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Priory School[1]

Independent · ages 4–18

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Headline results

No headline results are published for this school in the latest two years.

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
55.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
60.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
21.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[3]

IGCSEs don't count towards Attainment 8, so it understates many independent schools.

Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 48.2[4] 59.3%[4]
2023/24 45.4[5] 56%[5]
2022/23 56.4[6] 70%[6]
2021/22 55.1[7] 67%[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2016/17[8]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[10]

ISI inspection

Inspection
March 2026[11]
Framework
Framework from September 2023[11]
Leadership and governance
Standards met[11]
Quality of education
Standards met[11]
Health and wellbeing
Standards met[11]
Social and economic education
Standards met[11]
Safeguarding
Standards met[11]

Health and wellbeing

  • ISI recommended: The school should ensure a trained staff member is present and supervising when young children are eating.

Safeguarding

  • ISI recommended: The school should update its policies to match current safeguarding and behaviour guidance.

Previous ISI inspections: 2023 (2023 report).

ISI's page for this school

Findings of the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), restated in our own words: not ISI's wording. Read the full report on ISI's website.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Fees

Prep, day
£2,760–£3,730 a term 2026/27 · Junior School Christmas Term · VAT not stated[12]
Senior, day
£4,200–£4,600 a term 2026/27 · Senior School Christmas Term · VAT not stated[12]

As published by the school on its own website for the year shown, quoted from our archived copy. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest fee the school lists for that stage. Check the school's current fees before deciding: extras (lunch, trips, exams) and bursaries are not included. Fees are never used to rank schools.

Type
Other independent school[1]
Ages
4–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
256[1]
Local authority
Isle of Wight[1]
Website
www.prioryschool.org.uk[1]
Nursery classes
No Nursery Classes[10]
Special classes
No Special Classes[10]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[10]
District
Isle of Wight[13]
Postcode
PO32 6LP[1]
URN
118225[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
193 2024/25[14]
SEN support
25.9% 2024/25[14]
EHC plan
0% 2024/25[14]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[14]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Independent Schools Inspectorate: School inspection report, Priory School, March 2026. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
  12. prioryschool.org.uk: prioryschool.org.uk — Fees. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (8)
    Year R £ 2,760 (p. 1)
    Junior School (p. 1)
    Year 1/2 £ 3,000 (p. 1)
    Year 3-4 £ 3,450 (p. 1)
    Year 5-6 £ 3,730 (p. 1)
    S1/S2 (Yrs 7-8) £ 4,200 (p. 1)
    Senior School (p. 1)
    S3/S4/S5 (Yrs 9-11) £ 4,600 (p. 1)
  13. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.