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 Yr13 girls have tackled the disappointment of a final hockey term without fixtures with unwavering enthusiasm and g…, RT @bgs_hockey: Wow. Search. 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. They wished to endow a school where the sons of Bristol merchants and tradesmen could receive an education. House activities include plays, music competitions and inter-House sporting tournaments. The school owns a large area of land in Failand which features two AstroTurf hockey pitches, tarmac tennis/netball courts, five cricket pitches, nine rugby pitches, two football pitches and a 3G astro pitch. Mission and Aims. [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. The Preparatory School began in 1900, and in 1928 moved into its own building on Elton Road, but this, with so much of Bristol, was destroyed on the night of 24 November 1940 by incendiary bombs. The school's own team has been particularly successful in recent years, winning Best Delegation at both Exeter College MUN and MUNCH.[16]. Downstairs there are now, as in 1879, the Headmaster's Study, the Senior Common Room, offices and classrooms. Bristol Grammar School (BGS) is a 4–18 mixed, independent day school in Bristol, England. It cost over £1,000 and it is still played for assemblies and concerts. Previously a small door to the campus side of the building was for visitors, teachers and Prefects only. 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. The discussion was closed on 06 January 2012 with a consensus to merge.Its contents were merged into Bristol Grammar School.The original page is now a redirect to this page. These conferences, presided over by the school's own Secretaries General, include chairing teams of BGS Sixth Form students. #BGSJuniors #BGSSport https://t.co/49S0H2fYYW, RT @MusicAtBGS: L6 Flute Salad are the first group into the Mackay for our #BGSCarols2020 recordings! Optional subjects include Russian and Economics. However, despite extensive searches of the outer walls, it has not been found. They wished to endow a school where the sons of Bristol merchants and tradesmen could receive a good education before settling down to the important business of making money. 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 founded in 1532 by Royal Charter for the teaching of 'good manners and literature', endowed by wealthy Bristol merchants Robert and Nicholas Thorne. #BGSFamily #EndofTerm #ChristmasHoliday https://t.co/HX5f7cpyC6, Thank you to everyone who generously donated to our collection for Streetlife. 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. The final one, today, was for BGS Infants and Juniors and it was delicious. In 1991 it … #BGSCareers #BeyondBGS https://t.co/uTr082xBKc, Many thanks to our @oldbristolians speakers for giving their time so generously to @BGSCareers latest virtual event ‘Considering a Career in…the Environment and Sustainability’ #BGSCareers #BeyondBGS https://t.co/poREJTL6vx, This December, why not spread a little kindness with @actionhappiness #DoGoodDecember calendar - one simple action each day could really make a difference to someone this festive season. History St Brendan's was founded by the Irish Christian Brothers as a Catholic school for boys in 1896 in Berkeley Square in Bristol. 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 #BGSInfants #BGSJuniors, Almost time for #BGSCarols2020. Charles Lee, the Master, persuaded the Corporation that the Grammar School should be allowed to exchange premises with the other City School, Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, which had a pleasant, new site on Unity Street, further up the hill. All students have access to computers with internet access. The Big School was designed in the late Perpendicular Gothic style, by the Bristol firm of Foster and Wood. We hope you enjoy this festive treat from our Drama scholars, available to watch now on our website. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Bristol Grammar School, University Road, BRISTOL, BS8 1SR SOCS sport website website Here's Roz’s Chronicle column in which she reflects on life in a newly coeducational school. Learn more about the life-changing learning, friendships and adventure BGS offers to … Fairfield Grammar School was a secondary school in Bristol, England, founded in 1898 as Fairfield Secondary and Higher Grade School. [6] The Senior School and Sixth Form rank academically amongst the best performing independent schools in South West England.[7]. Term has now ended. Just wow. During the autumn term, the sport curriculum is dominated by rugby for the boys and hockey for the girls. 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. We encourage you to grab a mince pie and enjoy this virtual concert from the comfort of your home. Sport is compulsory one afternoon a week for every year-group up to, and including, year 11. Colston's School is an independent school in Bristol, England, and is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Day-boys were admitted in 1949 and girls were admitted to the sixth form in 1984. [14] Bristol Grammar has a sporting rivalry with fellow Bristol public school Clifton College. It was a little more…, RT @BGSRugby: So great to have Saturday rugby back at Failand today! There is an athletics track as well as shot and javelin areas. Until the 19th century, the Headmaster was known simply as the "Master" and his assistants as "Ushers". There is now a larger car park and better coach access. | 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. House colours are awarded, given at the end of the term should that person perform well in an activity or sport. The Prep Hall, which survived, became the Mackay Theatre and the Elton Road ruin was rebuilt as classrooms under Headmaster John Garrett. Most of the teaching rooms in this block are now used for this purpose. Further classrooms were added, a Gymnasium and a Fives Court and a Rifle Range. 