 This school had previously operated in the Guildhall alongside the boys' "Bath City Secondary School" (which ultimately became Beechen Cliff School).By 1939 it had become known as the City of Bath Girls' School (CBGS), a grammar school for girls, for ages 11-16 and a small 2-year sixth form.Although it was ,and remains, a state school, in those days its structure and subject matter was modeled on that of an English public school for boys, with uniforms and an emphasis on "school spirit".There was a total enrollment of some 500 girls , all of whom had passed a standard 11 + examination.