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Marlwood School 
Motto Working Together For Excellence (originally DISCE AUT DISCEDE) Established 1606 Type Voluntary Controlled Comprehensive Headteacher Keith Geary MA Specialism Science Location Vattingstone Lane
Alveston
South Gloucestershire
BS35 3LA
EnglandLocal authority South Gloucestershire DfE number ???/4511 DfE URN 109325 Ofsted Reports Staff 80 Students 1,226 Gender Mixed Ages 11–18 Colours Green, Maroon Former name Thornbury Grammar School Website marlwood.com Coordinates: 51°35′35″N 2°32′21″W / 51.5931°N 2.5391°W
Marlwood School (founded 1606) is a comprehensive secondary school located in Alveston, South Gloucestershire, just north of Bristol, England. It is situated on the B3561 on the outskirts of the south-west of the village.
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History
Grammar school
The school used to be Thornbury Grammar School and was located in the buildings that are now the sixth form centre for The Castle School in Thornbury. Thornbury Grammar School was relocated to new buildings on the outskirts of neighbouring Alveston in 1972.
Comprehensive
It received its first comprehensive intake and was renamed Marlwood School under the headship of Terry Fazey.
Academics
It is a Beacon school and has attained the status of Science College, due to excellence at science. Marlwood currently has around 1300 pupils and its own sixth form department, with over 200 students studying AS, A2 and BTEC qualifications.
The school produces a regular newsletter known as 'Grapevine' as well as the termly general school newsletter.
Alumni
- Paul Nicholls (horse racing)
- Rhys Oakley, rugby player
- Wayne Thompson (rugby union)
Thornbury Grammar School
- Dr Peter Brand, Liberal Democrat MP for Isle of Wight from 1997-2001.
- Tony Britton, actor
- R. W. G. Dennis, mycologist
- Christopher Hamer, The Property Ombudsman since 2006
- Leonora Hooper
- Stephen Lansdown, founded Hargreaves Lansdown
- Colin Radford, philosophy academic
- Dr Caroline St John-Brooks, Editor from 1997-2000 of the Times Educational Supplement
- Prof David Williams, Professor of Tissue Engineering since 2001 at the University of Liverpool, and Director since 2004 of the UK Centre for Tissue Engineering
External links
Categories:- Schools in South Gloucestershire
- 1606 establishments in England
- Educational institutions established in the 1600s
- Science Colleges in Gloucestershire
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