Miss Louise Cavanagh

Housemistress

Miss Cavanagh has been at St Mary’s Calne for four years and lives with her husband Henry. Miss Cavanagh teaches Classics and especially loves to explore classical sites with her pupils as part of the Academic Enrichment Week activities. Miss Cavanagh can’t wait to spend weekends and evenings getting to know everyone. In her free time, she enjoys reading, cooking, musicals and travelling to new and exciting places.

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Miss Helen Turley

Deputy Housemistress

Miss Turley was the Deputy Housemistress of School House for three years prior to this role. As well as being the Deputy Housemistress, Miss Turley is passionate about sport and teaches PE. In her own time, she enjoys playing football, reading and spending time with friends and family.

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Mrs Alison Carter

Day Housemistress

Mrs Carter has been at St Mary’s for four years. She had previously worked as a Senior Matron in a preparatory school and as a Day Housemistress at an independent school before having a family. Mrs Carter is married to Steve, a teacher and they have three children Alexander, Lily and Isabel. In her free time she enjoys cooking and entertaining, theatre, gardening, walking and camping.

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Welcome to St Prisca’s House! We are the MIV House and the final year (Year 8) in our Lower School. In St P’s our ethos is to provide a happy, nurturing environment where we prepare our pupils for the transition to Year 9, whilst also celebrating and developing their Lower School achievements.

Our core aim is to build pupils’ resilience and independence, allowing them to grow both academically and socially throughout their time in MIV. We also have a key focus on supporting pupils through their friendship journeys and helping them to navigate the often-challenging dynamics of peer relationships.

We take time to champion their learning and extend this outside of the classroom, with our end of year residential helping to re-enforce the Lower School curriculum and provide our pupils with an opportunity to build lasting friendships outside of the school environment.

The three members of our House Team work closely with our dedicated team of tutors to ensure that we provide the best all-round pastoral care coupled with a strong emphasis on academic progress. Our aim is for our pupils to leave the Lower School feeling they have developed the skills and confidence needed to achieve success in their continued journey at St Mary’s Calne.

Please contact us by telephone on 01249 857250 or 07980 978249 or via e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

To view the St Prisca's House Booklet, please click below.