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About the HeadmasterJames Priory was born in Solihull and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham. He moved to the Sixth Form at Taunton School where he became Head Boy, and was a distinguished debater, winning the World Public Speaking and Debating Championships. He has a First Class Degree in English from the University of Oxford, where he was Proxime Accessit for the Newdigate Prize for poetry. He developed an interest in choral music as cantor in Lincoln College Chapel Choir, has performed and directed in a variety of dramatic productions and is an enthusiastic follower of most sports. His first teaching post was at Bradford Grammar School, where after two years he became Head of Year 7, introducing the first girls into the school. He came to PGS as Head of English in 2000, and has subsequently become first Senior Teacher and then Assistant Head with responsibility for the Sixth Form. He is the first internal appointment as Headmaster for almost two hundred years. James is a regular contributor to the educational press, and is on the Board of Conference and Common Room, the magazine of the Headmasters’ and Headmistress’s Conference. He is Chairman of the Portsmouth Festivities, a city wide annual celebration of young people and the arts. James is married to Helen, who also teaches English, and they
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