Priestnall School


Priestnall School, known simply as Priestnall Secondary School, is a 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, such as a statue of a lion in the school quad holding a shield with an original inscription from Fylde Lodge High School.

Colleges

There are five colleges, each of which is assigned certain subjects. They are as follows:
; Bridgewater : Maths, ICT and Business Studies
; Imperial : Geography and Science
; Rylands : Drama, English, History and Media
; Urbis : Technology, Beliefs and Values, Sociology, Ethics, Music and Art
; Victoria : PE and MFL
They are all named after Manchester landmarks – the Bridgewater Hall, the Imperial War Museum, Urbis, the John Rylands Library, and Victoria Baths.

Notable former pupils