Behind the scenes: PPA Facilities and Lettings Team

Behind The Scenes: PPA Facilities & Lettings Team

In the bustling corridors and behind the scenes, there are dedicated teams who ensure that our school functions smoothly. From managing administrative tasks and keeping our buildings safe and secure, to providing essential classroom support, these unsung heroes play a vital role in creating a positive learning environment at Priory.

In the sixth part of this series, we’re shining a spotlight on the PPA Facilities and Lettings Team as we explore their contributions and learn more about the people who ensure we achieve the utmost from our facilities for the benefit of our school and the community.

You may think Priory opens and closes when the school bell goes but it’s ready for business seven days a week.
 
We have a superb team at Priory that manages the hiring of the schools’ facilities outside of school hours, which ensures the school is used not only for educating pupils but by the Penwortham and wider communities.
 
The Lettings Team is led by the Strategic Estates Development Manager, Mr Bolton, while Mr Wynter and Mr Kolacz run the day-to-day operations for enabling the hirers of our facilities have a great experience. The directors for PPA Facilities are Mr Eastham, Mr Gee, Mrs Barker and Mr Bolton.

Out-of-school hours, Priory is used for a variety of community activities such as The Pauline Quirk Academy, a Bulgarian language and dance club, EDSC Dance Group, One Voice Choir, Diddy Kicks, Rugby Tots, Scouts, volleyball, netball, football and cricket leagues, plus a church – to name but a few.
 
Available for hire are the school’s two Conference Suites, the 3G pitch, the sports hall, floodlit netball courts, gym, drama and dance studio, grass pitches, assembly hall and classrooms – basically all our school can be utilised out-of-school hours.
 
Mr Wynter said: “My role is to prepare for all the lettings; I set up all the equipment that’s needed for the clubs or groups, so they are ready to go, and speak to the customers, managing all their requirements. I deal with a lot of sports.

“The site is open seven days a week, in the evenings, and also from 8am-6pm at weekends,”
 
Mr Kolacz said: “As well as covering lettings shifts, I look after the site’s maintenance so can be called upon at any time.”
 
Mr Bolton said: “I manage the initial contacts with the hirers along with making bookings on the online system that we use to make booking our facilities easier for our users.“
We want to do our bit to make sure that Priory is part of the larger community and open our site for a whole variety of groups and clubs to use our state of the art facilities.”

You can view galleries of our facilities before making any enquiries by visiting our website.  We welcome casual or regular bookings.

You can also check availability and make online instant bookings for our 3G pitch, floodlit netball court and sports hall as well as book a badminton court or table tennis.  

Enquiries lettings@priory.lancs.sch.uk

www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/facility-hire-at-priory