Bristol Grammar School is a very special place. 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. Further classrooms were added as the School grew, and a Gymnasium, Fives Court and a Rifle Range constructed. 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. Both sexes may participate in sports such as tennis and athletics. 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). Those pancakes look amazing . The school headmaster is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. It is now a Music room which is also used for House Assemblies. The School has re-purposed the Elton Road block, and changed the Mackay Theatre into a mixed use space for the music school. 17 December 2020. To one side of the Great Hall, sitting separate from the Hall itself and the Junior School, is another building designed to blend in. 1983–84 also saw the first girls to join the Lower School complete their time there. History St Brendan's was founded by the Irish Christian Brothers as a Catholic school for boys in 1896 in Berkeley Square in Bristol. 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. 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. # 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! 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. ️ Sounding fantastic, very excited…, Calling all Sixth-formers – this Thursday is the Cook along Christmas Curry. Enquire. If you would like to learn more about the history of BGS, Pride of Place, a modern history of the School written by Professor Keith Robbins, is available to purchase from the School for £15 (plus p&p). The headmaster, Jaideep Barot MA MSc, is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) and was appointed in September 2018. Menu. 1879. Underneath the Great Hall is the Staff Room, the Pople Room, and the school offices. Fairfield Grammar School was a secondary school in Bristol, England, founded in 1898 as Fairfield Secondary and Higher Grade School. 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. 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". The Great Hall foundation stone has never been found. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.[17][18]. 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. 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. These conferences, presided over by the school's own Secretaries General, include chairing teams of BGS Sixth Form students. Thanks to you we were able to donate £1727 to them on #GivingTuesday, which will help them secure a share of $1 million. News. Extended 1909 by Sir Frank Wills, and 1914 by WV Gough. 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). By 1767, the buildings were cramped. The Junior School was ranked in 2016 by The Good Schools Guide as one of the best value prep schools in the UK. #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. During the spring term, it is dominated by hockey, football and rugby for the boys and netball for the girls. 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. It cost over £1,000 and it is still played for assemblies and concerts. #BGSSport https://t.co/wq6G9tDocH, RT @MusicAtBGS: Busy, but very rewarding day recording in the Mackay for our #BGSCarols2020! 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. #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. #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. We encourage you to grab a mince pie and enjoy this virtual concert from the comfort of your home. Good luck to them all - we're sure you'll all have a brilliant time. Details via Operoo or from Mrs Hicks. No dust jacket. 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 David Prowse. 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!). Fortunat… Red rubble with limestone dressings and a slate roof. #BGSJuniors #BGSSport https://t.co/49S0H2fYYW, RT @MusicAtBGS: L6 Flute Salad are the first group into the Mackay for our #BGSCarols2020 recordings! #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. Bristol is an educational center. 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. Staff lists for BGS Senior School, and Infant and Junior School, teaching staff are also available. ️ 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. Originally these would have accommodated the Sixth Form, while the rest of the school had lessons together in the Hall. 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. Its predecessor was the Merchant Venturers' School. #DoGoodDecember #BGSValues https://t.co/ZApgLNLtf5, Thursday's @OldBristolians lecture is from Chris Skidmore. About BGS. At BGS 1992–99, Chris then studied Modern History at Oxford. 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. 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. 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.. 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". All News. 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. The children are loving the show – thanks to BGS Friends I&J for arranging this treat! Enquire. 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. [5] Founded as an all-boys school, Bristol Grammar is now fully co-educational having first admitted girls in 1980. By 1983 there were about 200 girls in the school, although the photos seem to miss almost all of them among the 2000 spectators! This exchange was carried out, and Charles Lee proceeded to enjoy his new school by greatly reducing the numbers of boys. 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. https://t.co/bd4w1CHqQf, A massive thank you to our brilliant catering team who have supplied no fewer than 4 Christmas lunches this term. Get this from a library! This photo is of that group of girls, taken as they were leaving the Lower 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. The development of the School has continued with the creation of the Infant School in 2010. Bristol Grammar School was founded in 1532 by the brothers Robert and Nicholas Thorne, two wealthy and well-connected merchants. 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