Royal High School, Bath
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The Royal High School is an independent day and boarding school for girls in the city of Bath, Somerset
, England, catering for approximately 1,000 pupils.
from 1946 until 1976. King Edward's School, Bath
was also a direct grant school.
(day and boarding).
As a result, it is the only member of the Girls' Day School Trust
(GDST) to provide boarding accommodation.
Now, the Junior School
has Hope House as its main building, whereas the Senior School has the main school building and the Winfield centre for sixth form
students.
, which girls start to learn in Reception class. German
, Spanish
, Italian
and Chinese
are also available.
, a wind band, and a swing band which competes in regional competitions. There is also a ceilidh band which often take part in concerts outside of the school, as well playing in school concerts. Their repertoire includes a wide range of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and French folk songs. There is also a string ensemble.
The school has four art studios (two for drawing and painting, one printmaking studio and a studio for sculpture.
Girls can start in the Nursery School one and a half months before they are three years old. The Junior School will take pupils in September after their fourth birthday. The Junior School has around 200 full-time pupils from Reception to Year 6, and around 20 part-time pupils in the Nursery.
The Junior school is currently situated in the Lansdown Road, very near to the Senior school. It caters for pupils from Nursery to Year 6 (age 3 to 11).
There are plans for the Junior school to move to a new location in Weston Park, called Cranwell House. However, there is no set date for this to happen as yet.
The Junior school has facilities, such as multi-purpose hall with a sprung floor where the girls have lunch, which is also used for sports lessons. There is also a stage for the drama productions and other events. The ICT suite is equipped with 24 computers, an interactive white board, and a projector which is used by all girls from Reception to Year 6.
The main building was built in 1856-8 by James Wilson and is a Grade II listed building.
Its sports facilities, which the junior school use are located here. There are tennis courts, an outdoor swimming pool and other facilities.
The boarding houses are situated in Lansdown Road. The Senior school has a medical centre.
For Charlcombe(Junior school) and Brontë(Senior School)
For Grosvenor(Junior School) and Du pré(Senior School)
For Lansdown(Junior School) and Wolstonecraft(Senior School)
For Northfields(Junior School) and Austen(Senior School)
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England, catering for approximately 1,000 pupils.
Admissions
The school is located on Lansdown Hill just outside Bath city centre. It has boarding facilities catering for about 100 girls.Bath High School for Girls
Bath High School for Girls was a direct grant grammar schoolDirect grant grammar school
A direct grant grammar school was a selective secondary school in England and Wales between 1945 and 1976 funded partly by the state and partly through private fees....
from 1946 until 1976. King Edward's School, Bath
King Edward's School, Bath
King Edward's School , Bath, Somerset, England is an independent school providing education for 950 pupils aged 3 to 18.The school is a member of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....
was also a direct grant school.
Merger
The Royal High School was formed by the merger in 1998 of Bath High School (day) and the Royal SchoolRoyal School for Daughters of Officers of the Army
The Royal School for Daughters of Officers of the Army was a girls' boarding school situated in Bath, England. In 1998 it was incorporated into the Royal High School.- Early history :...
(day and boarding).
As a result, it is the only member of the Girls' Day School Trust
Girls' Day School Trust
The Girls' Day School Trust is a group of 26 independent schools - 24 schools and two Academies - in England and Wales, catering for pupils aged 3 to 18. It is the largest group of independent schools in the UK, and educates 20,000 girls each year...
(GDST) to provide boarding accommodation.
Now, the Junior School
Junior school
A junior school is a type of school which caters for children, often between the ages of 7 and 11.-Australia:In Australia, a junior school is usually a part of a private school that educates children between the ages of 5 and 12....
has Hope House as its main building, whereas the Senior School has the main school building and the Winfield centre for sixth form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
students.
Academic performance
It regularly comes near the top of league tables for Bath schools for GCSE and A-Level results. The school also provides Modern Languages including GCSE FrenchFrench language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, which girls start to learn in Reception class. German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
and Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
are also available.
Arts
The school's music department has several choirs, an orchestraOrchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
, a wind band, and a swing band which competes in regional competitions. There is also a ceilidh band which often take part in concerts outside of the school, as well playing in school concerts. Their repertoire includes a wide range of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and French folk songs. There is also a string ensemble.
The school has four art studios (two for drawing and painting, one printmaking studio and a studio for sculpture.
Sports
There are sports facilities on the Lansdown site and at the nearby Churchill fields on Lansdown as follows:- A new Astroturf all-weather pitch
- Tennis courts
- Netball courts
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Land for athletics, football, rounders
- Indoor sport facilities for dance, judo, gymnastics
Junior School
The Junior school is currently situated in the Lansdown Road, very near to the Senior school. It caters for pupils from Nursery to Year 6 (age 3 to 11).
There are plans for the Junior school to move to a new location in Weston Park, called Cranwell House. However, there is no set date for this to happen as yet.
The Junior school has facilities, such as multi-purpose hall with a sprung floor where the girls have lunch, which is also used for sports lessons. There is also a stage for the drama productions and other events. The ICT suite is equipped with 24 computers, an interactive white board, and a projector which is used by all girls from Reception to Year 6.
Senior School
The senior school is situated in Lansdown Road near to Bath city centre.The main building was built in 1856-8 by James Wilson and is a Grade II listed building.
