Established 1877 Religion Church of England Chair of Governors Hugh Stebbing Number of students 527 Capacity 722 | Type Independent day Head Alison Neill Phone +44 117 973 0201 Founded 1877 Gender Mixed-sex education | |
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Location College Road
Clifton
Bristol
BS8 3JD
England Address College Rd, Bristol BS8 3JD, UK Similar Bristol Grammar School, Clifton College Preparato, QEH Bristol, Redland High School fo, Badminton School Profiles | ||
Clifton High School is a coeducational independent school in Clifton, Bristol, England. The school is the only one in the region to operate the Diamond Edge model of education. This model means boys and girls are educated together from Nursery to Year 6, then separately in some subjects between Years 7 and 9. In Year 7 boys and girls are taught separately for French, German and Spanish. In Years 7 to 9 boys and girls are taught separately for English, Mathematics, IT, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Games. They are then taught together in all subjects from Years 10 to 13. Clifton High School was founded as a girls' school as the nearby Clifton College was then a boys' school. It became coeducational in 2009. It is a member of the Society of Heads.
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History
Clifton High School for Girls was founded in 1877 (after some opposition from nearby Bristol Grammar School) by visionaries including John Percival, the first Headmaster of Clifton College. The Sixth Form began accepting boys in 2008 and the school became fully coeducational the following year.
Houses
In the 1950s and 1960s the houses were named after the school's founders and early benefactors: Budgett, Percival, Pope, Pears, Winkworth and Wollaston, to whose memory prayers were dedicated on Rose Day (e.g. "Remembering especially Sarah Constance Wollaston"). Later they were named after famous women: Austen (pink), Curie (yellow) and Odette (green). The house names were then changed in academic year 2009-2010 to Holmes, Radcliffe and Redgrave; as this was the first year allowing boys throughout the entire school, the school didn't want entirely female houses. The house names were changed back in academic year 2010-2011, following a competition, to the names of the school founders, Wollaston (yellow), Winkworth (red), Pears (blue) and Percival (green).
Activities
The school focuses on opportunities in music, art and drama, offering concerts, art exhibitions and productions and has a number of special events each year, including:
Facilities
School facilities include a sports centre, swimming pool, multimedia language centre and several information technology rooms. The school owns the Coombe Dingle Sports Centre in partnership with the University of Bristol which has facilities including lacrosse, rugby and football pitches, and indoor and outdoor tennis courts.