Ribston Hall High School
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Ribston Hall High School is a grammar school in Gloucester
, England, for girls between the ages of 11-18. It was founded in the year of 1921, the first head girl was Hilda Smith.
, to try to live off sparrows, starlings, hedgehogs and mice as an 'experiment' in survival. The Gloucestershire Trust for Nature Conservation
were not greatly pleased. It was not approved.
It became a grant maintained school in April 1990.
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Ribston is consistently achieving in the top five secondary schools in Gloucestershire in the league tables. Its results are well above average for English schools.
: Britons, Danes, Saxons and Romans.
Gloucester
Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....
, England, for girls between the ages of 11-18. It was founded in the year of 1921, the first head girl was Hilda Smith.
Admissions
It also has a sixth form for both girls and boys. It is situated south of Gloucester city centre on Stroud Road (B4072), between Linden and Tredworth, a few hundred metres west of the Cross Country Route.History
It was known as High School for Girls, Ribston Hall. In April 1975, led by the biology teacher Dr Peter Driver, six girls planned to spend a week under canvas on Robinswood HillRobinswood Hill
Robinswood Hill is a hill and country park to the south of the city centre of Gloucester, close to the Stroud Road . It rises to 650 ft , and is owned and managed by Gloucester City Council's Countryside Unit. The Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust also have their head office based here.It was...
, to try to live off sparrows, starlings, hedgehogs and mice as an 'experiment' in survival. The Gloucestershire Trust for Nature Conservation
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
The Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust is the Gloucestershire local partner in a conservation network of 47 Wildlife Trusts. The Wildlife Trusts are local charities with the specific aim of protecting the United Kingdom's natural heritage...
were not greatly pleased. It was not approved.
It became a grant maintained school in April 1990.
Academic performance
Ribston Hall has a 98% A-C pass rate and a partnership with The Crypt SchoolThe Crypt School, Gloucester
The Crypt School is a grammar school for boys with a mixed Sixth Form, located in the city of Gloucester, England, founded in 1539 by Joan Cooke with money inherited from her husband John....
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Ribston is consistently achieving in the top five secondary schools in Gloucestershire in the league tables. Its results are well above average for English schools.
Houses
Students are divided into four housesHouse system
The house system is a traditional feature of British schools, and schools in the Commonwealth. Historically, it was associated with established public schools, where a 'house' refers to a boarding house or dormitory of a boarding school...
: Britons, Danes, Saxons and Romans.
Alumni
- Mary-Jess LeaverlandMary-Jess LeaverlandMary-Jess Leaverland is a British singer who won Min Xing Chang Fan Tan , a Chinese televised talent competition, in December 2009.-Career:...
, won the 2010 Chinese Jiangsu province equivalent of X-Factor, 民星唱翻天 (Min Xing Chang Fan Tian), aged 19 - Joanna Parrish, 20 year old University of LeedsUniversity of LeedsThe University of Leeds is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
student raped and murdered on 16 May 1990 in AuxerreAuxerreAuxerre is a commune in the Bourgogne region in north-central France, between Paris and Dijon. It is the capital of the Yonne department.Auxerre's population today is about 45,000...
, Burgundy, possibly by the serial-killer Michel FourniretMichel FourniretMichel Fourniret is a convicted French serial killer who confessed, in June and July 2004, to kidnapping, raping and murdering 9 girls in a span of 14 years during the 1980s, the 1990s and the 2000s. He was also accused of 10 additional murders, nine in France and one in Belgium, and was found...
or Ulrich Münstermann - Nathan James Sykes, a member of The WantedThe WantedThe Wanted are a British-Irish boy band based in London, England. The band consists of Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness, Tom Parker and Nathan Sykes. Their debut single, "All Time Low", was released in July 2010 and reached number one in the United Kingdom for one week...
, joined in Sixth Form