About Us
Priory School was founded in Shanklin in 1993 out of Upper Chine School. In 2009 the school came into the ownership of Edmund Matyjaszek, whose family has been in teaching for generations, and whose three sons attend the school.
An Oxford scholar and former director and trustee of the Poetry Society, Mr Matyjaszek is also an experienced company director trained in law. He will be a non-teaching principal, and has appointed as Head of School Mrs Glynis Bates, who won a National Award in 2009 from the Good Schools Guide for her GCSE teaching. In 2010 a Sixth Form was opened with Mr Tony Adlam as its Head.
The School Administrator, Mr Robert Bartlett, and the Bursar, Mr Desmond Wakely CIMA, complete the school management team, with a clear division of teaching and administrative roles to allow the teaching staff to be devoted fully to the pupils’ studies.
Priory School's twin pillars are academic rigour and pastoral care. It offers Scholarships & Bursaries for pupils who qualify, PE & team sports, music with its newly formed choir that won the cup at the 2011 Isle of Wight Music Festival, and drama and art. After school clubs will also be offered across a range of activities, including a highly successful Duke of Edinburgh Awards programme.