Clifton College, Bristol
Clifton College crest
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| Motto |
Latin: Spiritus Intus Alit The spirit nourishes within |
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| Established | 1862 |
| Type | Independent boarding and day school |
| Religion | Christian |
| Head of College | Dr Tim Greene |
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| Founder | John Percival |
| Location |
College Road Bristol BS8 3JH England 51°27′44″N 2°37′13″W / 51.4623°N 2.6204°WCoordinates: 51°27′44″N 2°37′13″W / 51.4623°N 2.6204°W |
| DfE URN | 109334 Tables |
| Capacity | 1,200 |
| Students | 1,171 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 2–18 |
| Houses | 11 (in the Upper School) |
| Colours | Blue, Green, Navy |
| Former pupils | Old Cliftonians |
| Website | cliftoncollege.com |
Clifton College is a co-educational independent school in the suburb of Clifton in the port city of Bristol in South West England, founded in 1862. In its early years it was notable (compared with most public schools of the time) for emphasising science rather than classics in the curriculum, and for being less concerned with social elitism, e.g. by admitting day-boys on equal terms and providing a dedicated boarding house for Jewish boys, called Polacks. Having linked its General Studies classes with Badminton School, it admitted girls to the Sixth Form in 1987 and is now fully coeducational. Polacks house closed in 1938.
It was at Clifton that the second-highest cricket score ever recorded was made by 13-year-old A. E. J. Collins in June 1899. Collins's 628 not out stood as the record score till January 2016 when Pranav Dhanawade, 15 years old, of Mumbai, India, scored 1009 in a school game. Collins was killed in World War I.
The school was also the headquarters of the US army in Britain for part of the Second World War. Clifton is one of the original 26 English public schools as defined by the Public Schools Yearbook of 1889.
The school takes boys and girls aged between 13 and 18. It has its own preparatory school, Clifton College Preparatory School (known as the 'Pre'), for children from 8 to 13 which adjoins the school and shares many of the same facilities; there is also a pre-preparatory school for younger children aged 3 to 8 called Butcombe. To distinguish it from the junior schools, Clifton College proper is referred to as the 'Upper School'.
There are around 720 children in the Upper School of whom about a third are girls. At the start of the 2004 – 2005 school year, a new boarding/day house for girls (Hallward's House) was opened.
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