24-566: Clifton High School may refer to: United Kingdom [ edit ] Clifton High School, Bristol – Clifton, Bristol United States [ edit ] Clifton High School (Clifton, New Jersey) – Clifton, New Jersey Clifton High School (Clifton, Arizona) – Clifton, Arizona (closed September 2010) Clifton Central High School – Clifton, Illinois Lake Clifton Eastern High School – Baltimore, Maryland Clifton High School (Clifton, Texas) – Clifton, Texas Clifton Forge High School –
48-442: A competition, to the names of the school founders, Wollaston (yellow), Winkworth (red), Pears (blue) and Percival (green). The Great Hall was opened in 1889 and boarding facilities were made in 1896 until the 1990s. A school orchestra was formed in 1893. Current school facilities include a sports centre, swimming pool (opened in 1967), multimedia language centre, cooking room and several information technology rooms. The Rose Theatre
72-450: A day school for girls in Clifton with Dr Percival, Mr Wollaston and others interested in starting an education. Dr Percival asked some of the most prominent Bristol Men, including George Alfred Wills . The first council was started on 12 September 1877. The school officially opened its doors on 24 January 1878 with 67 students. The first student at the school was Bessie Percival, the daughter of
96-632: A former high school in Clifton Forge, Virginia [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about schools, colleges, or other educational institutions which are associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clifton_High_School&oldid=1121613395 " Category : Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
120-401: A magazine featuring the latest information on the school. Much of the school's information is found in its archives and history books. The school archives can only be accessed by teachers and students with special requests, such as writing about school history. Information can also be found at Bristol Archives. Royal West of England Academy The Royal West of England Academy ( RWA )
144-520: A performance performed by students entitled 'Chaucer's England' in 1926. In the mid–1930s the tunnel under the road and gymnasium were constructed. During this time the school also expanded into the houses on School Green and into properties on Clifton Park. By 1951, the school site was largely as it is today. Boys first joined the Junior School in 1994, and the Sixth Form began accepting boys in 2008 and
168-409: A year of opening, the school needed to expand and as such, on 23 January 1879, moved into a large house that had been built in 1876, on College Road. The house is now part of the school's main building. In the sixty years following its move significant expansion took place, the original hall was built in 1889 and a new wing added to the original house in 1927 by Sir George Oatley . The wing was funded by
192-448: Is Bristol's oldest art gallery, located in Clifton , Bristol , near the junction of Queens Road and Whiteladies Road . Situated in a Grade II* listed building , it hosts five galleries and an exhibition programme that celebrates the best of historic and contemporary British art. Elected Royal West of England Academicians use the post-nominal RWA . The Royal West of England Academy was
216-406: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Clifton High School, Bristol Clifton High School is a co-educational private school in Clifton, Bristol , England. Clifton High School was founded as an all-girls' school in 1877 for girls aged 7–17, and the nearby Clifton College was then a boys' school. In 1887, a preparatory class
240-408: Is held to commemorate the school's history and is a celebration of its achievements. One of the school's oldest traditions, Rose Day was established by Clifton High's first head teacher, Miss Woods, in the 1880s. The Rose was officially chosen by Ms Woods in 1891. In 1945, Rose Day was moved from the nearby Clifton Cathedral to Bristol Cathedral . In the 1950s and 1960s the houses were named after
264-565: The Newlyn , St Ives and Bloomsbury Schools and paintings by Elizabeth Blackadder , Bernard Dunstan , Mary Fedden , Matthew Hale , David Inshaw , Derek Balmer , Anne Redpath , George Swaish and Carel Weight . The building is a grade II* listed building constructed in 1857 as the city's first public art gallery, also encompassing an art school. It opened in 1858. The interiors are by Charles Underwood and facade by JR Hirst , altered in 1912 by SS Reay and H Dare Bryan . The first floor
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#1732909258948288-518: The U.S. Army . Immediately after the war ended the council applied for the release of the galleries but was informed that they would be occupied by the Inland Revenue until further notice. It was not until 1950 that the building was returned to its original function, after the intervention of the then prime minister, Clement Attlee . During the 1950s the Royal West of England Academy Schools became
