The Portsmouth Grammar School A GSG School
- The Portsmouth Grammar School
High Street
Portsmouth
PO1 2LN - Head: Mr James Priory
- T 023 9236 0036
- F 023 9236 4256
- E admissions@pgs.org.uk
- W www.pgs.org.uk
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 11 to 18 with a linked junior school
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Portsmouth
- Pupils: 1113; sixth formers: 335
- Religion: Christian
- Fees: £14,817 pa
- Open days: Late September. Open afternoons, November, January, March, April and June
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: The Portsmouth Grammar Junior School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The energy and friendliness of PGS are what strike you first: ‘It’s a buzzy vibrant place’, said a parent, another adding that ‘it’s a big school, but doesn’t feel like it, with small tutor groups helping pupils feel secure, and always plenty of people around that you know’. Pupils describe a strict working environment, where you are encouraged to work hard. ‘That’s how we want it to be’, one added seriously. Music is a focus at this school, with…
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2015 Good Schools Guide Awards
- Excellent performance by Girls taking Additional Mathematics FSMQ at an English Independent School (Free standing Maths Qual Level 3)
Curricula
International Baccalaureate: diploma - the diploma is the familiar A-level equivalent.
Other features
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
Choir school - substantial scholarships and bursaries usually available for choristers.
Sports
Rowing
Fencing
Shooting
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since, 2008, James Priory, married with three children, all three of whom attended or is attending Portsmouth Grammar School (PGS). Read English at Oxford, before his first teaching post at Bradford Grammar School, moving on to PGS in 2000 as head of English. Mr Priory has remained loyal to PGS since, taking on posts as head of English, senior teacher, and assistant head of the sixth form before becoming head. A nice line in self deprecatory humour: standing proudly surveying the playground on his first day as head, he overheard some very small juniors talking to each other - ‘I know who that is…it’s the new headmistress’. A friendly and energetic head, who has an infectious enthusiasm for PGS and its pupils - it was easy to understand a pupil’s statement that Mr Priory...
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Special Education Needs
Parents are asked to inform the school at the time of entry of any additional educational needs. All members of the teaching staff are informed, by means of the school’s information management system, of pupils requiring support, the nature of support and possible strategies to help. Staff take account of this information in the classroom. The school endeavours to identify other pupils who may have a learning difficulty by screening all new entrants to the school in the autumn term or at time of entry. Referral by subject teachers of individual pupils to the Head of Learning Support may occur throughout the year. Pupils will be assessed in school for access arrangements while diagnostic assessments must be sought externally. Access arrangements are granted across the school according to the criteria specified by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) Pupils may be referred for additional support either via teachers or parents. The Learning Support department has an open door policy and pupils may also self-refer. Pupils may be seen weekly on an individual or small group basis. The Portsmouth Grammar School provides outstanding pastoral support. This includes on-site counselling for pupils who may be experiencing social or emotional difficulties.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Aspergers Syndrome [archived] | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders [archived] | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Delicate Medical Problems [archived] | |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | Y |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Epilepsy [archived] | |
| Genetic | Y |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | Y |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | Y |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| PD - Physical Disability | Y |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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