Main entrance to Cotham School
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Established | 1856 |
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Type | Secondary Academy |
Headteacher | Joanne Butler |
Location |
Cotham Lawn Road Bristol BS6 6DT England Coordinates: 51°27′49″N 2°36′07″W / 51.4636°N 2.6020°W |
DfE number | 801/4100 |
DfE URN | 137440 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
Capacity | 1480 (data from January 2016) |
Students | 1498 (data from January 2016) |
Gender | Mixed |
Ages | 11–18 |
Houses | Delta, Gamma, Sigma, Omega |
Website | cotham |
Cotham School is a secondary school with co-operative academy status in Cotham, a suburb of Bristol, England. The catchment area for this school is Cotham, Clifton, Kingsdown and southern Redland.
Cotham school was established in 1856. Its predecessor was the Merchant Venturers School. Until the academic year 2000/01, Cotham was a grammar school. It became a comprehensive in 2001, and became an academy in September 2011.
The BBC drama Thirteen was filmed here in 2015.
It comprises the main school and sports hall together with Charnwood House, the Cotham part of the North Bristol Post 16 Centre, which was refurbished and opened in 2007. Prior to 2007, Cotham School had its own sixth form.