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Bristol City Council, formerly known as The Bristol Corporation (and colloquially as "The Corporation"), is the local government authority governing the city of Bristol, England. Following the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, successive royal charters granted increasing rights of local governance to Bristol. County status was attained in ...
Briarwood School; Bristol Gateway School; Bristol Hospital Education Service; Claremont School; Elmfield School for Deaf Children; Kingsweston School; Knowle DGE Academy
The schools in England are organised into local education authorities.There are 150 local education authorities in England organised into nine larger regions. [1] According to the Schools Census, there were 3,408 [2] maintained government secondary schools in England in 2017.
Bristol Grammar School (BGS) is a 4–18 mixed, private day school in Bristol, England. It was founded in 1532 by Royal Charter for the teaching of 'good manners and literature', endowed by wealthy Bristol merchants Robert Thorne and his brother Nicholas .
However, in 2000 Bristol Local Education Authority, following consultation, implemented changes removing selection by 11+ exam from the entry requirements for two of the schools on this original list. [5] Two schools (Chatham House Grammar School and Clarendon House Grammar School) merged in 2013. [6]
It formed part of the Labour government's scheme for schools in deprived areas, and was the first Academy in South West England. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Built on the site of St George Community College which closed in 2003, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] it is housed in buildings within a new £25 million complex designed by architects Fielden Clegg Bradley.
This led to the opening of School Westbury' as an interim measure during the 2010/2011 academic year. Oasis Community Learning operated the school with a one-year lease and closed it in July 2011. At the start of the 2011/2012 academic year, Bristol Council allocated the site to St Ursula's E-ACT Academy, the first primary academy in Bristol ...
Bristol City Council is the local authority for the city of Bristol, in South West England. Bristol has had a council from medieval times, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1996 the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council.