#40YearsofCoeducation https://t.co/ZXXnSL37yj, The school site will close at 4pm today and reopen on Monday 4 January. #40YearsFriday #BGSDrama https://t.co/sIxHFymZKl, RT @BGSLibrarian: This Christmas the Library is celebrating the joys of getting absorbed into a good series! Old Bristolians', former pupils of Bristol Grammar School. During the spring term, it is dominated by hockey, football and rugby for the boys and netball for the girls. #BGSJuniors #BGSSport https://t.co/49S0H2fYYW, RT @MusicAtBGS: L6 Flute Salad are the first group into the Mackay for our #BGSCarols2020 recordings! Merrywood Grammar School was a grammar school in Knowle, Bristol. Bristol Grammar School (BGS) is a 4–18 mixed, independent day school in Bristol, England. At BGS 1992–99, Chris then studied Modern History at Oxford. Information about Bristol primary schools Find a primary school, admission arrangements, how places were allocated in previous years and furthest distance table. All welcome – Wed 2 Dec at 6.30pm via Zoom. A new pavilion has been built as part of the 475th anniversary expansion of the school, replacing the old pavilion. #BGSSport https://t.co/wq6G9tDocH, RT @MusicAtBGS: Busy, but very rewarding day recording in the Mackay for our #BGSCarols2020! Little is known of those of the 16th century and nothing of any before Thomas Moffat, the "scolemaster" of the City Audit Book of 1532 who took the School to the Bartholomews. Further education. All the latest education news, comment and analysis on schools, nurseries, colleges, universities, further and higher education and teaching from across the Bristol area. This exchange was carried out, and Charles Lee proceeded to enjoy his new school by greatly reducing the numbers of boys. Good luck to our Zoom cookery leader, Mrs Jones, and thank you to everyone who is showing their support for this project. The first few dates are conjectural. 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. This was mainly due to financing issues as building the hub would be very expensive (at least £1 million). It may be 2021, but #40Yearsin40Weeks is in 1986, the first year of Charles Martin's headship. The final one, today, was for BGS Infants and Juniors and it was delicious. Join in & share any festive photos or thoughts using #BGSCarols2020 #BGSMusic Seeing the success around you makes you want to be a part of it; it's very consuming, it draws you in. The charity collected them yesterday, with Senior School and Year 5 pupils helping to load the van. There is now a larger car park and better coach access. #BeKind not just to others, but also to yourself. There are six Houses in the Senior School, each named after its Head of House. ️ Sounding fantastic, very excited…, Calling all Sixth-formers – this Thursday is the Cook along Christmas Curry. Perry Court E-Act Academy. Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to make it a success – enjoy your well earned break and we'll see you all in 2021. Address: University Road, Bristol, BS8 1SR School type: Other independent school Open help text for Other independent school opens a popup ... Primary data is not available for this school because we do not publish key stage 2 data for independent schools. Bristol Grammar School is a consistently high-ranking selective co-educational day school for pupils aged 4-18. Starting school later: reception class Delayed school start if your child is not ready to go to school in the September of the school year in which they are 5 years old. This photo is of that group of girls, taken as they were leaving the Lower School. The foundation stone was laid on 10 June 1877 and the school moved in during 1879. It was also a landmark year as, for the first time, the number of girls joining allowed all five Third forms to be coeducational. However, despite extensive searches of the outer walls, it has not been found. Hi Has anyone got a child at bgs or thinking about putting their child into bgs for sept 2018? We wish you all a happy and restful Christmas break and look forward to seeing everyone back at BGS in 2021. There is a full kitchen between the Great Hall and the Science Wing, as well as two classrooms and an office belonging to the history department. #BGSValues #ProudToBeBGS https://t.co/jnuKByGo6T, RT @adamturps: Thank you @McCoubrieRachel The infant children had a brilliant time learning about the process of writing a book, finding a…, Join us via YouTube at 7pm this evening for BGS's Senior Carol Concert. Its buildings now house community hub The Park Knowle. There is something really rewarding about eating honey you’ve collected yourself and BGS honey is lovely; it definitely tastes different to the honey you buy in supermarkets. Norwood went on to serve as the master at Marlborough College and Harrow, and as president of #ChristmasIsComing https://t.co/RlLOtac2aV, Congratulations to our chess players on their highly successful results in the final online inter-school tournaments of the term on the evening of Friday 4 December. During the autumn term, the sport curriculum is dominated by rugby for the boys and hockey for the girls. 