The Bath-based Prior Park Educational Trust has announced plans to open a new Catholic independent senior school in Gibraltar. The school will occupy the current site of Sacred Heart Middle School in the Upper Town.

Due to open in September 2016, the new school will be the fourth school in the Prior Park educational establishment portfolio, which includes two schools in Bath and Prior Park Prep School in Cricklade, Wiltshire.

Executive principal James Murphy-O'Connor spoke to the Bath Chronicle about the plans:

"The extraordinarily unique location of Gibraltar as a gateway to both Africa and the rest of Europe also opens up all sorts of linguistic and cultural possibilities for our community."

Read more at: http://m.bathchronicle.co.uk/New-school-Gibraltar-opened-8203-Prior-Park/story-26364125-detail/story.html

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