[1][2] It served the area including Lundwood, Monk Bretton, Cudworth and Cundy Cross.

It was a state community school, administered by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.

Priory School and Sports College as of the late 2000s/early 2010s inhabited one central main building and several outer blocks.

During September to December 2011, both halves of the new Shafton ALC were operating on their former school sites.

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