Secondary school in Bristol

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Mariamoreno · 12/02/2017 12:46

Hello everybody! We are moving to Bristol soon I'm looking for good secondary school
Any suggestions? Thanks for your help!

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Footle · 12/02/2017 13:51

Gordano, not Gordani , by the way.

oklumberjack · 12/02/2017 13:45

Backwell is a very well regarded school (although I rejected it for my dd as well!). You don't have to live in Backwell to get a place but you will struggle from Clifton or North Bristol.

Nailsea and Gordani school are also very good but you will not get a place living in Bristol.

If you are Catholic you can look at St Bedes? I've never lived North Bristol so I don't know the exact choices. I know catchment areas are small.

blackcherries · 12/02/2017 13:37

Just to help things out, schools that are publicly funded in the UK are called 'state schools'. 'Public schools' can mean ones you pay for, like 'private schools'. It's confusing and caused a bit of a bunfight on another mumsnet thread so just thought I'd point it out!

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Mariamoreno · 12/02/2017 13:33

What about Backwell School - North Somerset ? I read it's quite good but in a small town....I don't feel like to live outside from Bristol
We live in toulouse the children go to a private school international but we have a help from his company in Bristol we have not help , it's too expensive , in Bristol I'm looking for a public school

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Mariamoreno · 12/02/2017 13:29

Thanks a lot for your help! My husband works in airbus Filton, he knows quite well Bristol as he was living there before to meet me, he doesn't know about school as before he hadn't jejejej
He told me to live around sitios: Clifton, redland, cotham, westbury-on-trym, henleaze

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Merlin40 · 12/02/2017 12:59

Where are you looking to move OP?

Wolfiefan · 12/02/2017 12:57

Bristol secondary schools are indeed a hot topic!
The other issue is where you need to work. That will massively influence where you live as traffic is pretty horrendous.
Lovely part of the world though. Lots going on and plently of lovely places easily accessible.

oklumberjack · 12/02/2017 12:53

Welcome to Bristol (Great place!) and welcome to a hot topic.

There will be people telling you that most state Secondary Schools in Bristol are utter crap but that view is quite out of date.

Best regarded schools in Bristol are IMO

Bristol Cathedral
Redland Green
Cotham
Colston Girls School.

Cathedral and Colstons have admissions on a lottery basis so no catchment area.
I (personally) didn't try for these schools as I didn't think they were right for my dd.

Whereabouts in Bristol are you coming to? After everything I said about Bristol schools, my dd actually goes over the border to BANES, however we only live 1/2 a mile from the border anyway so it's not that an usual decision.

Other schools I have some knowledge of is

Ashton Park school
Bedminster Down

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