School Lane, Priors Marston, Southam, Warwickshire CV47 7RR
10 reasons to choose The Priors School
Top line
The Priors School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 67. It is one of the best state primary schools in Southam and one of the 2 best independent or state primaries within 10 miles.
School fundamentals
The Priors School is a state primary school for boys and girls (40%/60%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Free School. The school is one of the 9 members of The Warriner Multi Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2015) inspection.
Average class size
The Priors School has four mixed-age classes and an average class size of 22 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that The Priors School achieves attainment results that are around the national average. By the same measure, progress scores have been variable around the national average, possibly reflecting different cohorts’ ability profiles.
The The Priors School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a biennial residential trip for Years 5 and 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for music.
Sport at The Priors School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in some sports from Year 3.
The Arts at The Priors School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near The Priors School
St John’s Priory School (14.2 miles); The Kingsley Preparatory School, Leamington Spa (14.5 miles).
Chipping Warden Primary Academy (6.2 miles); Welton Church of England Academy (10 miles); Dunchurch Boughton Church of England Junior School (10.8 miles).
Princethorpe College (11.8 miles); Rugby School (13.2 miles); The Kingsley School, Leamington (13.6 miles).
Southam College (6.3 miles); Rugby High School (12.3 miles); Ashlawn School (12.7 miles).