Search. See the OBs website for details: https://t.co/OOvHunHNYB #BGSFamily #BeyondBGS https://t.co/9Vuttn5q4A, Thank you to everyone who supported last week’s Senior School non-uniform day in aid of Education for All Morocco. Bristol Grammar School (also known as BGS) is an independent day school located in Tyndalls Park, Bristol.Founded in 1532 by brothers Robert and Nicholas Thorne as an all-boys school, it is now fully co-educational having first admitted girls in 1980.. 1983–84 also saw the first girls to join the Lower School complete their time there. All students have access to computers with internet access. BRISTOL GRAMMAR SCHOOL - Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity The first few dates are conjectural. 256 pages. Click on the links below to read the full accounts: • Stafford Morse’s ‘The Development of a County School’ written in 1950 • L G Taylor’s history of ‘Marlwood School‘ written in 1979. David Prowse, Bristol Grammar School. This photo is of that group of girls, taken as they were leaving the Lower School. Optional subjects include Russian and Economics. All News. Join via Zoom, link available on the OBs website: https://t.co/mpj71wYAgw #BGSFamily, Our Sixth-formers are cooking dinner for their families today, in return for a donation to @caringinbristol's #CheersDrive project. The Grammar Scole at Frome Gate was in the care of its first schoolmaster, Thomas Moffat, when good fortune stepped in to secure its future. Fortunat… Cracking doubles comp in the Yr9 Fancy Dress https://t.co/uXBp44ntMP, Hands up if you were excited about the return of Saturday sport last weekend! Bristol is an educational center. This centre fits between the Elton Road Block and the Princess Anne Block. On 17 March 1532, Henry VIII issued a Charter under which the Thornes could endow the Grammar School and establish it in larger premises at St Bartholomew's Hospital near the bottom of Christmas Steps. The Big School was designed in the late Perpendicular Gothic style, by the Bristol firm of Foster and Wood. [14] Bristol Grammar has a sporting rivalry with fellow Bristol public school Clifton College. The school counts among its alumni prominent personalities including Nobel laureate Sir John Pople, former British ambassador to the US Lord Oliver Franks, and founder of Penguin Books Sir Allen Lane. Sport is compulsory one afternoon a week for every year-group up to, and including, year 11. Inside the foundation stone there is a time capsule, reported to contain "Copies of The Times and of the Bristol newspapers and a parchment document containing an account of the ceremony". The main stairs leading out of the Great Hall have been modified to fulfil fire and safety regulations and in preparation for the new library and Sixth Form building known as The Hub. ... BGS has been part of education in Bristol for almost 500 years. Our Yr13 girls have tackled the disappointment of a final hockey term without fixtures with unwavering enthusiasm and g…, RT @bgs_hockey: Wow. It became a comprehensive in 2001, and an academy in September 2011. | Cotham has an excellent reputation in Bristol built on our specialisms in Performing Arts, Maths and Computing and an outstanding GCSE and A Level examination record that is amongst the very best in the city. By 1767, the buildings were cramped. #BGSInfants #BGSJuniors, Almost time for #BGSCarols2020. Until the 19th century, the Headmaster was known simply as the "Master" and his assistants as "Ushers". The school was founded in 1532 by two brothers, Robert and Nicholas Thorne. We encourage you to grab a mince pie and enjoy this virtual concert from the comfort of your home. Here's to another brilliant action-packed day today. Most of the teaching rooms in this block are now used for this purpose. The Hub project however, was cancelled by the, then, new Headmaster, Roderick MacKinnon, so the planned building, which was popular among students, was discarded. The School's motto Ex Spinis Uvas, which translates as "Grapes From Thorns", is a play upon the names of the School’s founders. It was a little more…, RT @BGSRugby: So great to have Saturday rugby back at Failand today! [3][4] Norwood went on to serve as the master at Marlborough College and Harrow, and as president of St John's College, Oxford. Its predecessor was the Merchant Venturers' School. This has now been reversed; two smaller staircases lead up and merge into a larger one which doubles back to reach the Great Hall. Latest. The song was written in 1909 by Headmaster Cyril Norwood, and set to music by the Director of Music, C. W. Stear. #40YearsofCoeducation #BGSJuniors https://t.co/DWRzNwYOO7, We are using @cvminder to tweet our vacancies, #40Yearsin40Weeks 5 Oct 1983 saw HRH Princess Anne visit BGS, to officially open the building that bears her name. Fairfield Grammar School was a secondary school in Bristol, England, founded in 1898 as Fairfield Secondary and Higher Grade School. It closed in the 1940s to make way for a new road scheme. Bristol Grammar School, University Road, BRISTOL, BS8 1SR SOCS sport website website There are six Houses in the Senior School, each named after its Head of House. 17 December 2020. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.[17][18]. Get this from a library! The school's boarding house was closed in July 1939.