Pastoral House System

At Penwortham Priory Academy we have a Pastoral Vertical House System, to ensure the best pastoral care of our pupils. This means there are children from each year group in our tutor groups. All members of the same family will have the same tutor and will be in the same form. They are in the same house with the same House Leader and form tutor for the first four years, allowing us to really get to know each family.

The House Leaders work closely with staff in school, to specifically track and monitor our pupils’ ongoing ‘Personal Development’ – their Character and Culture development, their involvement in our Personal Development Award Programme – Priory Plus Award and Interhouse Competitions.

Allowing pupils to contribute to, and feel a valued part of, not only the whole school community and their own particular year group, but their own house – Calder, Douglas, Hodder or Ribble.

You will notice each pupil has a tie with stripes in the colour of their House.

Mrs M Cauchi, House Leader (Douglas) | Mr A Hunter, House Leader (Hodder) | Mrs M Massey, House Leader (Calder) | Mr T Raynor, House Leader (Ribble)

House Competitions linked to Subject Interests 2023-24	House Competitions fostering Personal Character 2023-24	House Competitions fostering Creativity and Charity 2023-24
PE- Cross Country	Water Relay	Cake Baking Competition – In support of the McMillan Coffee Morning
Art & Design - Christmas Card Competition	Blindfold Obstacle Course	Cake Baking Competition – In support of Red Nose Day
ICT - Code Breaker	Basketball Hoop Shooting
Maths - Christmas Quizizz	Christmas Games - Limbo, Stick the red nose on the staff, Chocolate mint on your face, Pingpong in the cup
Languages - Y7 Spelling Bee x 2	Paper Ball Crazy Golf
Languages - Y8 Translation Bee	Sprout Relay
Maths - Year 10 & 11 Quizizz Competition	Connect 4 Challenge
Humanities - House Quiz	Departments run competitions have also taken place
English World Book Day Competition
Languages - Year 9 Competition
Science - British Science Week Competition
Maths - Y7, Y8 & Y9 Quizizz Competition
Humanities - Trench Quiz
Computing - Design an App
Food Tech - Best Scones
PE - Sports Day