Ribston Hall High School

Ribston Hall High School
Established	1921
Type	Grammar, Academy
Headteacher	Mrs Amanda Chong
Location	Stroud Road Gloucester Gloucestershire GL1 5LE England Coordinates: 51°50′46″N 2°15′18″W / 51.846°N 2.255°W / 51.846; -2.255
Local authority	Gloucestershire
DfE number	916/5400
DfE URN	136767 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Students	819
Gender	Girls (mixed in Sixth Form)
Ages	11–18
Website	www.ribstonhall.gloucs.sch.uk

Ribston Hall High School is a selective grammar school with academy status in Gloucester, England, for girls between the ages of 11 and 18. It was founded in 1921.

Admissions

It also has a sixth form for both girls and boys. It is situated south of Gloucester city centre on Stroud Road (B4072), between Linden and Tredworth, a few hundred metres west of the Cross Country Route.

History

It was known as High School for Girls, Ribston Hall. It became a grant maintained school in April 1990. In 1886 Ribston Hall was known as The Ladies' College.

Houses

Students are divided into four houses: Britons, Danes, Saxons, Romans.

Notable former pupils

Chloe Austin, actress and playwright^[1]
Christina Baily, actress as Dannii Carbone in Hollyoaks
Lisa Duncombe, violinist and former Classic FM broadcaster
Mary-Jess Leaverland, won the 2010 Chinese Jiangsu province equivalent of The X Factor.^[2]
Joanna Parrish, murdered in May 1990 in Auxerre, Burgundy whilst studying French at the University of Leeds
Beth Rodford, GB Olympic rower
Daphne Skillern QPM, female police Commander at Scotland Yard
Nathan Sykes, member of boy band The Wanted and singer songwriter solo artist ,

References

↑ Chloe Austin
↑ British exchange student Mary-Jess Leaverland wins Chinese X Factor, Daily Telegraph, 19 Jan 2010

External links

Ribston Hall High School

Schools in Gloucestershire (including South Gloucestershire)

Primary	The British School

Secondary	Abbeywood Community School Archway School All Saints' Academy Beaufort Co-operative Academy Balcarras School Barnwood Park Arts College Bradley Stoke Community School Brimsham Green School Bristol Technology & Engineering Academy The Castle School Cheltenham Bournside School Chipping Campden School Chipping Sodbury School Chosen Hill School Churchdown School Academy Cirencester Deer Park School Cirencester Kingshill School Cleeve School Cotswold School The Dean Academy Dene Magna School Downend School Farmor's School The Forest High School Gloucester Academy The Grange School Hanham Woods Academy John Cabot Academy Katharine Lady Berkeley's School King's Oak Academy Maidenhill School Mangotsfield School Marlwood School Millbrook Academy Newent Community School Patchway Community College Pittville School Rednock School The Ridings' Yate Academy The Riding's Winterbourne Academy Severn Vale School Sir Bernard Lovell School Sir William Romney's School St Peter's High School Tewkesbury School Thomas Keble School Winchcombe School Wyedean School

Grammar	The Crypt School High School for Girls Marling School Pate's Grammar School Ribston Hall High School Sir Thomas Rich's School Stroud High School

Sixth form colleges	Cirencester College Downfield Sixth Form Gloucestershire College

Independent (senior)	Cheltenham College Cheltenham Ladies' College St Edward's School

Independent (all ages)	Dean Close School The King's School, Gloucester Rendcomb College Westonbirt School Wycliffe College Wynstones School

Special education	Alderman Knight School National Star College

Defunct	Cirencester Grammar School Hanham High School Oriel School Rose Hill School Tewkesbury Academy Vale of Berkeley College

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