[13]. Rank School Pupils achieving 5+ A*-C/ 9-4s Progress 8 Pupils; 1: Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet, EN5 4DQ: 100: 1.22: 1235: 1: Colchester County High School for Girls, CO3 3US Details via Operoo or from Mrs Hicks. All donations made…, Many thanks to our @oldbristolians speakers for giving their time so generously to @BGSCareers virtual event ‘Considering a Career in…the Environment and Sustainability’ yesterday. A reform school was set up in 1854 by Mary Carpenter, with the financial help of the poet Lord Byron 's widow, at Bristol 's Red Lodge. House colours are awarded, given at the end of the term should that person perform well in an activity or sport. Underneath the Great Hall is the Staff Room, the Pople Room, and the school offices. By Foster and Wood. This satisfied the authorities sufficiently that they granted permission to make structural alterations to the Grade II listed building. Menu. #40YearsFriday #40YearsOfCoeducation https://t.co/2U9U6iqkSJ, If you haven't already seen it, head over to our Facebook page to watch @BGSYellowHouse prefects and staff (and guest star baby) perform their version of 'The 12 Days of Christmas' https://t.co/zQI17tOstx, BGS Drama presents 'Talking Heads', a selection of Christmas monologues. Many of its pupils entered the … To join, see the OBs website: https://t.co/FhCZ62J6ay #BGSFamily https://t.co/kSHX3Zzb7d, Good luck to everyone taking part in this evening's virtual House Chess competition. Two possibilities exist - that the foundation stone was placed at the far end of the building where the Science wing now is, and was destroyed or covered up when that building was erected; or that the stone is buried under tarmac towards the front of the building. This meant that the wall between the two smaller staircases could be knocked through to insert a modern automated double glass door allowing pupils to reach the Great Hall with greater ease from within the campus. #40Yearsin40Weeks – 1984 and a piece of BGS history is made with Roz Cockitt’s appointment as the first female Head of School. BRISTOL GRAMMAR SCHOOL - Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity Otherwise, we’ll assume you’re OK to continue. It has educated members of both houses of the UK Parliament and has a strong legal tradition, having educated two present Lord Justices of Appeal (Sirs Rabinder Singh and Timothy Holroyde). And the rest, as they say, is history. Bristol Grammar School(BGS) is an English co-educationalindependentday school located in Tyndalls Park, Bristol. Cotham School | 55 followers on LinkedIn | Providing life-enhancing education that develops the character, talents and potential of every child. The staircase was originally one big staircase which started at ground level, led up and split into two smaller ones which doubled back to reach the Great Hall. The block has been extended with a new 245 seat (standard layout) theatre, and additional rehearsal/teaching space, and is named the 1532 Performing Arts Centre. Sometimes known as the Long Room, but now usually as the Great Hall, it was designed as a teaching room, and the Masters' stalls are still in place. #DoGoodDecember #BGSValues https://t.co/ZApgLNLtf5, Thursday's @OldBristolians lecture is from Chris Skidmore. Bristol Grammar School is a very special place. Enjoy some festive fun over Zoom while you cook a meal for your families and help raise funds for @caringinbristol. Most of the houses have now had their leases relinquished and have been converted into teaching space. When the whole school assembled in the Great Hall for the official opening of the new staircase, the invited guests included people who donated large sums of money to help get the project on its way and some of the OBs, including John Pople, who have supported the school. These have been rebuilt as cookery and rehearsal rooms, and a Junior School Hall, but the Winterstoke wing, added in 1914, still houses the Science Laboratories. They wished to endow a school where the sons of Bristol merchants and tradesmen could receive an education. Choose from around 200 that we…, Last call for Mark Watson's @OldBristolians lecture. Best known for playing the part of Dart…, Find out more about Bristol Grammar School, Come and discover the excitement for yourself. Watch via YouTube (link will be shared here on the day) and join in at #BGSCarols2020 https://t.co/8WOh76NFRO, Tonight, 6.30pm https://t.co/spmgN3mlGm, Day 2 #DoGoodDecember This was mainly due to financing issues as building the hub would be very expensive (at least £1 million). #BGSMusic By 1983 there were about 200 girls in the school, although the photos seem to miss almost all of them among the 2000 spectators! The new pavilion provides facilities for up to 350 pupils and staff at a time with improved showering and changing facilities as well as an attractive hospitality area for spectators. #BGSSport https://t.co/wq6G9tDocH, RT @MusicAtBGS: Busy, but very rewarding day recording in the Mackay for our #BGSCarols2020! The assistant charity commissioner proposed a scheme that would reorganise the objectives of the endowed schools and secure funding for the Grammar School and the new Clifton High School for Girls. Bristol is also an education centre, its schools including Bristol Grammar School, the Cathedral School, and Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital, all founded in the 1500s; Colston’s School (1708); and Clifton College, founded in the residential suburb of Clifton in 