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. Now a politician, author and historian, he will be speaking about his book Richard III. Free school meals. #DoGoodDecember #BGSValues https://t.co/ZApgLNLtf5, Thursday's @OldBristolians lecture is from Chris Skidmore. #ChristmasLunch #BGSInfants #BGSJuniors https://t.co/1D9tE1R1mI, Christmas lunch over, the festive fun continues this afternoon for BGS Infants & Juniors with the brilliant 'Sleeping Beauty' #Pantomime streamed from @RedgraveTheatre. Cleve House School [3][4] Norwood went on to serve as the master at Marlborough College and Harrow, and as president of St John's College, Oxford. All schools and colleges in Bristol, City of. Learn more about the life-changing learning, friendships and adventure BGS offers to children, from Reception through to Sixth Form. The song was written in 1909 by Headmaster Cyril Norwood, and set to music by the Director of Music, C. W. Stear. #BGSSixthForm #ChristmasIsComing #CheersDrive https://t.co/4cFTcB0tLf, RT @BGSHeadmaster: Blue skies over Failand for the U16 rugby and the U13 I’m-a-celebrity-themed hockey this afternoon. The Chronicle is the annual BGS publication reflecting all aspects of life at Bristol Grammar School. The School was set to rights in 1812, but education was moving away from the classics and this caused further problems resulting in the school being closed in 1844. House colours are awarded, given at the end of the term should that person perform well in an activity or sport. The fifth line was updated from Norwood's original on the 400th anniversary of the school's founding. Bristol Grammar School was founded by Royal Charter, issued on 17 March 1532 by Henry VIII, for the teaching of 'good manners and literature'. Learn more about the life-changing learning, friendships and adventure BGS offers to children, from Reception through to Sixth Form. The girls' school was opened in 1891, 170 years after Colston's death, and was funded through a financial endowment from the slave trader. Types of school. 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Happy New Year! 1983–84 also saw the first girls to join the Lower School complete their time there. 10 better reasons to choose Bristol Grammar Infant and Junior School Schoolsmith Score®; 80. https://t.co/bd4w1CHqQf, A massive thank you to our brilliant catering team who have supplied no fewer than 4 Christmas lunches this term. The Top 3 Best Schools in Bristol, reviewed by School Guide. It was founded in 1532 by Royal Charter for the teaching of 'good manners and literature', endowed by wealthy Bristol merchants Robert and Nicholas Thorne. @ScottsHouseNews @bgsedwardshouse @HilliardsHouse @BGSRedHouse @BGSYellowHouse @BGSBrownHouse #SchoolsChess #BGSHouses https://t.co/WQ5KHnGAI3, From Tuesday to Thursday this week, the Senior School will be enjoying a special festive lunch menu in the Great Hall. #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. All donations made…, Find out more about Bristol Grammar School, Come and discover the excitement for yourself, "Strong relationships, between our pupils, and between pupils and staff, create a genuinely warm atmosphere and a real sense of community at BGS.". 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. Parents are able to claim free school meals if they receive a qualifying benefit. All students have access to computers with internet access. Various schools are invited to compete, with Exeter College winning the 2015 conference. The old entrance with the great wooden doors at the front still remains. 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. #BGSInfants #BGSJuniors, Almost time for #BGSCarols2020. During the 1940s/1950s, this was the woodworking department, and later a staff work room. Apply online for a reception place for Sept 2020 If you apply online you'll get email confirmation of your application. Until the 19th century, the Headmaster was known simply as the "Master" and his assistants as "Ushers". It became a grammar school in 1945 and closed in 2000, to be replaced by a new comprehensive, Fairfield High School, at first on the same site, but now located in Stottbury Road, Bristol. 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. 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. Here's to another brilliant action-packed day today. Bristol schools term and holiday dates . However, it was significantly less well endowed than Bristol's other secondary schools (Queen Elizabeth's, Red Maids' and Colston's), and its now dilapidated buildings were located in the wrong area of the city for pupils who mostly lived in Clifton and Redland. In many cases the date of the original foundation is uncertain. | BGS is a thriving independent day school, taking girls and boys from Reception through to the Sixth Form. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.[17][18]. It was founded in 1532 by Royal Charter for the teaching of 'good manners and literature', endowed by wealthy Bristol merchants Robert and Nicholas Thorne. Bristol Grammar School is located in Bristol and falls under the local authority of Bristol, City of. Further classrooms were added, a Gymnasium and a Fives Court and a Rifle Range. Life-changing learning, friendships and adventure. 277 were here. Bristol Grammar School. Nowadays, the organ would cost at least £2 million.[19]. 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. 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. https://t.co/KThEEjkNCn, RT @bgs_hockey: Sport is compulsory one afternoon a week for every year-group up to, and including, year 11. City of Bristol College; North Bristol Post 16 Centre; St Brendan's Sixth Form College; South Gloucestershire and Stroud College; Independent schools Primary and preparatory schools. 