Putting Students First – Cherishing Staff – Relentless Optimism What we believe in and what we are achieving at PCSA- 1. We have a happy school community where students come first and all staff are valued and cherished 2. We have developed the whole child as a successful learner, a confident individual and a responsible citizen. 3. We have raised standards for all learners by sustaining and enhancing performance – especially in the core areas of English, mathematics and science 4. We have met the needs of all learners with appropriate challenge for all through a broad and balanced curriculum that increasingly is personalized in the upper school years – 14 – 16 5. We will continue to fulfil our moral purpose by engaging and collaborating to help improve the life chances of all young people, locally, nationally and globally Priory Community School - an Academy Trust, often shortened to PCSA, is a school in Worle, a suburb of Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, England. The school is an Academy, and had 1,264 pupils aged 11 to 16 as of September 2015. OfSTED rated Priory 'outstanding' in all categories in November 2014 It received 338 first choice applications for 256 in December 2014 - entry 2015 GCSE Results 2015 - 70% 5AC with EM - maths 81% and English 88% - (32% A and A*) 2014 - 72% 5AC with EM - a really consistent 5 year trend - 69 / 70 / 75 / 72 / 70 2013 - 75% 5AC with EM - highest performing school in North Somerset. 20% of Year 11 got an A or an A* in English - 2013 results. 32% of Year 11 got an A or an A* in English - 2015 results. The Principal is Neville Coles (BA MA) - a graduate of Loughborough University (1984-1988) - an Arsenal fan. Due to demand in 2013 the school increased its PAN to 256. It received 314 first choice applications for its 256 places for 2014 entry. 332 in 2015.
