Cotham School

Cotham School is a secondary school with co-operative academy status in Cotham, a suburb of Bristol, England. The catchment area for this school is Cotham, Clifton, Kingsdown and southern Redland.HistoryCotham school was established in 1856. Its predecessor was the Merchant Venturers School. Until the academic year 2000/01, Cotham was a grammar school. It became a comprehensive in 2001, and became an academy in September 2011.The BBC drama Thirteen was filmed here in 2015.AdmissionsIt comprises the main school and sports hall together with Charnwood House, the Cotham part of the North Bristol Post 16 Centre, which was refurbished and opened in 2007. Prior to 2007, Cotham School had its own sixth form.