St Brendan's Sixth Form College A GSG School
- St Brendan's Sixth Form College
Broomhill Road
Brislington
Bristol
BS4 5RQ - Head: Marion Curran
- T 01179 777766
- F 01179 723351
- E info@stbrn.ac.uk
- W www.stbrn.ac.uk
- A state school for boys and girls aged from 16 to 19.
- Read about the best schools in Bristol
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Bristol
- Pupils: 1,725; sixth formers: 1,725
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Open days: October
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
With no rules around attire, jewellery, hair etc, the place is awash with self-expression though majority opt for jeans and hoodies. ‘The breadth of courses is unparalleled compared to schools – it’s what made me come here,’ said one student. Average class size is 18, max 24. High engagement levels evident in all the classes we dropped in on, from a film studies class on Trainspotting to whizz-and-bang experiments in chemistry. ‘Department facilities and resources are impressive,’ reported a student, ‘the science labs are like what you’d get in Bristol University.’ Each department has a...
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Curricula
Cambridge Pre-U - an alternative to A levels, with all exams at the end of the two-year course.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Principal
Since April 2020, Marian Curran (40s), previously vice principal. Raised and state educated in west London where future ambitions were a toss-up between education and interior design. The former won ‘because education opens doors’, though her bright yellow office with black accents and tastefully positioned student art (changed termly) suggests she might have been just as successful in the latter. Probably wouldn’t have scratched her itch to bring about social change, though, which has featured heavily throughout her career. Indeed, following her theology degree from Oxford, her first job was to inspire young people in care to remain in education. Following various other roles in London schools and colleges, she taught in Japan two years, then returned to do her masters in contemporary sociology, politics and economics at Lancaster. Continued her work with disadvantaged...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
We have a learning support unit with one to one work rooms plus a drop in IT Centre for all, manned by Learning Support staff. 09-09 with
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | Y |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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