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Focus on Redmaids High School, Bristol.
As part of our local Area Guide, Hamptons Estate Agents Bristol chatted to Redmaids High School.
Tell us a little of the history of your school?
With a history dating back to 1634, Redmaids’ High School is the oldest surviving girls’ school in the country. We are proud of our distinguished past and acclaimed expertise in educating students aged 7-18 years, and we have long understood how valuable an all-girls education is. Formed through the merger of Redland High School and The Red Maids School, we are now stronger than ever; last year we were Bristol’s best performing school for A Levels results, we were named by The Sunday Times as one of the top 5 Independent Schools in the South West and in our recent ISI report we were awarded ‘Excellent’ in all areas.
What would you say is special about the school life at Redmaids’ High School?
Whether it is our students, staff or parents, when we ask our stakeholders what the standout feature of Redmaids’ High School is, it is the strength of our community that is highlighted loudly and clearly, and it is this inclusive environment that we are most proud of. We also see this reflected in our strong alumnae network who are so passionate about the school that they want to remain connected with us long after they have left.
What facilities do you have at Redmaids’ High School?
Our Westbury-on-Trym 12-acre school site offers a wide range of facilities which includes a Performing Arts Centre, our state-of-the art performance space Redland Hall, a purpose-built Junior School, a specialist music block, a dedicated Sixth Form Centre and versatile indoor and outdoor sports areas.
We have an additional 16-acre multi-purpose sports site at The Lawns, a short drive from the school. This world class facility further enhances our sport provision with a national hockey federation hockey pitch, netball courts, cricket pitches with training nets, tennis courts an extensive athletics space, and a 3G football pitch.
How does Redmaids’ High ensure a modern and forward approach to the broad education that it offers?
The school provides every student across the whole school with an iPad that they can take home, with each classroom fitted with a state-ofthe-art screen so every teacher is able to augment their lessons through the seamless integration of technology.
To add to this, students have access to state-of-theart equipment including Mac suites, digital audio, workstations, MIDI controllers and professionalgrade microphones. We also offer opportunities such as working on the production side of school plays and musicals, radio broadcasting and podcasting, virtual reality and e-Sports clubs and the study of our unique pioneering subject; Creative Technologies. The accessible, innovative and ever-growing opportunities to learn and use technology within the school environment offers an extraordinary modern and exciting education. We will continue to push boundaries with our use of technology to not only enhance the learning experience for all our students, but to also enable them to feel confident and safe in the modern digital world of today.
Do you have an alumni association?
We have a strong female alumnae network from The Red Maids School, Redland High School and Redmaids’ High who continue to contribute to the community long after they’ve left. Through our Lighthouse Mentor Programme, we connect Sixth Form students with alumnae who have pursued careers in an area they are interested in. We also invite alumnae back to give careers talks, attend networking events and we look forward to welcoming many of them back to our summer reunion.
Tel: 01179 622641
