Marlwood School
Encyclopedia
Marlwood School is a comprehensive secondary school
located in Alveston
, South Gloucestershire
, just north of Bristol
, England.
It is situated on the B3561 on the outskirts of the south-west of the village.
in Thornbury
. Thornbury Grammar School was relocated to new buildings on the outskirts of neighbouring Alveston
in 1972.
, due to excellence at science. Marlwood currently has around 1300 pupils and its own sixth form
department, with over 200 students studying AS, A2 and BTEC qualifications.
The school produces a regular newsletter known as 'Grapevine' as well as the termly general school newsletter.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in Alveston
Alveston
Alveston is a commuter village of roughly 3000 people about south of Thornbury, South Gloucestershire and approximately north of Bristol, England. Alveston is twinned with Courville sur Eure, France. It has two hotels, a variety of small shops, several parks and fields, two churches and a...
, South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire is a unitary district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, in South West England.-History:The district was created in 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished, by the merger of former area of the districts of Kingswood and Northavon...
, just north of Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
, England.
It is situated on the B3561 on the outskirts of the south-west of the village.
Grammar school
The school used to be Thornbury Grammar School and was located in the buildings that are now the sixth form centre for The Castle SchoolThe Castle School
The Castle School is a mixed-sex secondary school for students aged 11–18 in Thornbury South Gloucestershire, England, which serves the town and the surrounding villages. Pupils from Bristol also attend the school...
in Thornbury
Thornbury, South Gloucestershire
Thornbury is a market town in South Gloucestershire, England, approximately 12 miles north of the city of Bristol, with a population of 12,342 at the 2001 UK census. The town hosts South Gloucestershire Council headquarters and is twinned with Bockenem in Germany. Thornbury is a Britain in Bloom...
. Thornbury Grammar School was relocated to new buildings on the outskirts of neighbouring Alveston
Alveston
Alveston is a commuter village of roughly 3000 people about south of Thornbury, South Gloucestershire and approximately north of Bristol, England. Alveston is twinned with Courville sur Eure, France. It has two hotels, a variety of small shops, several parks and fields, two churches and a...
in 1972.
Comprehensive
It received its first comprehensive intake and was renamed Marlwood School under the headship of Terry Fazey.Academics
It is a Beacon school and has attained the status of Science CollegeScience College
Science Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, science and mathematics...
, due to excellence at science. Marlwood currently has around 1300 pupils and its own 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,...
department, with over 200 students studying AS, A2 and BTEC qualifications.
The school produces a regular newsletter known as 'Grapevine' as well as the termly general school newsletter.
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