Welcome to Wye Primary School's Website!
"This is an outstanding school ... Pupils are developing into citizens of whom
the school and their parents can be proud."
Ofsted Team June 2006.
"This is an outstanding school ... high expectations coupled with a relentless
ambition to be even better ensure that everyone aims for the stars!"
Ofsted team January 2009.
Who was Lady Joanna Thornhill?
Wye is a popular village school, founded by Lady Joanna Thornhill who was lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II. She was the great granddaughter of Sir Richard Grenville and widow of Colonel Richard Thornhill of Olantigh in Wye. When she died in 1708, Lady Joanna left an endowment ‘for the benefit of the poorest children of Wye for their better education.’ And so began Lady Joanna Thornhill’s (Endowed) Primary School!
