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The joint Red Maids' and QEH Choir will be singing at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery on Park Street at 2.30pm tomorrow as part of a celebration of Chinese New Year.  25 girls and 15 boys from Years 9 to 13 will be joining traditional dancers and flying dragons to sing favourites such Bridge Over Troubled Water, Rule Britannia and The Bare Necessities.  Mr Stephen Browne, Director of Music at The Red Maids' School said,...

If you haven't sent in your paperwork for The Red Maids' School Entrance Exam on Saturday 21st January, there's still time. For advice and information, just call the school's Admissions Registrar Liz Bamber this week on 0117 989 8252. And if  you've sent your daughter's registration form in but still want to know a bit more, Liz can answer all your questions. Good luck to all the girls next Saturday....

Bristol based online tutoring specialists Tutorhub have taken a further step towards delivering the country's leading one-to-one online tutoring and homework help website. Brainchild of former Monks Park pupils Kevin Gibson and Jon Ellis, Tutorhub.com has proved a resounding success since launching in Bristol in October 2010. Having reached over 1000 users in just its first year, Tutorhub has just added new features that it says will...

Congratulations to all the girls at The Red Maids' School for this year's GCSE results. 90% of the students at the school received A* to B grades in their exams.  28% of students who opened their envelopes this morning achieved A* grades. In Biology 50% of students got an A*, in French 43% of the girls achieved an A*, while in English Literature 33% of students gained the top grade. Recent investment in upgrading the school's...

St. Katherine's School in Ham Green, near Bristol is celebrating its best-ever GCSE results today. Everyone at the school is absolutely delighted to learn that an incredible 90% of students achieved five or more A* to C grades – the highest ever achieved by a North Somerset school.  37% of students achieved three or more A* or A grades. The school has now had six years of strong improvement since 2005 when 50% achieved five...

After two years of dedication and hard work the wait for this year's A level results is finally over at The Red Maids' School in Bristol. As the oldest existing girls' school in the country we are celebrating another year of outstanding A level, AS level and now, for the first time this year, IB Diploma results. For the seventh year in a row, we have a 100% pass rate. The girls picked up the sealed envelopes containing their A level...

Year 13 students at St. Katherine's School in Ham Green have particular reason to be celebrating their A level results. Despite it being the most competitive year ever for students applying to university, all but three of St. Katherine's students achieved the grades they required to secure their place.  The school's overall pass rate was 97.3%.  The average UCAS point score per student was an impressive 306, reflecting...

A CLIFTON ceramics designer is set to become a household name in a new television documentary. The programme Inspired by her 15-year-old daughter Phoebe, former Filton College student Catherine Gray designed a range of vases which are now available to buy on the high street. Ms Gray, who lives in Worcester Road, studied for a foundation diploma in Art and Design, at the college in Queens Road, and went on to study at Bath...

CHILDREN at Westbury-on- Trym Church of England Primary School ended their music week on a high note. The Bristol-based Ambling Band led percussion-playing pupils in a parade around the school grounds. Teacher Pete Berry said: "The celebration was a great finale to a brilliant week." Children aged from four to 11 took part in a variety of musical activities during the five days, including workshops from different world...

STAFF and parents at Daisy Chain Nursery in Westbury Park are celebrating after the centre was rated outstanding by Ofsted. Claire Stock, general manager of Daisy Chain Nurseries in Westbury Park and Clifton, said: "We are thrilled to have gained an outstanding Ofsted inspection report in all areas. The staff and I have worked hard to achieve this level and I am proud of their commitment not only to the nursery, but the ethos of the...