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Clifton College is a major coeducational public school in Clifton, Bristol, England. Mixed-sex education, (or just Mixed education) also known as Coeducation, is the integrated education to males and females at the same school facilities An independent school in the United Kingdom is a school relying upon private sources for all of its funding predominantly in the form of school fees Clifton is the name of both one of the thirty-five council wards in the city of Bristol in the United Kingdom, and of a suburb of the city that lies mostly England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It was founded in 1862. The school's motto is Spiritus Intus Alit (The spirit nourishes within).

Clifton College
Motto Spiritus Intus Alit
(Latin: The spirit nourishes within)
Established 1862
Type Public School
Headteacher Mark J Moore
Location College Road
Clifton
Bristol
England Flag of England
Students c. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday The term public school has two distinct (and virtually opposite meanings depending on the location of usage in the United States, Australia and Clifton is the name of both one of the thirty-five council wards in the city of Bristol in the United Kingdom, and of a suburb of the city that lies mostly Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland 700
Gender Co-educational
Ages 3 to 18
Houses Day Houses: 5
Boarding Houses: 6
School colours Blue and Navy

         
Chaplain The Rev' Kim Taplin
Former Pupils Old Cliftonians
Website Clifton College website
Coordinates: 51°27′38″N 2°37′19″W / 51.4606, -2.6218


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Introduction

The school takes boys and girls aged between 13 and 18. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. It has a nearby preparatory school, Clifton College Preparatory School (known as the 'Pre'), for children from 8 to 13 which is nearby and shares many of the same facilities; also a pre-preparatory school for younger children. In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school (usually abbreviated to prep school Clifton College is a Coeducational public school in Clifton Bristol, England. To distinguish it from the junior schools, Clifton College proper is sometimes referred to as the 'Upper School.

Clifton College Upper School seen from the Close. Left - the Dining Hall, centre - the Chapel.
Clifton College Upper School seen from the Close. Left - the Dining Hall, centre - the Chapel.

There are around 690 children in the Upper School of which about a third are girls. At the start of the 2004 - 2005 school year, a new boarding/day house for girls was opened.

School Fees from September 2006:

Houses

The Upper School boys' houses are:

(Polack's House, which took Jewish boys only, is closed)

The girls' houses are:

Before 1987, Clifton was a boys-only school, and was predominantly boarding. The house system is a traditional feature of British Schools and schools in ex- British colonies, similar to the collegiate system of a University

Buildings & grounds

The first school buildings

Big School (right) soon after it was built - 1860s
Big School (right) soon after it was built - 1860s
An 1898 etching of the College Close
An 1898 etching of the College Close

The College buildings were designed by the architect Charles Hansom (the brother of Joseph Hansom); his first design was for Big School and a proposed dining hall. Charles Francis Hansom (born 27 July 1817; died 30 November 1888)1 was a prominent Roman Catholic Victorian Architect Joseph Aloysius Hansom (born 26 October, 1803; d 29 June 1882) was a prolific English Architect working principally in the Gothic Only the former was actually built and a small extra short wing was added in 1866 – this is what now contains the Marshal’s office and the new staircase into Big School. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building. English Heritage is a Non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government ( Department for Culture Media and Sport) with a broad remit of A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance [1]

Hansom was called back in the 1870s and asked to design what is now the Percival Library and the open-cloister classrooms. This project was largely completed by 1875 – although the Wilson Tower was not built until 1890. (grade II listed. [2]) Other buildings were added as follows:

The Chapel building was licensed by the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol on Saturday, 15th June, 1867. It is now grade II* listed. [3]

The school’s present buildings have evolved in four phases:

In 1886, a porters' lodge and what is now the staff common room were added by enlarging what had been the original science school. On the ground floor was the school tuck-shop and above this (in what is now the Upper Common Room) was a drawing-school. The day boys were provided for in Town Rooms for both North and South Town. The East Wing was then completed by carrying it beyond the staircase and then creating an additional classroom at each end. The ground-floor classroom (then Room 12) is now known as the "Newbolt Room" and has been furnished by the Old Cliftonian Society, who still use it for reunions.
Between 1890 and the start of the first world war the new Music School (1897) was added and the Chapel rebuilt (1910).
On 3rd December, 1918, the former headmaster John Percival died and was buried in the vault of the school Chapel . In 1921 a special memorial chapel was created and consecrated about his tomb.
Norman Whatley, was the headmaster between 1923 and 1938; his tenure saw the building of the Science School (on the site of the previous Junior School) and the opening of the Preparatory School. Also at this time the school acquired Hugh Easton's new east windows. The windows also contain a curiosity: beneath the representation of the heavenly Jerusalem, is depicted a game of cricket on the Close - with one of Whatley's sons taking part!
In 1965-67 the theatre was built by the architects Whicheloe and MacFarlane. [4]
The 1980s also saw the building of the Coulson Centre which links together two previously separate classroom blocks, at Muir and Birdwood houses. As a result of the improvements in modern medicine, the Sanitorium in Worcester Road was unnecessarily large for the school's needs, and so the old pre-1921 Sanatorium on the Close has been refitted to serve this purpose, whilst the Worcester Road sanitorium has been refitted as the Headmaster’s house.