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. The organ, which was built by Vowles & Son of St James' Square, was presented by William Wills, 1st Baron Winterstoke, in January 1880. Here's to another brilliant action-packed day today. The school has been expanding, and while it has always owned all the houses to one side of the main campus until recently only four (Barton's, Norwood's, Martin's and Garrett's) were occupied. Nowadays, the organ would cost at least £2 million.[19]. May the best House win! #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. #BGSSixthForm https://t.co/Tt1zou9LEl, On Human Rights Day, Mr Smith, our head of PRE reflects on the history of human rights and why it is important that we all defend them in the latest #BGSBlog post. Enquire. 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. https://t.co/8nYj7O57KU #HumanRightsDay #BGSValues, This is very important. Since then, the School has built yet more classroom accommodation and a new Sports Hall; Geography, Classics, Modern Languages, Art and Music have their own Elton Road Houses, and the former playing field is now the Technology Centre. Keep up to date @BGSBristol 16/12/2020. #BGSValues #BeKind #Kindness https://t.co/KJoFn3oCiK, Only one day to go until Mark Watson's @OldBristolians lecture. Thanks to your generous support, we've raised over £1,200 for @caringinbristol #CheersDrive project. If there's a favourite production from your time at BGS you'd like to see photos of, let us know and we'll see what we can find. The school motto Ex Spinis Uvas, which translates as "Grapes From Thorns", is a play upon the names of the school founders Robert and Nicholas Thorne. The Thorne family were wealthy Bristol merchants, friends of men like John Cabot and known to royalty. In Black History Month, Bristol Grammar School's Head of History reflects on the impetus 2020 has given BGS to continue working to 'de-colonise the curriculum' Menu. #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. 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. Black cloth. The Don Pople Pavilion, completed in 2008, complements the impressive sports pitches and the Failand site also provides a low ropes course and woodland for Forest School lessons. A bit of creative … Bristol Grammar School is a co-educational independent school in Clifton, Bristol, England. The charity collected them yesterday, with Senior School and Year 5 pupils helping to load the van. It became a comprehensive in 2001, and an academy in September 2011. BRISTOL ST5873SW UNIVERSITY ROAD 901-1/10/310 (North West side) 04/03/77 Bristol Grammar School II School. Our history. Find out about the Governors and Senior Leadership team at Bristol Grammar School. 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.. 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. Thanks to you we were able to donate £1727 to them on #GivingTuesday, which will help them secure a share of $1 million. Yesterday, Bristol Grammar School said one of its pupils had died on a school trip in New York. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.[17][18]. The Preparatory School began in 1900, and in 1928 moved into its own building on Elton Road, but this was destroyed on the night of 24 November 1940 by incendiary bombs. Enquire. 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. [3][4] Norwood went on to serve as the master at Marlborough College and Harrow, and as president of St John's College, Oxford. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. After several years of debate and negotiation the initiative was approved in 1875,[10] and in 1877 a new location in Tyndalls Park was agreed. ️ Well done everybody involved for your beau…, New Head of Art, Education #job, Bristol, Dependent on Experience, https://t.co/EBrAuKcnEL, Bonus #40YearsFriday post today. It was endowed by Robert and Nicholas Thorne, wealthy Bristol merchants who wished to establish a school for the education of … Enquire. 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. The first buildings in Tyndalls Park were occupied in 1879: the Big School, with its Great Hall, and the Headmaster's House, a modest dwelling which is now the Junior School. Both sexes may participate in sports such as tennis and athletics. Latest. David Prowse. There are six Houses in the Senior School, each named after its Head of House. #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. Please contact Reception on 0117 973 6006 who will be pleased to help you. We have based this summary of the history of the Grammar School on two earlier pieces of work. 