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Mangotsfield School

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Established
  
1982

Headteacher
  
David Spence

Phone
  
+44 1454 862700

Number of students
  
1,236

Type
  
Executive Head
  
William Roberts

Color
  
Burgundy

Co-chairs
  
Keith Greenfield and Richard Iles

Location
  
Rodway HillMangotsfieldGloucestershireBS16 9LHEngland

Address
  
Rodway Hill, Emersons Green, Bristol BS16 9LH, UK

Motto
  
Courage Honesty Learning Respect

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Mangotsfield School Specialist College in Engineering and Science is a secondary school and sixth form located in Mangotsfield in South Gloucestershire, north of the Kingswood suburb of Bristol.

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History

The school was formed in 1982 after a merger of two pre-existing schools; Rodway School was established in 1957 and located at the current Mangotsfield School site opposite Rodway Common, and the Chase School for Boys was located in Cossham Street and was established in about 1966. The Cossham Street and Rodway sites provided the lower and upper school sites for Mangotsfield School respectively. The Cossham Street site was demolished in 1996 to make way for the Emersons Green housing estate. At this time, the whole school was moved to the enlarged Rodway site.

Previously a community school administered by South Gloucestershire Council, Mangotsfield School converted to academy status in September 2015 sponsored by Castle School Educational Trust. However the school continues to coordinate with South Gloucestershire Council for admissions.

Structure

The school operates within five blocks:

  • The Brunel Block: English, mathematics and humanities.
  • The Concorde Block: engineering, design and technology.
  • The Da Vinci Art Centre
  • The modern foreign language (MFL) block
  • The Jenner science block
  • The school also has a Learning resource centre, Brunel restaurant, drama and PE halls and provides post-sixteen education in its sixth form centre.

    Rodway Technical High School

  • Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward of Bananarama
  • Australian celebrity chef James Reeson - chase school for boys
  • John Hegley, performance poet
  • Phil Kite, goalkeeper for Bristol Rovers
  • Former teachers

  • Malcolm Arnold (athletics coach) (1964-68), became Head Coach of UK Athletics from 1994-97
  • David Parsons (councillor) CBE (science teacher in the 1980s), former President from 1975-76 of Oxford University Student Union, and Conservative Leader from 2003-12 of Leicestershire County Council
  • References

    Mangotsfield School Wikipedia