学校性质:

独立中学、寄宿中学

排名:

学校类型:

男校

2018-19学费:

 4860镑/学期,  注册费:

建校时间:

1877年

入学要求:

 11-18岁,  测试

学校位置:

英国南部 布里斯托

奖学金项目:

 学习成绩、艺术、音乐

学生人数:

740人

其 它:

　10%考入牛剑  需提前一年申请

学校网站:

http://www.cliftonhigh.bristol.sch.uk 

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Clifton High School, 克利弗顿高级中学

College Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3JD
Tel: 0117 973 0201 Fax: 0117 923 8962
Website: 
• GIRLS, 3–18 Day, 16–18 Boarding (with host families), Boys 3–11 only
• Pupils 740, Upper sixth 38
• Termly fees £2020–£2605 (Day)
• GSA, IAPS
• Enquiries/applications to the Headmistress or Admissions Secretary
 
What it’s like
Founded in 1877, it occupies a splendid site in the middle of the Georgian village of Clifton, near the Downs and the Suspension Bridge. The facilities and accommodation are first-class, including recently refurbished science laboratories, IT suites and an indoor swimming pool. A partnership with Bristol University and the Lawn Tennis Association provides an indoor tennis centre and artificial turf hockey pitches. Religious worship is non-denominational; religious studies are taught until the age of 16. The school has a long-standing reputation for providing an excellent education and examination results are very good. There are strong music, drama and creative arts departments involving a large number of pupils. There is also a wide choice of games and sports (with representatives at county and national level). There is a great commitment to social services and the school has a good record in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme. Full use is made of Bristol’s cultural amenities.
 
School profile

Pupils & entrance
Pupils: Total age range 3–18; 740 pupils (140 boys, 600 girls), all day except 4 boarding girls (family boarding from age 16 only). Upper school 11–18, 370 girls.
Entrance: Main entry ages, 3, 7, 11,13 and 16. Own entrance exam used: for sixth-form entry, 6 GCSEs at least grade C (grade B in sixth-form subjects). Skills in sport, music and art welcomed; no religious requirements. 40% of new intake at 11 from state schools (plus few to sixth form). Many senior pupils from own junior, Clifton High School Lower School (tel 0117 973 8096).

Scholarships, bursaries & extras 30 pa scholarships; 18 at 11, 2 at 13, 10 at 16; full school assisted places; further sixth-form awards. Some bursaries for existing scholarship holders. Parents not expected to buy textbooks; extras include eg music tuition £140 per term.

Parents 40+% are professional; 40+% in industry or commerce. Most live within 30 miles; up to 5% live overseas.

Head & staff
Headmistress: Mrs M C Culligan, in post from 1998. Educated at Notre Dame Collegiate School, Liverpool, and at the universities of Lancaster (English), Liverpool (PGCE) and Bristol (MEd). Previously Deputy Head and Head of English at St Mary’s, Calne.
Teaching staff: 56 full time, 18 part time. Annual turnover 5%. Average age 40.

Exam results
GCSE: In 2003, 55 pupils in upper fifth: 95% gained at least grade C in 8+ subjects; 5% in 5–7 subjects. Average GCSE score 70 (72 over 3 years).
A-levels: 42 in upper sixth: 5% passed in 4+ subjects, 90% passed in 3 subjects. Average final point score achieved by upper sixth formers 335.

University & college entrance 90% of sixth-form leavers go on to a degree course (10% after a gap year), 10% to Oxbridge. 15% take courses in medicine, dentistry & veterinary science, 15% in science, maths and engineering, 5% in law, 15% in humanities & social sciences, 25% in arts and languages, 5% in art & design, 20% in eg business, drama, education, music, management, sport. Others typically go on to FE colleges or take further A-levels.

Curriculum GCSE, AS and A-levels. 23 GCSE subjects, 24 AS/A-level (including Greek). Critical thinking in Year 7–8.
Sixth form: Most sixth formers take 4 subjects at AS-level, 3 at A-level. General studies is not taken but enrichment programme integrated into sixth-form curriculum (lectures, workshops, practical activities, team skills, First Aid). 40% take maths/science/IT/business studies A-levels; 25% arts; 20% humanities; 15% practical.
Vocational: Work experience available.
Languages: French, German and Spanish offered to GCSE, AS and A-level; also Italian to RSA, and Greek. Regular exchanges to France, Germany and Spain.
ICT: Taught as a discrete subject in Years 7–11. 120 computers for pupil use (9 hours a day), all networked and with email and internet access. All pupils take GCSE IT short course.

The arts
Music: Up to 50% of pupils learn a musical instrument (almost all instruments and voice); instrumental exams taken, also GCSE and A-level. Many musical groups including orchestras, wind bands, choirs, chamber groups. Variety of performances, choir tours. Some pupils members of National Youth Choir and National Youth Orchestra.
Drama & dance: Drama and dance offered. GCSE drama, A-level theatre studies, LAMDA exams may be taken. Many pupils are involved in school productions and house/other productions.
Art & design: On average, 20+ take GCSE, 10 A-level. Ceramics, textiles, technology also offered.

Sport & activities
Sport: Hockey, netball, tennis, swimming, athletics, rounders compulsory. Optional: basketball, volleyball, aerobics, fencing, squash, badminton; sixth form, sub-aqua training, ice skating, climbing. National and regional representation at tennis and hockey; county at athletics, cross-country, swimming, fencing, hockey, netball, tennis.
Activities: Pupils take bronze and gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Regular visits to elderly and Mencap; fund-raising through house activities. Up to 20 clubs, eg art, computer, debating, technology, fencing, Christian Union, science, textiles, maths.

School life
Uniform: School uniform worn except in the sixth form.
Houses & prefects: Competitive houses. Head girl and 2–3 deputies, heads of house, appointed by staff and sixth form. School Council.
Religion: Non-denominational religious worship.
Social: Debates, plays, musicals, choral performances with other local schools. Organised trips to eg Italy, Greece, Iceland, Germany, Turkey, Paris; skiing in Europe and USA. Meals self-service. Second-hand clothes shop. No tobacco or alcohol allowed.

Discipline A behavioural policy based on rewards and sanctions aims to encourage self-discipline by being firm and fair; strong tutorial system. Those caught using drugs on the premises would be expelled.

Boarding With families, for sixth form only. Host family co-ordinator acts as liaison between families, pupils and school.

Alumni association Old Girls Society run by Miss Sarah Hill, c/o the school

Former pupils Jo Durie; Mary Renault; Stephanie Cole; Elizabeth Filkin; Bernice McCabe.