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. News. #DoGoodDecember #BGSValues https://t.co/ZApgLNLtf5, Thursday's @OldBristolians lecture is from Chris Skidmore. The Elton Road ruin was rebuilt as classrooms under John Garrett, who added the University Road block and began to colonise the other side of Elton Road. Various schools are invited to compete, with Exeter College winning the 2015 conference. 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". Details via Operoo or from Mrs Hicks. A new pavilion has been built as part of the 475th anniversary expansion of the school, replacing the old pavilion. https://t.co/m9lVDvGBnI, Term has now ended. This was mainly due to financing issues as building the hub would be very expensive (at least £1 million). 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. 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. During the 1940s/1950s, this was the woodworking department, and later a staff work room. It was founded in 1710 by the merchant, slave trader, Member of Parliament and philanthropist Edward Colston as Colston's Hospital, originally an all-boys boarding school. Since then, the school has built yet more classroom accommodation and a new sports hall; Modern Languages, Classics, Geography and Art have their own Elton Road Houses, and the former playing field is now the Design and Technology Centre. Bristol Grammar School is a very special place. Music, dance and drama are all a big part of school life at Bristol Grammar School, so when we returned to school in September, year-group bubbles and other COVID-related restrictions were not going to stop our performers going on with the show. During the summer term, there is a division between cricket for the boys and for the girls. Cotham School | 55 followers on LinkedIn | Providing life-enhancing education that develops the character, talents and potential of every child. The school headmaster is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Further classrooms were added as the School grew, and a Gymnasium, Fives Court and a Rifle Range constructed. The school was founded in 1532 by two brothers, Robert and Nicholas Thorne. Best known for playing the part of Dart…, Find out more about Bristol Grammar School, Come and discover the excitement for yourself. To one side of the Great Hall, sitting separate from the Hall itself and the Junior School, is another building designed to blend in. Bristol Grammar has been successful at Model United Nations for a number of years now, holding their own conference BGSMUN, in February, since 2007. 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. The School moved from its original home at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, near the bottom of Christmas Steps, to Unity Street in 1767, before relocating to its current location at Tyndalls Park in 1879. 17 December 2020. 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. Those pancakes look amazing . This centre fits between the Elton Road Block and the Princess Anne Block. Good luck to our Zoom cookery leader, Mrs Jones, and thank you to everyone who is showing their support for this project. They wished to endow a school where the sons of Bristol merchants and tradesmen could receive a good education before settling down to … John Garrett also added the University Road block and began to colonise the other side of Elton Road. By 1767, the buildings were cramped. It closed in the 1940s to make way for a new road scheme. All welcome – Wed 2 Dec at 6.30pm via Zoom. The first few dates are conjectural. # BeyondBGS @BGSBristol https://t.co/Zhrxi2aW71, RT @BGSRedHouse: Christmas Kindness Day 04: Give Kind Comments Today (here are some suggestions https://t.co/Us8Y92m3lo) https://t.co/nEDEx…, #40Yearsin40Weeks 1982: Getting dramatic this week! https://t.co/U0xO3Q07e8, A HUGE well done and THANK YOU to everyone who took part in last week's #BGSSixthForm Christmas Curry Cook Along (too many to fit on one screen shot!). Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. 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 today is a modern, thriving, coeducational day school with over 1200 students aged 4–18 learning together as part of a happy and vibrant community. The show must go on. Nonetheless, it was a shame that no one had come to this school from my former school, Selborne House School, which was only a few minutes away in All Saints Road, Clifton, Bristol. It is now a Music room which is also used for House Assemblies. Carmen Bristoliense was nominated for deletion. https://t.co/KThEEjkNCn, RT @bgs_hockey: #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. Excellent work from all Y7-U6 in tough conditions A history of the Bristol Grammar School.. [Walter Adam Sampson] Home. Red rubble with limestone dressings and a slate roof. The early years of George Yelland were beset by difficulties not of his making. The school's boarding house was closed in July 1939.[13]. George Lucas’ original Darth Vader went to school in the heart of the city. Extended 1909 by Sir Frank Wills, and 1914 by WV Gough. 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. 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. On my first day I joined other pupils in Form 111, a classroom on the top floor in the Coach House, a separate building backing onto Alma Vale Road. 1879. 