The memorial arch

At the side of College Road, opposite what was Dakyns' boarding house (now East Town and North Town), is the college's memorial arch designed by Charles Holden, which commemorates teachers and pupils who died in the two world wars. Charles Henry Holden (12 May 1875 - 1 May 1960 was an English architect best known for his designs of some of the 1920s and 1930s stations on the London Underground railway Traditionally, the removal of headgear is expected when walking through the arch. It is now grade II listed. [5] The college's buildings, mainly School House, were used as the main HQ where the D-Day landings were devised and planned. D-Day may also refer to Decimal Day in the United Kingdom. D-Day is a term often used in Military parlance to denote The college played a major part in both World Wars; Field Marshal Douglas Haig was an Old Cliftonian who went on to command the British armed forces in the First World War. For other meanings see Field Marshal (disambiguation Field marshal is a military officer rank Field Marshal Douglas Haig 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, Through the memorial arch and in front of School House is a life-size statue of Haig. [6] At the edge of the quad is a memorial to those killed in the South African Wars. [7]

Cricket pitches

On one of the college's cricket pitches, now known as Collins' Piece, the highest-ever cricket score was reached in June 1899, in the School House match between Clark's House v North Town. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries In this match A. E. J. Collins, killed in the First World War, scored 628 not out, but not under the current rules of the game. Arthur Edward Jeune (James Collins (18 August 1885–11 November 1914 typically known by his initials AEJ Collins, was an English Cricketer and soldier He was not the first Clifton schoolboy to hold this record: in 1868 Edward Tylecote, who went on to help England reclaim the Ashes in 1882/3 was a previous holder, with 404 not out in a game between Classicals and Moderns. Edward Ferdinando Sutton Tylecote ( 23 June 1849 in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, England – 15 March 1938 The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia.

Sporting facilities

The college sporting facilities include:

The Close

The college ground, known as the Close, played an important role in the history of cricket, and witnessed 13 of W G Grace's first-class hundreds for Gloucestershire in the County Championship. Real tennis is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of lawn tennis or Tennis, is descended Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance Fives is a British sport believed to derive from the same origins as many racquet sports. William Gilbert Grace ( 18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English Cricketer who by his extraordinary skills made Grace's children attended the college.

The Close featured in the poem by O. C. Sir Henry Newbolt - Vitaї Lampada:-

There's a breathless hush on the Close to-night
Ten to make and the match to win
A bumping pitch and a blinding light,
An hour to play, and the last man in. Sir Henry Newbolt, CH (1862–1938 was an English poet He is best remembered for Vitai Lampada.
And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat.
Or the selfish hope of a season's fame,
But his captain's hand on his shoulder smote
"Play up! Play up! And play the game!"
The sand of the desert is sodden red-
Red with the wreck of the square that broke
The gatling's jammed and the colonel dead,
And the regiment blind with dust and smoke.
The river of death has brimmed its banks,
And England's far, and Honour a name,
But the voice of a schoolboy rallies the ranks-
"Play up! Play up! And play the game!"
This is the word that year by year,
While in her place the school is set,
Every one of her sons must hear,
And none that hears it dare forget.
This they all with a joyful mind
Bear through life like a torch in flame,
And falling fling to the host behind -
"Play up! Play up! And play the game!"

Clifton has a commemoration arch, known by pupils as 'mem arch', with the names of all of pupils and teachers who died in the First and Second World Wars. Pupils, as a sign of respect, refrain from talking and remove their hands from their pockets when passing through the memorial. During the Second World War the school was evacuated to a hotel in Cornwall and the Americans used the buildings for the planning of their role in the war. The Omaha D-day beach landings were planned in School House, and as a thank you the school was given an American flag, which is now flown on July 4 from the Wilson Tower. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples

The Marshal

The college employs a master called "The Marshal", whose only job is to enforce discipline, attendance at classes and other school rules (such as dress code, drinking and hair length). Mr Hughes, a Marshal from the 1970s, once upbraided a boy called Bascombe, with the classic "'ere Bascombe-lad, what's your name?". Many public houses near the school had photos of the Marshal, who was permanently banned so as to not discourage the attendance of pupils who were regular customers. The current Marshal is Mr Cross, who retires at the end of the summer term, 2008. Major Paul Simcoxs MBE MA will take up the office of Marshal from September.

By tradition of the college, a Marshal's name is not added to the plaque listing the names of the school's Marshals until after his death.

School slang

Religious community

Clifton has chapel services and a focus on Christianity, but for the last 125 years there has also been a Jewish boarding house (Polack's); complete with kosher dining facilities and synagogue for boys in the Upper School: this was the last one of its kind in Europe. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ A synagogue (from Greek: grc συναγωγή transliterated synagogē, "assembly" he בית כנסת beit knesset, "house of However, at the end of the 2004-05 school year, the Polack's trust announced that Polack's House would be close due to the low numbers of boys in the house (although many pupils were turned down this year).

