History
The first school to occupy the upper school site was Bath City Secondary School for Girls in 1922. This school had previously operated in the Guildhall alongside the boys' Bath City Secondary School (which ultimately became Beechen Cliff School). After World War II the school became a girls grammar school, enlarged with a pair of Edwardian villas at 39 and 41 Upper Oldfield Park. Later development included a technology block in 1957, a modular dining hall building, and modular classrooms in 1973.
The lower school site was originally known as the Somerset Industrial School for Boys in 1832. It was founded to accommodate 180 boys at Brougham Hayes on the Lower Bristol road, it had originally been built as a Barracks. It became a Domestic Science College in 1934, (formerly part of Bath Technical College). It was then occupied by the City of Bath Technical School for boys. West Twerton Secondary Modern School occupied the site after World War II.
Hayesfield School was formed in 1973 when the City of Bath reorganised secondary education by merging grammar schools and secondary modern schools to form comprehensive schools. West Twerton Secondary Modern School and City of Bath Girl's Grammar School were merged to form Hayesfield School.
The school was renamed Hayesfield School Technology College when it obtained Technology College status in 1979, but renamed again in 2009 becoming Hayesfield Girls' School.
In 2010 the school began construction of a new building designed by architects AWW, at the upper school site that houses a sports hall, theatre, restaurant, fitness room, music classrooms, music practice rooms and an open learning centre. The work cost £10 million, funded by the sale of the school’s playing fields in Odd Down for a new supermarket. The extension, called the Hayesfield Performing Arts and Sports Centre, opened in early 2011.
The school is a foundation member of the Bath Education Trust, an alliance of Hayesfield Girls' School, Beechen Cliff School, City of Bath College, the University of Bath and the local business Rotork. The aim of the Trust to provide opportunities for cooperation with shared resources and staff across the sites and to provide a link to business for the students and staff.
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