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. The Tyndall’s Park site initially consisted of the Big School, with its remarkable Great Hall, and the Headmaster’s House (now the Junior School). #40Yearsin40Weeks – 1984 and a piece of BGS history is made with Roz Cockitt’s appointment as the first female Head of School. The University of Bristol, founded as University College … The song was written in 1909 by Headmaster Cyril Norwood, and set to music by the Director of Music, C. W. Stear. These have been rebuilt as art rooms and rehearsal rooms, but the Winterstoke wing still houses the laboratories which were added in 1914. 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. #BeKind not just to others, but also to yourself. Staff lists for BGS Senior School, and Infant and Junior School, teaching staff are also available. [5] Founded as an all-boys school, Bristol Grammar is now fully co-educational having first admitted girls in 1980. Choose from around 200 that we…, Last call for Mark Watson's @OldBristolians lecture. The foundation stone was laid on 10 June 1877 and the school moved in during 1879. #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. 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! [15] #ProudToBeBGS #Streetlife #Charity https://t.co/fn7GHgjkHr, Our Year 11 Food & Nutrition students celebrated the end of their mock practical yesterday by making themselves a Christmas breakfast. Bristol Grammar School was founded by Royal Charter, issued on 17 March 1532 by Henry VIII, for the teaching of 'good manners and literature'. 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. The Hub project however, was cancelled by the, then, new Headmaster, Roderick MacKinnon, so the planned building, which was popular among students, was discarded. ... BGS has been part of education in Bristol for almost 500 years. Bristol Grammar School(BGS) is an English co-educationalindependentday school located in Tyndalls Park, Bristol. 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). 256 pages. The size of teaching groups ranges from 25 students per teacher in lower years to occasionally one per teacher (for less popular subjects in the sixth form). The school rugby team won the U15 1991 Daily Mail Cup and came runner-up in the same competition in 1995. Contact someone you cannot be with to see how they are . #40YearsFriday #BGSDrama https://t.co/sIxHFymZKl, RT @BGSLibrarian: This Christmas the Library is celebrating the joys of getting absorbed into a good series! Plans to alter drastically the status and composition of the school and the subsequent publicity had a very unsettling effect. The song consists of four verses and a chorus, although usually only the first verse and chorus are sung. The latest from BGS Twitter. This satisfied the authorities sufficiently that they granted permission to make structural alterations to the Grade II listed building. The school offers Ancient Greek as a subject from Year 9 onwards, and Classical Civilisation is also available now as a GCSE. The fifth line was updated from Norwood's original on the 400th anniversary of the school's founding. Join us on YouTube at 7pm for festive favourites and carols from all seven of our choirs, alongside readings and poetry from staff and pupils – there's even some sing-a-long carols for you to join in with at home. Good luck to them all - we're sure you'll all have a brilliant time. David Prowse, Bristol Grammar School. Click here to learn more and change your settings. Bristol Grammar School is a co-educational, private day school in south west England. In 1838, the Violet Wills School, an approved school for girls, opened in Brunswick Square, and was later renamed the Bryanston House School. 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 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. 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. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. By 1767, the school at St Bartholomew's was full and bigger premises were needed. @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. Fortunat… Among its schools are the Bristol Grammar School, the Bristol Cathedral Choir School, and St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, all founded in the 16th century, and Colston’s School, founded in 1710. Otherwise, we’ll assume you’re OK to continue. The Prep Hall, which survived, is now the Mackay Theatre. Starting in 3 minutes... Link below https://t.co/aKxDJdMuaz, It's December and school is starting to feel very festive ☃️. The total cost of the project was £2.4 million. #BGSSport https://t.co/wq6G9tDocH, RT @MusicAtBGS: Busy, but very rewarding day recording in the Mackay for our #BGSCarols2020! About BGS. 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The school motto Ex Spinis Uvas, which translates as "Grapes From Thorns", is a play upon the names of the school founders Robert and Nicholas Thorne. 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. Founded in 1532 by Royal Charter for the teaching of 'good manners and literature', the school was endowed by wealthy Bristol merchants Robert and Nicholas Thorne to educate the sons of the city's merchants and tradesmen. 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. Awarded to pupils typically in their final Year, who perform exceptionally well an. 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