Christ's College
All-through free school with a Christian ethos on Pennywell Road, taking pupils from age four, run by the Emmanuel Schools Foundation.
About Christ's College
Christ's College is an all-through school on Pennywell Road in the west of the city, taking children from the age of four through primary and secondary on a single site. It has around 800 pupils, according to the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register, and is a free school with a Christian ethos.
The school was formerly Grindon Hall Christian School and was renamed Christ's College in 2019 when it joined the Emmanuel Schools Foundation, the multi-academy trust that runs it today. Admissions information for both the primary and secondary phases is on the school's website.
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