The Priory School, Shrewsbury 3.37

The Priory School is a secondary school with academy status in the market town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The school was opened in September 1939 and became a Business and Enterprise College in 2003, with the addition of Applied GCSE courses to the curriculum. The Principal is Mr Michael Barratt and the Chair of Governors is Ms Yvonne Rimmer. The Priory was formerly a girls' grammar school, but has since become a mixed non-selective school.The Business and Enterprise training centre was opened in September 2004, equipping the school with conference and meeting facilities, often hired out by local groups and businesses. The school became an Enterprise Hub in April 2006, and was awarded High Performing Specialist School status at the start of the academic year 2007–08. The school has also recently received 'Leading Edge' status.The school has no sixth form, but is in partnership with the two main local further education institutions (Shrewsbury Sixth Form College and Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology), which the large majority of pupils go on to attend.HousesEach of the school's six houses, named after famous people from or associated with Shropshire, battles it out for the 'House Cup' (which Acton won in 2012), received by the house with the most points at the end of the house year. They are called Acton, Baxter, Clive, Darwin, Houseman and Webb. This runs from the start of the summer term to the end of the following spring term, so pupils in Year 11 are always still at school when the cup is awarded.