Sir Bernard Lovell School
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Sir Bernard Lovell School is a comprehensive school
in North Street, Oldland Common
, South Gloucestershire
, England. It has been on the same site since the 1960s, when it was a girls school, later the main school was added and now takes boys and girls from 11 to 18 years old. The girls school still exists as school canteen and smaller and older classrooms as well as year 10 and 11 common room (Galileo Building) which houses several class rooms.
The school now has a 7.7million pound sports centre which offers state of the art equipment and facilities.
, the school has 1,241 pupils on roll. The school is named after the astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell
The Sir Bernard Lovell school has a strong creative ability having the (Giotto Arts Centre) which provides 3 art class room and in house performance company NIPA (NEXUS INTERNATIONAL PERFORMING ARTS) and 1 Media Room and Two Music rooms a large studio space/auditorium and a smaller performance space
Famous former pupils at the school include Marcus Trescothick
, who helped the England cricket team regain The Ashes
title against their fierce Australian rivals in 2005, and Ian Holloway
, who currently manages Blackpool F.C.
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Sir Bernard Lovell who was born on the current site.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
in North Street, Oldland Common
Oldland Common
Oldland Common is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, on the outskirts of Bristol. It is in the civil parish of Bitton, approximately 8 miles between the centres of cities Bristol and Bath...
, 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...
, England. It has been on the same site since the 1960s, when it was a girls school, later the main school was added and now takes boys and girls from 11 to 18 years old. The girls school still exists as school canteen and smaller and older classrooms as well as year 10 and 11 common room (Galileo Building) which houses several class rooms.
The school now has a 7.7million pound sports centre which offers state of the art equipment and facilities.
, the school has 1,241 pupils on roll. The school is named after the astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell
The Sir Bernard Lovell school has a strong creative ability having the (Giotto Arts Centre) which provides 3 art class room and in house performance company NIPA (NEXUS INTERNATIONAL PERFORMING ARTS) and 1 Media Room and Two Music rooms a large studio space/auditorium and a smaller performance space
Famous former pupils at the school include Marcus Trescothick
Marcus Trescothick
Marcus Edward Trescothick MBE is an English cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club, and represented England in 76 Test matches and 123 One Day Internationals. A left-handed opening batsman, he made his first-class debut for Somerset in 1993 and quickly established...
, who helped the England cricket team regain The Ashes
The Ashes
The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. It is one of the most celebrated rivalries in international cricket and dates back to 1882. It is currently played biennially, alternately in the United Kingdom and Australia. Cricket being a summer sport, and the venues...
title against their fierce Australian rivals in 2005, and Ian Holloway
Ian Holloway
Ian Scott Holloway is an English football manager and former player. He became the manager of Blackpool in May 2009. Holloway is well-known amongst football fans for his off-the-wall interviews, with a wide selection of quotes and soundbites being printed. Holloway's playing career spanned 18...
, who currently manages Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
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Sir Bernard Lovell who was born on the current site.