Penwortham Priory Academy

Penwortham Priory Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Penwortham in the English county of Lancashire. Previously a community school administered by Lancashire County Council, Priory Sports and Technology College converted to academy status on 1 November 2012 and was renamed Penwortham Priory Academy. However the school continues to coordinate with Lancashire County Council for admissions. Penwortham Priory Academy offers GCSEs as programmes of study for pupils. The school also offers some vocational courses in conjunction with Myerscough College and Runshaw College. HistoryPriory was first a Benedictine Priory dedicated to St. Mary until its lands were sold to the Fleetwood family at a price of £3, 088. The Fleetwood family then built a mansion in its place which became known as Penwortham Priory and lived there until 1749. The Rawstorne family lived at the Priory from 1783 until it was demolished in 1925. The school was opened as a secondary modern in 1953, built to serve the children and families of Penwortham's local community. In 1977 the school had transitioned to a reorganised comprehensive school. It was this reorganisation that prompted work to start on the building of the science labs but also the Sports Hall and Squash courts, as part of a dual use agreement between the school and the local borough council. Later, this agreement saw the building of the swimming pool and the astro turf facilities.

Penwortham Priory Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Penwortham in the English county of Lancashire. Previously a community school administered by Lancashire County Council, Priory Sports and Technology College converted to academy status on 1 November 2012 and was renamed Penwortham Priory Academy. However the school continues to coordinate with Lancashire County Council for admissions. Penwortham Priory Academy offers GCSEs as programmes of study for pupils. The school also offers some vocational courses in conjunction with Myerscough College and Runshaw College. HistoryPriory was first a Benedictine Priory dedicated to St. Mary until its lands were sold to the Fleetwood family at a price of £3, 088. The Fleetwood family then built a mansion in its place which became known as Penwortham Priory and lived there until 1749. The Rawstorne family lived at the Priory from 1783 until it was demolished in 1925. The school was opened as a secondary modern in 1953, built to serve the children and families of Penwortham's local community. In 1977 the school had transitioned to a reorganised comprehensive school. It was this reorganisation that prompted work to start on the building of the science labs but also the Sports Hall and Squash courts, as part of a dual use agreement between the school and the local borough council. Later, this agreement saw the building of the swimming pool and the astro turf facilities.