Orchard School Bristol

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Orchard School Bristol

Established	1957
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Dr Helen Holman
Location	Filton Road Bristol England Coordinates: 51°29′57″N 2°34′48″W / 51.4991°N 2.5801°W / 51.4991; -2.5801
DfE URN	138448 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Capacity	925
Students	792
Ages	11–18
Website	www.orchardschoolbristol.co.uk

Old school building dating from the 1950s

Orchard School Bristol, formerly known as Monks Park School is a community secondary school located in the Monks Park area of Bristol, England between Horfield, Southmead and Filton. The original school buildings, built in the 1950s, were demolished and the school was rebuilt and opened for teaching in September 2005.

In September 2005 the school was awarded Specialist School Status, with a combined specialism in Humanities (Social Science) and Modern Foreign Languages.

The school has recently become a Trust school with educational partners, City of Bristol College, University of West of England and the Local Authority Bristol City Council.

The school plans to become an Academy from September 2012.

Uniform

The uniform that the students at Orchard School have to wear is a white shirt with own house tie,school blazer, black trousers or skirt and plain black shoes.

Houses

There are four houses with head and deputy head for each one;.

Blue House
Green house
Scarlet house
Yellow house

Notable alumni

Chris Lines – Professional footballer^[1]

References

↑ "LINES ON RADIO BRISTOL SPORTS REVIEW". Bristol Rovers Football Club. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009.

External links

Official website

v t e Education in Bristol Including establishments with sites in the Bristol Local Authority

General	Education in Bristol List of schools in Bristol

Primary and junior schools	Bishop Road Primary School Bridge Learning Campus

Secondary schools	Ashton Park School Bedminster Down School Bridge Learning Campus Brislington Enterprise College Bristol Brunel Academy Bristol Cathedral Choir School Bristol Free School Bristol Metropolitan Academy The City Academy Bristol Colston's Girls' School Cotham School Fairfield High School Henbury School Merchants' Academy Oasis Academy Brightstowe Oasis Academy John Williams Orchard School Bristol Redland Green School St Bede's Catholic College St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School

Independent schools	Andalusia Academy Badminton School Bristol Grammar School Carmel Christian School Clifton College Clifton High School Colston's School Queen Elizabeth's Hospital Redland High School The Red Maids' School

Special schools	Bristol Gateway School Kingsweston School St Christopher's School

Former schools	Fairfield Grammar School St Ursula's School Merrywood Grammar School

Further education & sixth form colleges	City of Bristol College North Bristol Post 16 Centre St. Brendan's Sixth Form College South Gloucestershire and Stroud College

Universities	University of Bristol The University of Law University of the West of England

Other higher education centres	Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Theological colleges	Trinity College Wesley College

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