Its sports facilities, which the junior school use are located here. There are tennis courts, an outdoor swimming pool and other facilities.
The boarding houses are situated in Lansdown Road. The Senior school has a medical centre.
School houses
There are four houses for Junior School and other four for the Senior School. And then four colours for every house.For Charlcombe(Junior school) and Brontë(Senior School)
For Grosvenor(Junior School) and Du pré(Senior School)
For Lansdown(Junior School) and Wolstonecraft(Senior School)
For Northfields(Junior School) and Austen(Senior School)
Former teachers
- Litzi Gedye, SOE agent in the Second World War (taught German)
- Emma McKendrick, Headmistress since 1997 of Downe House School (taught German from 1986 and Headmistress from 1994-7)
Notable former pupils
- Angelica MandyAngelica MandyAngelica Joyce Mandy is an English actress, best known for her role in the Harry Potter films as Gabrielle Delacour.-Acting career:...
, actress
Royal School
- Mary DugganMary DugganMary Beatrice Duggan was an international cricketer, who played 17 test matches for the England women's cricket team between her debut against Australia in Adelaide in 1949, and her last game, against the touring Australians, at the Oval in 1963.A right-handed batsman, she scored 652 runs at...
, cricketer - Sheila GishSheila GishSheila Gish was a British stage and television actress.She was born Sheila Anne Gash in Lincoln, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and made her stage debut with a repertory company....
, actress - June Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd of HighburyJune Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd of HighburyJune Kathleen Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd of Highbury DBE was a British paediatrician and, in retirement, a cross bench member of the House of Lords...
, Nuffield Professor of Child Health from 1985-92 at the British Postgraduate Medical Federation, Professor of Child Health from 1975-85 at St George's Hospital Medical SchoolSt George's, University of LondonSt George's, University of London is a medical school located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, and President from 1988-91 of the British Paediatric AssociationRoyal College of Paediatrics and Child HealthRoyal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in London is responsible for the training of postgraduate doctors in paediatrics and conducting the MRCPCH membership exams. They also conduct the Diploma in Child Health exam, which is taken by many doctors who plan a career in General Practice... - Myrtle MaclaganMyrtle MaclaganMyrtle Ethel Maclagan MBE was an English cricketer. She played in the first women's Test match in 1934, and was one of the best known women cricketers of her day, famous for making high scores against the Australians...
, cricketer - Iris MorleyIris MorleyIris Vivienne Morley was an English historian, writer and journalist.Morley was born at Carshalton, Surrey, the daughter of Colonel Lyddon Charteris Morley CBE and Gladys Vivienne Charteris Braddell. She married Ronald Gordon Coates of the Devonshire Regiment on 10 January 1929...
(briefly), historian - Edith Picton-TurbervillEdith Picton-TurbervillEdith Picton-Turbervill was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.She was elected Member of Parliament for the marginal The Wrekin at the 1929 general election. Picton-Turbervill held the seat until 1931 when it was gained by the Conservatives.- External links :...
OBE, Labour MP from 1929-31 for The WrekinThe Wrekin (UK Parliament constituency)The Wrekin is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 1918. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election... - Susan StrangeSusan StrangeSusan Strange was a British academic who was influential in the field of International Political Economy. Her most important publications include Casino Capitalism, Mad Money, States and Markets and The Retreat of the State : The Diffusion of Power in the World Economy.For a quarter of a century,...
, economist - Charity Waymouth, biochemist
- Cecil Woodham-SmithCecil Woodham-SmithCecil Blanche Woodham-Smith was a British historian and biographer. She wrote four popular history books, each dealing with a different aspect of the Victorian era.-Early life:...
(née Fitzgerald), historian
Bath High School
- Dawn Austwick OBE, Chief Executive since 2005 of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, daughter of Prof Kenneth Austwick
- Dr Helen Mary Geake Archaeologist
- Mary Berry (food writer)
- Mary Blathwayt, suffragette
- Marguerite Bowie, organised the evacuation of children to the USA and Canada in 1939
- Elizabeth Hallam Smith, Librarian of the House of LordsHouse of Lords LibraryThe House of Lords Library is the library and information resource of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
since 2006 - Joan Heal, stage actress and singer
- Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of IdlicoteElspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of IdlicoteElspeth Rosamund Morton Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote CBE is a British Crossbencher life peer who has served in many capacities in public life. As the wife of Geoffrey Howe, she can also be known as Lady Howe of Aberavon.She is the daughter of the writer Philip Morton Shand by his fourth wife...
CBE, wife of Geoffrey HoweGeoffrey HoweRichard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC, PC is a former British Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary, and finally Leader of the House of Commons...
, and Chairman from 1997-9 of the Broadcasting Standards CommissionOfcomOfcom is the government-approved regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in the United Kingdom. Ofcom was initially established by the Office of Communications Act 2002. It received its full authority from the Communications Act 2003... - Dr Cicely Williams CMG, advisor in Maternal and Child Health, pioneer in the treatment of kwashiorkorKwashiorkorKwashiorkor is an acute form of childhood protein-energy malnutrition characterized by edema, irritability, anorexia, ulcerating dermatoses, and an enlarged liver with fatty infiltrates. The presence of edema caused by poor nutrition defines kwashiorkor...
, and the first Head of the maternal and child health section at the World Health OrganizationWorld Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...