Cotham School

Cotham School is a secondary school with academy status in Cotham, a suburb of Bristol, England. The catchment area for this school is Cotham, Clifton, Kingsdown, Southern Redland, Bishopston, St Paul's and Easton.

Cotham School
Cotham School's entrance on es = 51.4636°N 2.6020°W / 51.4636; -2.6020
Address
Cotham Drive

,
BS6 6DT

England
Information
TypeSecondary Academy
Established1856 (1856) (as the Merchant Venturers' School)
Local authorityBristol City Council
Department for Education URN137440 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherJoanne Butler
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1487 (data from April 2018)
Capacity1480 (data from April 2018)
HousesDelta, Gamma, Sigma, Omega
Websitewww.cotham.bristol.sch.uk

The school shares a sixth form, the North Bristol Post 16 Centre, with nearby Redland Green School. The Cotham campus is situated in Charnwood House, although sixth form lessons also take place at the main school site. Construction on a new teaching and dining block was finished in 2018 and increased the school's capacity significantly.

Cotham School is one of the few schools in the UK to have educated several Nobel laureates: Paul Dirac, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933, and Peter Higgs, who received the same award in 2013.

There are discussions being held regarding the merging of Cotham with Redland Green at a preliminary stage and consolidation of campus buildings.

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