Established 1988 Headteacher Geraint Edwards DfE URN 117499 Tables Number of students 1,020 Gender Mixed-sex education | Type Community school DfE number 919/4000 Phone +44 1462 622300 Founded 1988 | |
Location Bedford Road
Hitchin
Hertfordshire
SG5 2UR
England Address Bedford Rd, Hitchin SG5 2UR, UK Similar Hitchin Girls' School, Hitchin Boys' School, The Highfield School, Fearnhill School, Hitchin Priory Profiles | ||
The Priory School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. It is a community school operated by Hertfordshire Local Authority. The school is fully comprehensive but has a specialism in Business and Enterprise.
The Priory School is the only coeducational secondary school in Hitchin, the others being Hitchin Boys' School and Hitchin Girls' School. However The Priory School is part of a sixth form consortium with the other two schools, and some Priory sixth form students have classes for certain courses at the other school sites.
Former Headteacher of the school, Peter Loach, retired at the end of the 2013 Summer term. He was succeeded by Geraint Edwards, previously the acting head of Marriotts School in Stevenage.