Royal High School, Bath
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<caption>'''Royal High School, Bath'''</caption>
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<td bgcolor="#efefef" >Headmaster (senior school)</td>
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">[[James Graham-Brown]]</td>
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<td bgcolor="#efefef" >Headmistress (junior school)</td>
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">Helen Fathers</td>
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<td bgcolor="#efefef" >Founded</td>
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">1998 (merge of Bath High School and the Royal School )</td>
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<td bgcolor="#efefef" >School type</td>
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">Private day and boarding school with Nursery (2-4) Junior (4-11) and Senior (11-18) divisions</td>
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<td bgcolor="#efefef" >Gender</td>
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">Girls only from nursery through to year 11, but mixed sixth form (september 2008)</td>
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<td bgcolor="#efefef" >Location</td>
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">[[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], [[Bath and North East Somerset]], [[United Kingdom]]</td>
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<td bgcolor="#efefef" >Total pupils</td>
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">Approx 1000 (inc Sixth Form)</td>
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The Royal High School is a private girls' school in the city of [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], catering for approximately 1000 pupils in total. It is one of the 29 members of the [[GDST]] whose schools are renowned for providing a good all round with a commitment to high academic standards.
==Academics==
It regularly comes near the top of league tables for Bath schools for [[GCSE]] and [[Advanced Level (UK)|A-Level]] results. In particular the school is noted for its Modern [[Languages]] department which frequently produces several of the top five performing candidates at [[GCSE]] for [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Italian language|Italian]].
The school is located on Lansdown Hill just outside [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] city centre. It has boarding facilities catering for about 100 girls.
The Royal High School is part of the [[Girls' Day School Trust]] network. It is the only member of the GDST to provide boarding accommodation - this is as a result of the merger that created the Royal High in 1998, when Bath High School (day) and the [[Royal School for Daughters of Officers of the Army|Royal School]] (day and boarding) joined together. Now, the [[Junior School]] has Hope House as its main building, whereas the [[High School#United Kingdom|Senior School]] has the main school building and the Winfield centre for [[sixth form]] students.
For the beginning of the academic year 2008, the school is going to implement the [[International Baccalaureate Diploma]] as an alternative to A-levels for sixth-form students, and to introduce a co-educational sixth form.
==The Arts==
The school's [[music]] department has several [[choirs]], an [[orchestra]], a [[wind band]], a [[swing band]] and a ceilidh band which often take part in regional competitions. The choirs have recently been on tour to [[Paris]], [[Rome]], [[Kraków]], and [[Prague]].
== Sports ==
The school has a thriving sports department. Once a year, in February there is a sports tour to [[Barbados]]. There are excellent sports facilities on the [[Lansdown, Bath|Lansdown]] site and at the nearby Churchill fields on Lansdown. (These fields are often just called 'Chill' due to their exposed location.)
==Notable alumnae==
*[[June Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd of Highbury]]
* Rose Bruford, founder of [[Rose Bruford College]]
==External links==
*[http://www.royalhighbath.co.uk Royal High School website]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/05/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/800.stm BBC GCSE and A Level results for Bath area]
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[[Category:Schools of the Girls' Day School Trust]]