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. Fairfield Grammar School was a secondary school in Bristol, England, founded in 1898 as Fairfield Secondary and Higher Grade School. The Hub project however, was cancelled by the, then, new Headmaster, Roderick MacKinnon, so the planned building, which was popular among students, was discarded. Enjoy some festive fun over Zoom while you cook a meal for your families and help raise funds for @caringinbristol. These photos are from 1982's Twelfth Night – with Sian Scott-Wilson, now a BGS Juniors teacher, as Viola – and the 1950 all boys production. House activities include plays, music competitions and inter-House sporting tournaments. At whatever stage of their education they join us, your child will be welcomed into the BGS family. Secondary League Table for Bristol Grammar School This page shows the 20 nearest schools to Bristol Grammar School, ranked by our unique School Guide Rating 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. The Junior School was ranked in 2016 by The Good Schools Guide as one of the best value prep schools in the UK. 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. This is in addition to the sports hall on the Tyndall's Park campus, which supplements the one afternoon a week pupils spend doing sport with around another hour or so a week of PE within the school day. The school is divided into four sections: the Infant School (ages 4-7), the Junior School (ages 7–11), the Senior School (ages 11–16) and Sixth Form (ages 16–18). The Best UK School Guide: Easy to Use, Built for Parents. In 1996, the old servery was removed and the hall was restored to its old layout; the roof was also renewed during this time. The school flourished in the early 20th century under headmaster Sir Cyril Norwood (1906–1916), embodying "the ideals and experiences of a leading public school". 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. Previously a small door to the campus side of the building was for visitors, teachers and Prefects only. This list of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom contains extant schools in the United Kingdom established prior to 1700 and a few former schools established prior to the Reformation.The dates refer to the foundation or the earliest documented contemporary reference to the school. May the best House win! Clearly presented information on all UK Primary, Secondary and Independent schools. View as table click to expand. The school's own team has been particularly successful in recent years, winning Best Delegation at both Exeter College MUN and MUNCH.[16]. The school offers Ancient Greek as a subject from Year 9 onwards, and Classical Civilisation is also available now as a GCSE. 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. It is possibly what helps you to push yourself forward. Easy to Use ... Bristol Grammar School is rated third in Bristol on School Guide. My friends who aren’t at BGS can’t believe the opportunities we get to do things like this here. Thanks to your generous support, we've raised over £1,200 for @caringinbristol #CheersDrive project. This has now been reversed; two smaller staircases lead up and merge into a larger one which doubles back to reach the Great Hall. This is a list of the current 163 state-funded fully selective schools (grammar schools) in England, as enumerated by Statutory Instrument.The 1998 Statutory Instrument listed 166 such schools. Both sexes may participate in sports such as tennis and athletics. 2. There the boys learnt Latin and Greek, Divinity and some Hebrew. It was a little more…, RT @BGSRugby: So great to have Saturday rugby back at Failand today! By 1767, the buildings were cramped. BRISTOL GRAMMAR SCHOOL - Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity The room is 140 feet (43 m) long, 50 feet (15 m) wide and 50 feet (15 m) high. This shows whether a pupil's family have claimed eligibility for free school meals as reported in the annual spring school census. These have been rebuilt as art rooms and rehearsal rooms, but the Winterstoke wing still houses the laboratories which were added in 1914. The Thorne family were wealthy Bristol merchants, friends of men like John Cabot and known to royalty. Different types of primary schools in Bristol. To make it extra Christmassy they can wear a Christmas jumper too, with donations (£2) going to @save_children #ChristmasJumper appeal. [9] At that time, Bristol had substantial hospital endowments (second only to London and Edinburgh) but these were mostly spent on charity rather than education. #40YearsFriday #40YearsofCoeducation https://t.co/CS4ffPjUbe, Also as a Christmas bonus, here's a #FlashbackFriday to a sunny Midsummer Fair at Tyndall's Park, with Mr and Mrs Avery enjoying the fun. Ensuring your child enjoys school life is at the heart of all we do. However, there was no po… Admission arrangements This was extended to include performing arts, awarding several students colours for their contribution to concerts, plays and taking House assemblies. #40YearsFriday #40YearsofCoeducation https://t.co/tjIWTDmn25, 30 minutes to go until tonight's @OldBristolians lecture; Chris Skidmore will be speaking about his book on Richard III at 6.30pm. You think that 'one day I can do that' or 'I can be like that'. 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