312-690: The Academy was a well-known group of artists in Bristol, known as the Bristol Society of Artists, who were mostly landscape painters, and many, such as William James Müller , Francis Danby , James Baker Pyne and John Syer were well known. In 1844, when the Bristol Academy for the Promotion of Fine Arts was founded, the Bristol Society of Artists was incorporated into it. At this time the president and committee
336-626: The West of England College of Art. This moved to the Bower Ashton campus in 1966, where it was then absorbed by the University of the West of England (School of Visual Studies), now the Department of Creative Industries, UWE, Bristol . The current president is the artist Fiona Robinson PRWA and Director (Chief Exec) is Alison Bevan BEM. Among the paintings in the permanent collection are works by artists from
360-611: The dining hall and arts department. Construction of a new Sixth Form Centre finished in March 2023, and was named after former headmistress, Joyce Walters. The school also opened the Walters Bistro, a café serving students and teachers in the Sixth Form Centre. The Heads of Clifton High School, in list by chronological order: Clifton High School Alumni are known as 'Clifton Rosarians' in-school. Rosarians also get to view 'The Rosarian',
384-452: The first art gallery to be established in Bristol, and is one of the longest-running regional galleries and art schools in the UK. Its foundation was initiated by the extraordinary Ellen Sharples , who secured funding from benefactors including Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Prince Albert , and the building was ultimately financed by a bequest of £2,000 from her will in 1849. At first, the core of
408-457: The founder John Percival (bishop) . The first head was Ms Mary Alice Woods who was head in 1877–1891. In 1887, a preparatory class was set up where boys were soon admitted. Clifton High originally opened in 1878 at 65 Pembroke Road. Around this time Clifton was at the height of its expansion with the Victoria Rooms , RWA , Christchurch and Whiteladies Road all recently constructed. Within
432-547: The school became fully coeducational the following year. 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 Years 7 to 9 boys and girls are taught separately for English, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Games. They are then taught together in all subjects from Years 10 to 13. The Diamond Edge Model
456-441: The school's founders and early benefactors, Budgett, Percival, Pope, Pears, Winkworth and 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 house names were changed back in academic year 2010–2011, following
480-441: Was applied in 2009, and is currently directed by deputy head, Manolis Psarros. During the summer break of 2022, Clifton High School revamped some of its facilities and began construction of a new building for the Sixth Form. The same year, it was announced the school would be rebranding. The logo and possibly the uniform would be changed, and the school colours would be condensed into two colours—green and red. The school rebranding
504-563: Was made effective in September 2023, and introduced a new logo, tagline, and uniforms. Following Head of School Mr Matthew Bennett's sudden departure in August 2023, Mr Luke Goodman was promoted from his position of Deputy Head to the Acting Head. From September 2024, Mr Will Phelan will be Head of School. Clifton High School holds its annual Rose Day at the end of the school year in mid June. It
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#1732909258948528-537: Was opened in 1967 along with the music and art department buildings, which then housed the sewing house and junior boarding house. The school co-owns the Coombe Dingle Sports Complex, in partnership with the University of Bristol , which has facilities including lacrosse, rugby and football pitches, and indoor and outdoor tennis courts. In 2022, Clifton High revamped a large number of facilities, including
552-482: Was predominantly its patrons, rather than its artists. In 1913 King George V granted the academy its Royal title, with the reigning monarch as its Patron, and by 1914 a major extension to the front of the building, including the dome and Walter Crane lunettes, was completed. During World War II the academy building was taken over by various organisations including the Bristol Aeroplane Company and
576-454: Was set up where boys were soon admitted. It became fully coeducational in 2009. It is a member of the Society of Heads . Clifton High School for Girls was founded in 12 September 1877 (after some opposition from nearby Bristol Grammar School ) by visionaries including John Percival (bishop) , the first Headmaster of Clifton College . In 1876, LT-Col. Pears discussed the possibility of founding
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