1862. The headmaster, Jaideep Barot MA MSc, is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) and was appointed in September 2018. School colours are awarded to pupils typically in their final year, who perform exceptionally well in sport or any other school activity. During the 1940s/1950s, this was the woodworking department, and later a staff work room. Each student is placed in one of the six House groups at the beginning of their time in the Senior School, remaining in the House until they leave school. Yesterday, Bristol Grammar School said one of its pupils had died on a school trip in New York. Black cloth. The school became a direct grant grammar school in 1946[11] as a result of the Education Act 1944 and chose to become independent when direct grants were abolished by the 1974–9 Labour Government.[12]. 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For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. The children are loving the show – thanks to BGS Friends I&J for arranging this treat! More recently, as part of the 1532 Performing Arts Centre development which opened in 2016, the Elton Road block has been redeveloped to provide music teaching and practice spaces, and a drama studio, with The Mackay becoming a recital space with attached recording studio. Bristol Grammar School was founded in 1532 by the brothers Robert and Nicholas Thorne, two wealthy and well-connected merchants. These conferences, presided over by the school's own Secretaries General, include chairing teams of BGS Sixth Form students. #BGSDrama #BGSScholars #PerformingArts The song consists of four verses and a chorus, although usually only the first verse and chorus are sung. It was endowed by Robert and Nicholas Thorne, wealthy Bristol merchants who wished to establish a school for the education of … To one side of the Great Hall, sitting separate from the Hall itself and the Junior School, is another building designed to blend in. The foundation stone was laid on 10 June 1877. May the best House win! Downstairs there are now, as in 1879, the Headmaster's Study, the Senior Common Room, offices and classrooms. https://t.co/hLvzrVzhgR, RT @EFAMorocco: Please support EFA today to raise the funds to sponsor the education of over 200 girls in rural Morocco. Bristol Grammar School occupies a triangle of land between the University of Bristol on the University Road side, what used to be Dingle's department store on the lower side and a series of houses on the Elton Road side known as Tyndalls Park. Mission and Aims. Learn more about the life-changing learning, friendships and adventure BGS offers to … 1879 Great Hall, with 1909 block across its S end and 1914 block across the W end of the latter. By 1870 the headmaster (Rev John William Caldicott) told the Endowed Schools Commission that the school was "full to overflowing" with 240 boys. It cost over £1,000 and it is still played for assemblies and concerts. The sixth form student is said to have been found unconscious at … [15] BHES (Bristol Hospital Education Service), is now based in half of the old … The Prep Hall, which survived, became the Mackay Theatre and the Elton Road ruin was rebuilt as classrooms under Headmaster John Garrett. The old entrance with the great wooden doors at the front still remains. It is sung in the final school assembly each term, and at other school or related events such as the annual prize giving ceremony and old boys' (and girls') dinners. First there was 'The Plan' to abolish Cotham as a Grammar School and replace it with a non-selective, split-site school in conjunction with Bishopston, an incredible scheme which had nothing to commend it except for those who saw the existence of Bristol's two remaining state grammar schools as an irri­tation. This work was permitted due to work done by the school's archivist who demonstrated that this was the way that the original staircase was likely to have been. However, despite extensive searches of the outer walls, it has not been found. Initially just one class in Year 1 and one in Year 2, there are now two classes in each of Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 and the Infants occupy two of the Elton Road houses. The early years of George Yelland were beset by difficulties not of his making. This is one of the biggest building jobs on the main campus since 1994 when the Design & Technology Centre was built in the centre of the site.. Carmen Bristoliense (Song of the Bristolians) is the school song of Bristol Grammar School, which is sung in Latin. The school was founded on 17 March 1532 by brothers Robert and Nicholas Thorne, when it was housed in the St Bartholomew's Hospital, as part of the new founding of schools after Henry VIII's closure of the monasteries, where previously a large proportion of England's education had occurred. Our Y7s certa…, There's more photos from both Twelfth Nights on our FB/Insta. In 1980 the School became fully coeducational, having admitted girls to the Sixth Form for the previous two years. The total cost of the project was £2.4 million. The school was founded on 17 March 1532 by brothers Robert and Nicholas Thorne, when it was housed in the St Bartholomew's Hospital, as part of the new founding of schools after Henry VIII's closure of the monasteries, where previously a large proportion of England's education had occurred. 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