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Foundation launch

Colston’s creates Foundation to support bursaries and widen access

In its 300th anniversary year Colston’s School is creating a Foundation to support bursaries and widen access more ...

Bristol-Bordeaux

Revival in interest in modern language exchanges

Head of Modern Languages, Mrs Denise Currie, is encouraged that there has been a revival in interest in the Bristol-Bordeaux exchange more ...

Jeremy Strong

Visit of author Jeremy Strong

An account of the author Jeremy Stong's visit to the Lower School more...

Banter Banter on sale at Colston's
Calling all students to climb aboard the BANTER express!! This is your chance to be heard, showcase your talents or just simply chew the fat with other students more ...
Colston Hall concert

Concert audience feels the Tercentenary spirit

Colston’s School returned to its spiritual home on Saturday evening for a rousing and passionate concert marking the start of this year’s Tercentenary celebrations more ...

GCSE Options Meeting GCSE Options Meeting
The Chatterton Hall was packed on the evening of Tuesday 2nd March for the annual GCSE Options Meeting, attended by members of Y9 and their parents more ...
A Grade A Maths class

Once again, a group of pupils at Colston’s School has celebrated an outstanding set of results in their GCSE mathematics examination, seven months ahead of the June examination season more ...

Mini Art Exhibition Mini Art Exhibition
The Mini Art Exhibition raised over £1200 for charities including Haiti Disaster Fund, Wings of Hope and Afrikids more ...
Lepra Lepra Workout
Once again pupils in Years 7 and 8 raised money for the Lepra Charity more ...
Jersey

Jersey Rugby Tour 2010

On Friday 5th March the Lower School Spartans rugby team travelled to Jersey to take part in the annual St Michael’s School rugby tournament more ...

Guide Dogs Visit of the Guide Dog Association
On Thursday 3rd March, the guide dog association visited the school and gave us an insight to the difficult life of someone who is visually impaired more ...
Ibsen

World class theatre group chooses Colston’s for a UK premier

Colston’s School is to stage the UK premier of an unexpected romantic opera by Norway’s most famous playwright Henrik Ibsen more ...

Mini Art Mini Charity Art Exhibition
The Art Department will be holding a Mini Art Exhibition from 6.00 p.m. til 7.30 p.m on Thursday 11th March in the Art Department more ...
CCF Pentathlon CCF Pentathlon
The 2010 Joint Services Cadet Committee was held on Sunday 7th March at Colston's School more ...
CBT lecture

CBT Lecture

As part of their A2 studies, Colston’s students study the classification, explanations and treatments of Depression more ...

Big Top

Circus Time in Nursery

The children in Nursery have their very own ‘Big Top’ in their role play area this half term more ...

Callum Braley Congratulations to Callum Braley on his selection for England U16 group
Colston's rugby player Callum Braley has been selected for the England U16 group for the forthcoming Four Nations rugby tournament more ...
Chris Bradford ‘Perfect’ Samurai sword is centre of attention at author visit
Chris Bradford, author of the award-winning Young Samurai series, provided Colston’s School with “the most entertaining, informative and exciting author visit we have ever had" more ...
Becky Green Becky due to play indoor netball for England
Good luck to Colston’s student teacher Becky Green and her brother Chris who are both heading to South Africa to represent England in a Tri Nations indoor netball tournament next week more ...
Colston Hall concert

Colston’s creates massed choir for 300th anniversary concert

School and Bristol Concert Orchestra join forces at the Colston Hall more ...

Art trip to St Ives St Ives Art trip
Report on the recent Art Department trip to St Ives more ...
Barcelona trip Half term trip to Barcelona
During half-term a group of 34 pupils and four staff spent five days in Barcelona more ...
Hannah Owen

Sixth Form German student Hannah Owen does work experience in Germany

The Year 10 & 11 Students who went to Berlin were not the only Colston’s pupils in Germany over half term. 6th Form AS Student Hannah Owen, went to Aachen to spent a week working in Germany more ...

Berlin trip GCSE students’ trip to Berlin
During half term, a group of seventeen Year 10 and Year 11 German students, along with Mr Gwilliam and Mrs Hambley, travelled to Berlin to experience life in a German city more ...
Buuilding Award

Colston’s School wins Building Excellence Award

Colston’s School has received a Bristol City Council Building Excellence Award for Best Educational Building more ...

Colston's Got Talent Ding Yang wins the third annual Colston's Got Talent show
The group winners were Robert Marsh, Jon Roper/Charlie Fraser and Ding Yang more ...
Talent Colston's is getting ready to show its talent
There's a buzz in the air at Colston's as contestants are preparing for the third annual performance of "Colston's Got Talent" on Friday 26th February more ...
The Central Band of the RAF Visit of the Central Band of the RAF
The Central Band of the RAF gave a concert to an audience of about 200 pupils in the school’s Chatterton Hall today more ...
St Valentine's Lower Sixth Formers organise roses for romantic Colstonians
As Colston's breaks up for half term today St Valentine's Day came early more ...
Taster Days Demand for Taster Days continues to grow
Sixty pupils from primary schools in Bristol and South Gloucestershire will have joined a class for a day at Colston’s School when the 2009/10 Taster Days programme is completed at the end of this month more ...
Grade 8 Grade 8 success for Colston’s musical trio
Three of Colston's musicians have achieved the highest grades possible in recent music examinations more ...
Oxford University offers

Two pupils offered places at Oxford

Congratulations to two members of the Upper Sixth, Jon Appleby and James Foster, who have been offered places at Oxford University more ...

Mrs Rebecca Johnson Maths classroom transformed into film studio
Head of Mathematics, Mrs Rebecca Johnson, was being filmed today at Colston's as part of a feasibility study on how young people use digital media in education more ...
Ten Tors Cadets are keen to gain places in the teams for this year's 10 Tors Challenge
It’s again time for the Ten Tors teams from Colston’s CCF to undergo their pre selection training for this year’s challenge which takes place on Dartmoor on the 8th and 9th May 2010 more ...
Green Vehicle Challenge Green Vehicle Challenge
Eight budding engineers from Colston's School attended the Green Vehicle Challenge at the University of the West of England more ...
Becky Hughes Becky Hughes included in the England Women's U20 rugby squad
Upper Sixth former Becky Hughes is maintaining the high profile of girls’ rugby at Colston’s as she has made the England U20 squad more ...
Japanese students Japanese students praise Colston’s hospitality
Two Japanese students are on a two-week visit to Colston’s, sampling life in the Sixth Form more ...
Tignes Upper School Ski Trip to Tignes, France
Report on the Upper School ski trip more ...
Lower School Ski Trip Lower School Ski Trip
Accounts of the trip from staff and pupils more ...
Snow time Letter from the Headmaster
The Headmaster's letter to parents at the beginning of the Spring Term more...
Snow at Colston's Colston's will be open for the new term on Monday
Despite the cold snap that is affecting the country and causing many school closures Colston's will start the new term on Monday 11th January 2010 as planned more ...
Peter Goodyer

Peter Goodyer appointed Deputy Head

Peter Goodyer, Boarding Housemaster at St John’s School, Leatherhead, has been appointed Deputy Head at Colston’s more ...