A Bristol private school founded by Edward Colston more than 300 years ago has announced its new name. Colston's School revealed plans to drop its name in December, after Black Lives Matter protesters pulled down a statue of the slave trader.
Leaders of the school, who said it was now "very different" to the school founded in 1710, launched a lengthy consultation process welcoming name suggestions from parents, carers and the wider public. Now they have announced the school will be called Collegiate, or Collegiate School, from September this year, in order to become "more welcoming and inclusive."
Governors say Collegiate was a strong contender due to the name's previous connections with the school. In 1991, upon merging with the Collegiate School in Winterbourne, the school became known as Colston's Collegiate.