The school chapel was the inspiration behind Newbolt's poem Clifton Chapel, which starts:

CLIFTON CHAPEL

This is the Chapel: here, my son,
Your father thought the thoughts of youth,
And heard the words that one by one
The touch of Life has turn'd to truth.
Here in a day that is not far,
You too may speak with noble ghosts
Of manhood and the vows of war
You made before the Lord of Hosts.

Alumni

Clifton's alumni include: category:Old Cliftonians

Politics, law and business

Art and poetry

Music, drama and entertainment

Literature

Military

Victoria Cross Holders

Seven Old Cliftonians have won the Victoria Cross, one in the South African War (Boer War), five in the First World War 1914-18 (one of these five actually being won in 1919 serving in the North Russia Relief Force), one in the Second World War, 1939-45. See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since See also First Boer War,, South African Wars (1879-1915 The Second Boer War ( Dutch: Tweede Boerenoorlog, Afrikaans: World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including [8]

Science and medicine

Sport

Academe

Other

Nobel Prize winners

Headmasters

Listed in order of appointment - with the most recent listed last:

Notable former masters

Clifton College Register

The register's motto:

"There be of them, that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be reported. Norman Oliver Brown ( September 25 1913, El Oro Mexico &ndash October 2 2002, Santa Cruz California) was an Sir Charles Harding Firth ( 16 March 1857, Sheffield, England - 19 February 1936, Oxford) was a British Walter Gibb DSO DFC (born March 26, 1919 at Port Talbot, Wales; died October 4, 2006) was a British Test pilot Richard Keith Stott ( August 17 1943 &ndash July 30 2007) was a British journalist and editor The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature Sir John Cowdery Kendrew ( 24 March 1917 &ndash 23 August 1997) was an English Biochemist and crystallographer Sir John Richard Hicks ( April 8, 1904 May 20, 1989) was one of the most important and influential Economists and Religious Inclusivists Sir Nevill Francis Mott ( 30 September, 1905 &ndash 8 August, 1996) FRS, CH, was a British physicist John Percival ( 27 September 1834 &ndash 3 December 1918) was Headmaster of Rugby School before becoming Bishop of The Bishop of Hereford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury. Rev James Maurice Wilson ( November 6 1836 &ndash 1931 was a British theologian science teacher and Astronomer. Michael George Glazebrook was the former Headmaster of Clifton College, later the Canon of Ely, and is reputed to have once held the world record for the High This article is about the bishop in the Church of England, for the bishop in the Roman Catholic Church, see Archbishop of Liverpool. Bertrand Hallward ( May 24 1901 &ndash November 17 2003) was the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham. Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond CBE, DSO ( November 14, 1907 &ndash March 24, 2001) was a British historian — teaching Stephen John McWatters ( April 24, 1921 – March 12, 2006) was a headmaster and school teacher Dr Steven Spurr is currently the Head Master of Westminster School, one of the leading British Public schools in London, having taken over from Richard Prescott Keigwin ( 8 April 1883 - 26 November 1972) was an English academic Emile Victor Rieu (1887&ndash1972 is best known for his lucid translations of Homer, as editor of Penguin Classics, and for a modern translation of the four David Staffurth Stancliffe (born October 1, 1942) is the Anglican Bishop of Salisbury. . . "

The Clifton College Register is the set of records held for Clifton College in Bristol. The Register is kept and maintained by the Old Cliftonian Society. The Old Cliftonian Society [OCS] is the Society for the alumni of Clifton College - whether pupils or staff. The OCS organises reunions at the school and publishes a newsletter for alumni.

These records has been maintained unbroken from the start of the school in 1862 and list every pupil, master and headmaster. Each person is allocated a school number - for masters and headmasters the number is prefixed with either an M or HM. The Register also maintains a record of the school roll in numbers, the Heads of School and summarises the major sporting records for each year.

The Register is published by the Old Cliftonian Society; at present there are three volumes:

  • 1862 - 1947
  • 1948 - 1977
  • 1978 - 1994

First entries in the Register:-

Pupils

Masters

The early years

  • 1862 - 69
  • 1863 - 195 (including the new junior school)
  • 1864 - 237
  • 1865 - 258
  • 1866 - 278
  • 1862 - H. Uppingham School is a co-educational Independent school situated in the small town of Uppingham in Rutland, England. Lincoln College (in full The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts W. Wellesley
  • 1863 - A. W. Paul

Gallery

A rugby match being played on the close

References

  1. ^ Clifton College, Big School. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-03-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
  2. ^ Clifton College, Percival Buildings and Wilson Tower. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-03-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
  3. ^ Clifton College, Guthrie Memorial Chapel. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-03-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
  4. ^ Burrough, THB (1970). Bristol. London: Studio Vista. ISBN 0289798043.  
  5. ^ Clifton College, Victory Arch. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-03-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
  6. ^ Clifton College, Statue of Earl Haig. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-03-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
  7. ^ Clifton College, South African War Memorial. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-03-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
  8. ^ Bland, R. L. , Clifton's V. C. s, Old Cliftonian Society, pp. 57 - 60

See also

External links

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