Prior Park College A GSG School
- Prior Park College
Ralph Allen Drive
Bath
Somerset
BA2 5AH - Head: Ben Horan
- T 01225 831000
- E admissions@priorparkschools.com
- W www.priorparkcollege.com/
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Bath and North East Somerset
- Pupils: 591; sixth formers: 200
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Fees: Day £18,153 - £19,695 pa; Boarding £30,588 - £39,432 pa (last updated on 15/01/2025)
- Open days: Open Morning and Sixth Form Information Evening: September
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: The Paragon School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
One of the lessons we learn from sport, they say, is humility. That’s so Prior Park. No, it’s emphatically not a philosophy of loser takes all – they love to win. Sizeable contingent of parents are dahn-from-Londoners, who have colonised Bath in recent years – yes, even raggle-taggle Walcot Street has capitulated to the hipsters. Monocultural tendency is mitigated by…
What the school says...
Prior Park College is a friendly, purposeful Christian community; Catholic in tradition and ecumenical in spirit. Praise and positive teaching encourage academic confidence and success.
Our ethos is to care for our students so they feel empowered to develop as fully as possible their academic and other talents, to ensure an education of the whole person.
An excellent enrichment programme includes music, dance, art, drama, sport, the Combined Cadet Force, our own community service programme and the Duke of Edinburgh's Award programme.
Our aim is to enable Leavers to be confident, capable compassionate and independent-minded. ...Read more
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Head master
Since 2019, Ben Horan. Brought up on a council estate in south-east London and encouraged to apply to Oxford to read history by an inspirational teacher, he went straight into teaching, taking in some prestigious schools: St Benedict’s in Ealing, Eton and finally senior deputy head academic at Merchant Taylors’. He has done the lot: head of department, pastoral tutor, cricket and rugby coach; all excellent preparation for his first headship.
Of Prior Park he says, ‘I was swayed by the sixth form guides – I felt the community was so full of love.’ It is heartwarming to hear this big burly ‘cricket-crazy’ historian talk so disarmingly of love: ‘It’s a verb, not a noun, and it’s central to all we do here,’ he told us, adding that he...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Prior Park College provides very limited support for up to 4 children (for entry into Year 7 and a further 4 in Year 9) with very mild dyslexia. We accept up to 10 registrations for pupils who are seeking a place on our Learning Development Programme. Currently we are unable to accept any further registrations until 2011. 09-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Might cover/be referred to as;
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers, Autism, High functioning autism, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), PDA , Social skills, Sensory processing disorder |
|
| HI - Hearing Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Hearing Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment |
|
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Learning needs, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty |
Y |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, Sensory processing |
|
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
Downs Syndrome, Epilepsy, Genetic , OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, Tics, Tourettes |
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| PD - Physical Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
PD - Physical Disability |
|
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, Global delay, Global developmental delay, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty |
|
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Might cover/be referred to as;
Anxiety , Complex needs, Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), Mental Health, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Trauma |
|
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
Might cover/be referred to as;
DLD - Developmental Language Disorder, Selective mutism, SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication |
|
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, Cerebral Palsy (CP) |
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| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Auditory Processing, DCD, Developmental Co-ordination Difficulties (DCD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Handwriting, Other specific learning difficulty, SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) |
Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Special facilities for Visually Impaired, VI - Visual Impairment |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heywood Prep | 2024 | 2 |
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