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Priestnall School

Field	Value
name	Priestnall School
image	Heaton Mersey - Priestnall Road, looking east - geograph.org.uk - 1231875.jpg
image_size	220px
logo	Fair use image Priestnall School.png
coordinates
established	1974
type	Academy
trust	The Laurus Trust
religious_affiliation	Mixed
head_of_school	Rachel Howarth
executive_headteacher	Martin Vevers
founder	The Laurus Trust
address	Priestnall Road
Heaton Mersey
city	Stockport
county	Greater Manchester
country	England
postcode	SK4 3HP
local_authority	Stockport
ofsted	yes
urn	149936
staff	200-234
enrolment	1,272
gender	Coeducational
lower_age	11
upper_age	16
website	https://www.priestnallschool.org.uk

Heaton Mersey

Priestnall School is a coeducational secondary school in Heaton Mersey, Stockport, England.

History

The school was established in 1974 by a merger of Fylde Lodge High School, which was located in Priestnall Road, Heaton Mersey, and Stockport High School for Girls, which was located in Cale Green. Priestnall School took over the Fylde Lodge High School building. The Stockport High School building was subsequently used first by Davenport High School, then by Hillcrest Grammar School from 1983.

Fylde Lodge High School was built in the 1960s as an all girls school. It was still an all girls school at the time of the merger. Males were allowed to study at Priestnall School from 1987. Priestnall still to this day keeps some heritage of Fylde Lodge.

Previously a community school administered by Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, in September 2023 Priestnall School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by The Laurus Trust. Prior to the Laurus Trust sponsoring the school the school was led by two Acting Headteachers (Mr Timothy Clarey and Mr Robert Jones), this was for the period April 2023 to September 2023.

They are all named after Manchester landmarks – the Bridgewater Hall, the Imperial War Museum, the Urbis Building, the John Rylands Library, and Victoria Baths.

Notable former pupils

Liam Broady – tennis player
Naomi Broady – tennis player
The Blossom Twins: Lucy Osterfeld (née Knott) and Kelly Sharpe (née Knott) – professional wrestlers formerly contracted with TNA Wrestling and former teaching assistants at St Winifred's Roman Catholic Primary School and Tithe Barn Primary School
Kate Richardson-Walsh – Olympic gold medalist field hockey player with Great Britain

References

(23 June 2023). "Welcome".
"Celebrating our History". Hillcrest Grammar School.
"Priestnall School - GOV.UK".
"Priestnall School - GOV.UK".
(27 January 2017). "Our Family of Schools - the Laurus Trust".
(2011). "Sports Personality – Liam Broady – Winner". Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.
Vignes, Spencer. (22 June 2011). "Tennis: Naomi Broady's Wimbledon bow ends in tears but youngster tells Spencer Vignes she will only be better for the experience". MEN Media.
(2010). "Wrestling twins hope career will blossom". Manchester Evening News.

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