Prior Park College

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Prior Park College is a Roman Catholic School situated in Bath, England. It was founded in 1830 and has been co-educational for well over 20 years. Prior Park College, Bath, is a co-educational boarding and day community, Catholic in tradition, ecumenical in spirit. It is the largest fully co-educational Catholic Independent boarding and day school in Britain. The college occupies the mansion built by Ralph Allen, and adjoins Prior Park Landscape Garden. The 57 acre site overlooks the World Heritage City of Bath.

It is affiliated with Prior Park Preparatory School which is located in Cricklade, Wiltshire, England and The Paragon School, Bath, junior school of Prior Park College.

A wide range of over 60 weekly activities including football, tennis, chess, electronics, textiles, dance and scrabble, are on offer. Prep (homework) is generally completed during the working day for Years 7 and 8. Pupils also transfer to the College from preparatory schools at the age of 13 and they quickly integrate into the senior Houses.

Boarding is at the heart of Prior Park and this is reflected in the recent refurbishment of the boarding accommodation to provide modern study bedrooms. Recent developments in the last 2 years have included a major refurbishment of an indoor swimming pool, a new ICT centre and classroom extension and the new Mackintosh dance Studio which opened in September.

In 2006 pupils achieved 66% A & B grades with almost a quarter of the year group gaining 3 or more A grades. At GCSE 56% of all grades were at A* & A with over a third of pupils gaining 9 or more A* & A grades.

Academic, All-Rounder, Art, Drama, Music and Sporting Excellence Scholarships and HM Forces and other bursaries are available.

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[edit] External links

Prior Park College - Official school website

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