Sir Bernard Lovell Academy is a

comprehensive school A comprehensive school typically describes a secondary school for pupils aged approximately 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is res ...

in North Street, Oldland Common, South Gloucestershire, England. The school is named after the astronomer Sir

Bernard Lovell Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell (31 August 19136 August 2012) was an English physicist and radio astronomer. He was the first director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, from 1945 to 1980. Early life and education Lovell was born at Oldland Comm ...

, who was born on the current site in 1913. It has been on the same site since the 1960s, when it was a girls school, later the main school was added and now takes boys and girls from 11 to 18 years old. The girls school still exists as a school canteen and small classrooms, as well as housing the year 10 and 11 common room (Galileo Building). Previously a

foundation school In England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in community schools. Foundation schools were set up under the School Standards and Framework A ...

administered by South Gloucestershire Council, Sir Bernard Lovell School converted to academy status on 1 April 2015 and is now sponsored by the Wellsway Multi-Academy Trust. However the school continues to co-ordinate with South Gloucestershire Council for admissions. Notable former pupils at the school include Marcus Trescothick, who helped the England cricket team regain The Ashes title against their fierce Australian rivals in 2005,

Craig Figes Craig Figes (born 1978) is a British water polo player from Bristol. Figes went to Sir Bernard Lovell School in Oldland Common at the same time as Marcus Trescothick. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Great Britain men's nationa ...

who captained the Team GB Waterpolo Team at London 2012 and Ian Holloway, a former manager of Queens Park Rangers F.C.

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