Priory School (Kingston)

The Priory School in Kingston, Jamaica teaches kindergarten, primary and secondary students, the latter under the name Priory High.

The Priory School
Address
32 Hope Road Kingston 10 Jamaica
Coordinates	18.0174006°N 76.7870682°W / 18.0174006; -76.7870682
Information
Founded	1944
Founder	Henry Fowler

History

It was founded in 1944 as "The Priory House" by Henry Fowler, a Jamaican Rhodes scholar, political activist and patron of the arts and educational causes. Fowler was Priory's headmaster from its founding until his retirement in 1973.

Campus

Priory originally consisted of just one building, a former private residence "The Priory". This had been built in 1907 by the Governor of Jamaica Hugh Clarence Bourne to replace the previous building destroyed in the 1907 Kingston earthquake. This previous building had been in use as a rectory and it was in allusion to this that the name "Priory" was chosen for the new building.

See also

• Education in Jamaica
• List of Schools in Jamaica

References

• Rae, Norman (25 May 2007). "Henry Fowler". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
• "The monuments of Henry Fowler". Jamaica Gleaner. 18 February 2007. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2019.

External links

• Aerial view
• www.prioryjamaica.com - Website for former students and members of staff maintained by Priory 'Old Boy', Stephen Smith
• www.prioryyearbooks.com - An addendum to prioryjamaica.com