Cotham School
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| Established | 1856 |
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| Type | Secondary Academy |
| Headteacher | Joanne Butler |
| Location | Cotham Lawn Road Bristol BS6 6DT England Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| DfE number | 801/4100 |
| DfE URN | 137440 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Capacity | 1480 (Data from January 2015) |
| Students | 1470 (Data from January 2015) |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | cotham.bristol.sch.uk |
Cotham School is a secondary school with Co-operative academy status in Cotham, a suburb of Bristol, England. The catchment area for this school is Cotham, Clifton, Kingsdown and southern Redland.
History
Cotham school was established in 1856. Its predecessor was the Merchant Venturers School.[1] Until the academic year 2000/01, Cotham was a Grammar School. It became a comprehensive in 2001, and became an academy in September 2011. Thirteen (bbc drama) was filmed here in 2015.
Admissions
It comprises the main school and sports hall together with Charnwood House, the Cotham part of the North Bristol Post 16 Centre, which was refurbished and opened in 2007. Prior to 2007, Cotham School had its own sixth form.
Notable Alumni
- Martyn Jarrett, Bishop of Beverley since 2000, and Bishop of Burnley from 1994–2000[2]
- Wallace Fox, Professor of Community Therapeutics from 1979-86 at the Cardiothoracic Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, who did important work on tuberculosis.[3]
- David Garmston, journalist[4]
- Peter Higgs, Professor of Theoretical Physics from 1980-96 at the University of Edinburgh, known for the Higgs boson,[5] who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics with Francois Englert
- Arthur Milton, cricketer[6]
- Derek Robinson, novelist.[7]
- John Saxbee, Bishop of Lincoln since 2001, and Bishop of Ludlow from 1994–2001[8]
- John Tidmarsh, journalist[9]
- Amy Willerton, Contestant on I'm a Celebrity 2013 and contestant in Miss Universe.[10]
See also
References
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