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{{Infobox school
| name = Bristol Grammar School
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| motto = {{
| motto_translation = Grapes From Thorns
| address = University Road
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| other_name = BGS
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| type = [[
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| established = {{Start date and age|1532|df=yes}}
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| gender = [[Mixed-sex education|Mixed]]
| age_range = 4–18
| enrolment = 1,
| capacity = 1,
| campus_size =
| campus_type =
| houses = {{Unbulleted list|{{Color box|#D01240|border=darkgray}} Glenn's|{{Color box|#FEBD17|border=darkgray}}
| colours = Maroon and navy {{Color box|#800000|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|#000080|border=darkgray}}
| song = [[#School song|Carmen Bristoliense]]
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'''Bristol Grammar School''' ('''BGS''') is a 4–18 [[Mixed-sex education|mixed]], [[
The headmaster, Jaideep Barot MA MSc, is a member of the [[Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference]] (HMC) and was appointed in September 2018. The school was first cited in the ''Public Schools Year Book'' in 1907, and former headmaster John Mackay (1960–1975) served as the chairman of the HMC in 1970.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Robert Young|title=Obituary: John Mackay|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-john-mackay-1124757.html|work=Independent|date=10 November 1999}}</ref> Founded as an all-boys school, Bristol Grammar is now fully co-educational having first admitted girls in 1980. The school counts among its alumni prominent personalities including Nobel laureate [[John Pople|Sir John Pople]], former British ambassador to the US [[Oliver Franks, Baron Franks|Lord Oliver Franks]], and founder of Penguin Books [[Allen Lane|Sir Allen Lane]]. It has educated members of both houses of the UK Parliament and has a strong legal tradition, having educated
The school is divided into four sections: the Infant School (ages
==History==
[[File:Bristol Grammar School.jpg|thumb|University Road Entrance]]
The school was founded on 17 March 1532 by brothers Robert and Nicholas Thorne,
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 Thorne family were wealthy Bristol merchants, friends of men like [[John Cabot]] and known to royalty. They wished to endow a school where the sons of Bristol merchants and tradesmen could receive an education. On 17 March 1532, [[Henry VIII of England|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, Bristol|St Bartholomew's Hospital]] near the bottom of [[Christmas Steps (road)|Christmas Steps]]. There the boys learnt [[Latin]] and [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Divinity]] and some [[Hebrew]].
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[[File:Bristol Grammar School, Tyndall's Park.jpg|thumb|Bristol Grammar School at Tyndall's Park in 1882]]
By 1870 the headmaster (Rev John William Caldicott) told the Endowed Schools Commission that the school was "full to overflowing" with 240 boys. However, it was significantly less well endowed than Bristol's other secondary schools ([[Queen Elizabeth's Hospital|Queen Elizabeth's]], [[The Red Maids' School|Red Maids']] and [[Colston's School|Colston's]]), and its now dilapidated buildings were located in the wrong area of the city for pupils who mostly lived in [[Clifton, Bristol|Clifton]] and [[Redland, Bristol|Redland]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6pYOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA44 |title=Secondary Education in England, 1870-1902 |author=John Roach |year=1991 |page=145|publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415035729 }}</ref> 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 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 (Bristol)|Clifton High School for Girls]]. After several years of debate and negotiation the initiative was approved in 1875,<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6pYOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA47 | title = Secondary Education in England, 1870-1902 | author = John Roach | year = 1991 | pages = 143–150| publisher = Routledge | isbn = 9780415035729 }}</ref> and in 1877 a new location in [[Tyndalls Park]] was agreed.
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. Further classrooms were added, a [[Gym]]nasium and a [[Fives|Fives Court]] and a Rifle Range. These have been rebuilt as art rooms and rehearsal rooms, but the Winterstoke wing still houses the laboratories which were added in 1914. 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.
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The Prep Hall, which survived, is now the Mackay Theatre. 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. 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.
The school became a [[direct grant grammar school]] in 1946<ref>{{cite hansard | url=
In 1980 the school became fully coeducational, having admitted girls to the Sixth Form for the previous two years.<ref>{{Cite web
===Houses===
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The House names and colours are:
*Scott's (black)
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*Edwards's (blue)
*Glenn's (red)
*Short's (brown)
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====Colours====
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==Tutors and teaching==
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). Optional subjects include Russian and [[Economics]]. All students have access to [[computer]]s with [[internet access]] as well as their own [[IPad|iPads]] provided by the school.
The school offers [[Ancient Greek]] as a subject from Year 9 onwards, and [[Classical Civilisation]] is also available now as a GCSE.
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==Campus==
Bristol Grammar School occupies a [[triangle]] of land between the [[University of Bristol]] on the University Road side, what used to be [[House of Fraser|Dingle's department store]] on the lower side and a series of houses on the Elton Road side known as Tyndalls Park. 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. Most of the houses have now had their leases relinquished and have been converted into teaching space.
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The room is {{convert|140|ft|m}} long, {{convert|50|ft|m}} wide and {{convert|50|ft|m}} high. Downstairs there are now, as in 1879, the Headmaster's Study, the Senior Common Room, offices and classrooms. Originally these would have accommodated the Sixth Form, while the rest of the school had lessons together in the Hall.
The organ, which was built by [[W.G. Vowles|Vowles & Son]] of St James' Square, was presented by [[William Wills, 1st Baron Winterstoke]], in January 1880. It cost over £1,000 and it is still played for assemblies and concerts. Nowadays, the organ would cost at least £2 million.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070206094626/http://www.bristolgrammarschool.co.uk/main.php?page_id=483&cat_id=4 A brief history of BGS], Bristol Grammar School website</ref>
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 [[Bristol Grammar School#The Hub|The Hub]]. 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. 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. This satisfied the authorities sufficiently that they granted permission to make structural alterations to the Grade II listed building. The Hub project however, was cancelled by the, then, new Headmaster, Roderick MacKinnon, so the planned building, which was popular among students, was discarded. This was mainly due to financing issues as building the hub would be very expensive (at least £1 million).
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