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Bristol Cathedral Choir School
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.
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.
Weekly assemblies, occasional services and school concerts are held in Bristol Cathedral.
The school has playing fields near Beggar Bush Lane in Failand.
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. The Abbey House and Deanery are also Grade II* listed.
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Bristol Cathedral Choir School
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.
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.
Weekly assemblies, occasional services and school concerts are held in Bristol Cathedral.
The school has playing fields near Beggar Bush Lane in Failand.
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. The Abbey House and Deanery are also Grade II* listed.
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