Avanti Gardens School
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Avanti Gardens School
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 3 Apr 2023
This establishment began life in September, 1853, as the Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Training School for school mistresses - a female only college. As proper schooling became more enshrined in statute law, it was necessary to develop and supply qualified teachers to the Church of England's voluntary elementary schools. Discipline was strict and rigorous, as was the Anglican way, and was largely self-funded - allowing it to remain clear of state controls. The school became the College of St Matthias in 1955 and was part of the new approach to education. In 1972 it merged with Bristol Polytechnic, later to move from the site to a new one in Frenchay. By 2010 the St Matthias Campus was run down and finally sold off in 2014. It is now the Avanti Gardens School, an independent organisation.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.483736
Longitude
-2.529479