Christ's College, Guildford
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Christ's College, Guildford is a Church of England comprehensive school in Guildford, Surrey, England and is situated on a council estate called Bellfields.
The school was previously called Bishop Reindorp, but the school went bankrupt and had to be closed down and then re-opened with a new, larger budget. The school has a built-in Sixth Form and the students range in age from 11 years to 18 years. Although the school has a Sixth Form it isn’t very extensive as a Sixth Form College. The courses are limited from what they would be in a college, but nevertheless it is a popular choice for year 11 students that live close to the school.
The main intake of students are from the surrounding area of the school, but the school does attract students from as far as Woking and Aldershot.
The main section of the school burnt down in November 2002. The fire was started in some small toilets next to the kitchen and completly destroyed both the 2 main halls, the kitchen and some classrooms. When the school reopened about a month later it used temporary cabins for the classrooms that got destroyed.
Younger students cheered as the school burnt down but the older students with upcoming GCSE's and A levels realised what it meant. Fortunatly the students taking exams around this time were given special consideration based on their previous predicted grades.
Here is a news article on the event: http://www.bbc.co.uk/southerncounties/news/2002/11/19/fire_school.shtml
Boarding for the site of the new school was put up in October and building is due to start in December 2006.
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