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A chance remark leads to Penwortham Priory Academy 70 year reunion

4 elderley, caucasian people - 2 men and 2 women - inside holding an old school blazer A chance comment by one of Penwortham Priory Academy’s Class of 1953 led to a fantastic 70 year reunion in the school’s Rose Garden.  Priory’s first head girl Sonia Ward […]

1 year ago
Call for post half-term week of home-learning at Preston and Lancashire schools

Schools in Lancashire receive funding boost Ian Watkinson, Lancashire’s representative on the executive of the National Education Union, has made calls to keep school closed for a week after their half term break. The opinion comes […]

4 years ago
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