Bristol Cathedral Choir School

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Bristol Cathedral School)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox school/short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Bristol Cathedral Choir School is a mixed gender non-selective musical secondary school with academy status, in the Cabot area of Bristol, England. Until 2008 it was Bristol Cathedral School, part of Bristol Cathedral, in the centre of the city. The choristers of the cathedral are educated at the school, which has a strong musical tradition. The school is a day school and has no boarders. It admits some pupils each year based on musical aptitude, as well as admitting probationary choristers. That is the school's only form of selection, and all other pupils are chosen at random via a lottery system.

History

Founded in 1140 as part of what was then Bristol Abbey, Bristol Cathedral School was re-founded by Henry VIII in 1542 after he dissolved the monastery.

A fee-paying school up until the Second World War, from 1944 to 1975 it was a direct grant school. When direct grant schools were abolished, it had to become an independent school once more to maintain its policy of selection by academic ability.

The school began accepting girls into the sixth form in 1982 and became fully co-educational in 2005.

In April 2007 the school appointed a new headmaster, Hugh Monro. In July of that year, the school moved towards ending a 30-year period as an independent, fee-paying institution by applying to change its status to a publicly funded city academy with specialities in music and maths – the first choir school in the country to make such a move. The formal agreement clearing the way for the school to become an academy in September 2008 was signed on 3 March 2008. At the same time, the school's name was changed to Bristol Cathedral Choir School.[1]

External facilities

Weekly assemblies, occasional services and school concerts are held in Bristol Cathedral.

The school has playing fields near Beggar Bush Lane in Failand.[2]

Buildings

File:Cathedral School, Bristol, detail of entrance.jpg
Deanery entrance, no longer used

The main school building was part of St Augustine's Abbey, which was founded in 1140. This contains the refectory and a 13th-century right-hand archway, with upper walls from the early 16th century. It was extensively altered and partly refaced in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.[3] The Abbey House[4] and Deanery[5] are also Grade II* listed.

Following its conversion to academy status, several new buildings were added to the school on the west side of College Square. In 2008 the Rectory building was completed at a cost of £3.5 million. This was followed by the Parsonage and then the Cresswell Centre, which was opened by Lord Adonis in September 2011.[6]

In 2013, Cathedral Primary School – also managed by Cathedral Schools Trust – opened under the city library,[7]

Together these new buildings expanded the school's facilities to enable pupil numbers to grow from 400 to over 700.

Uganda link

Since 1987, the school has been linked with St. James's School, an independent co-educational secondary school in the centre of Jinja, Uganda.[8] Each year a teacher from St. James's visits Bristol for two or three weeks, getting involved in school activities including expeditions, observing lessons and also giving lessons on topics such as AIDS, agriculture or African economics. In addition, two gap-year students from Bristol go to Jinja for six months each year. They act as classroom assistants at St. James's, as well as helping in a local primary school and in an orphanage or a street children's centre.

Cathedral Schools Trust

Since 2008 the school has been managed by the Cathedral Schools Trust, a multi-academy trust with roots in the Church of England in Bristol. The trust also manages two other secondary schools, Trinity Academy in Lockleaze and St. Katherine's School in Pill, and six primary schools: Cathedral, Headley Park, Hotwells, St Werburgh's, Stoke Park and Victoria Park.[9][10]

Notable Old Cathedralians

Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".

  • Sophie Anderton (born 1977), lingerie model and reality television personality[11]
  • James Averis (born 1974), cricketerScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Mark Blenkarne (born 1957), archer who competed for Great Britain and England
  • Raymond L. Brett (1917–1996), professor of English at University of Hull and a friend of Philip Larkin Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Julian Close of Red Box (born c.1960), musician and music industry professionalScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Chris Chivers (1967-), Anglican priestScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Russ Conway (1925–2000), pianist and composer[12]
  • Reginald Croom-Johnson (1879–1957), an English barrister and judge who also served as a Conservative Member of ParliamentScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Lieutenant-General Sir William Draper (1721–1787), British Army officer and cricketeer who led the expedition which captured Manila in 1762 [13]
  • John Fortune (1939–2013), comic and writerScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Tom Dascombe (Born 1973), jockey and racehorse trainerScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Racey Helps, (1913–1970), children's writer and illustratorScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Simon Richard William Hicks, (1955–2007), production designer and filmmaker[14]
  • David Hulin, (born 1975), director and animation directorScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Andrew Ibrahim (born 1989), terrorist suspect convicted of preparing terrorist actsScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Dan Jones (born 1969), composerScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • David Jones (1941–2010), Flavelle Medal–winning biologistScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Chris McNab (born 1980), author and computer hackerScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Mark Newman (born c.1967), physicistScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Tom Spilsbury (born 1976), journalist, Doctor Who Magazine editorScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Tony Whitby (1930-1975), British BBC Radio producer; controller of BBC radio 4 from 1970 to 1975
  • Reece Winstone (1909–1991), photographer and local historianScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Alan Geoffrey Woods (born 1942), Dean of Gibraltar 2003–2008Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

It has been said that the influential pseudonymous graffiti artist Banksy, whose identity is a closely guarded secret, is a former pupil of Bristol Cathedral School named Robin Gunningham.[15] Banksy has declined either to confirm or deny this.

Former teachers

See also

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Cathedral school to convert to an academyScript error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Cbignore The Times, 28 July 2007
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Template:NHLE
  4. ↑ Template:NHLE
  5. ↑ Template:NHLE
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. ↑ Larkin C (1997) Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music, Muze UK Ltd, Template:ISBN p. 125
  13. ↑ Pitt's 'Gallant Conqueror': The Turbulent Life of Lieutenant-General Sir William Draper, James Dreaper, 2006, Template:ISBN
  14. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  15. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  16. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  17. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Template:Sister project

  • Script error: No such module "Official website".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • The Cathedralians Society

Script error: No such module "Navbox". Template:Authority control

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Bristol_Cathedral_Choir_School&oldid=2467518"