

Do you have more questions?

Contact Us

If you've got a question we haven't answered, please get in touch. You can directly email us at admin@priory.herts.sch.uk, or fill in the Google Form and we'll get the right department to get back to you as soon as possible.