Our Sponsors

The work of The Dolphin School is made possible through the outstanding support and expertise provide by our sponsors, the Society of Merchant Venturers and the University of Bristol and is brought to life by a team of excellent teachers and leaders. The sponsors are the key to success of The Dolphin School and are what makes our school unique, both locally and nationally. They are an essential part of our school vision, able to give our pupils exceptional chances, experiences and opportunities unavailable elsewhere.

THE SOCIETY OF MERCHANT VENTURERS

Merchant Venturers Logo White on GoldThe Society of Merchant Venturers (SMV) is a philanthropic organisation whose increasingly diverse membership works with and supports people and communities from the wider Bristol
area through education, care for older people, charitable giving and social enterprise. In education, SMV’s simple but highly ambitious vision is to transform the life-chances of students from the richly diverse set of schools within Venturers Trust, both during their educational journey and beyond.

The Society’s expertise in education spans more than four centuries and today, the commitment is practical as well as financial, with many of its members taking active roles in the governance of Venturers Trust and the wide range of schools within the Trust.

SMV firmly believes there is nothing more important to the health of our communities than outstanding education and training in life skills for young people.

To learn more about the Society’s most recent activities, please read their Annual Review.

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

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The University of Bristol ranks as one of the top 10 universities in the UK. It is actively involved in the Governance of our schools and in the development of the curriculum and allows our students and staff to access its excellent facilities.

The university also offers support in other areas such as student mentoring, subject expertise, higher degree and research opportunities for staff at Venturers Trust and an innovative, exciting and inclusive programme for students as part of the university’s commitment to widening participation and access to higher education.

The university provides extensive support and opportunities for our Sixth Forms including scholarships, preferential offers of grades to gain a place, with the additional possibility of bursaries to support undergraduate degree studies.

 

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  • Our children recently took park in the Voices of Venturers Trust language celebration at What an incredible display of language and culture, we are so proud of all of our performers Read more— The Dolphin School () March 8, 2024 March 8th
  • More of our celebrations - we held a book swap event after school, children loved being able to donate old books and pick new ones to take home. Also, look at those wonderful costumes, staff and kids! pic.twitter.com/1MEV8fdGFw— The Dolphin School () March 7, 2024 March 7th
  • A selection of costumes for today's celebrations 📚 pic.twitter.com/VIWKMa38GX— The Dolphin School () March 7, 2024 March 7th
  • Here is our  entry from Tull in Y4 who wrote this poem about her favourite character. Well done Tull, great job! 📷📷📷 pic.twitter.com/rJJoeMbs5b— The Dolphin School () February 29, 2024 February 29th
  • Here is our  entry from Teya in Y3 who read some of a story about a fly in Russian. Well done Teya, great job! 📷📷📷 pic.twitter.com/fEyd2DMg8n— The Dolphin School () February 29, 2024 February 29th
  • Here is our  entry from Aymen in Y6 who wrote this song about looking after the planet. Well done Aymen, great job! 👏👏👏   pic.twitter.com/4CO1IgQf3d— The Dolphin School () February 27, 2024 February 27th
  • Orca Class had a DigiMakers workshop delivered by 4 engineers from the University of Bristol. We used coding to create Tamagotchis which we made sing, smile, laugh and sleep! Then we created & customised our virtual pets' faces, coded messages & created programs using micro:bit. pic.twitter.com/R3nKAKDKDZ— The Dolphin School () February 22, 2024 February 22nd
  • Spring is in the air! It's lovely to see the flowers in bloom, what a lovely sight to greet us each morning.  Thanks to all who helped in the garden or donated bulbs & plants last year and to community champions for donating bedding plants to brighten up our driveway🥀💐🪻 pic.twitter.com/kP93DVLrNt— The Dolphin School () February 15, 2024 February 15th
  • Year 3 made fantatstic colour flowers in French today to talk about their favourite colour in French.Ma couleur préférée est le vert. Et toi?Quelle est ta couleur préférée? pic.twitter.com/IBfJOI84kf— The Dolphin School () February 8, 2024 February 8th
  • Some of the children celebrating 's last week pic.twitter.com/l5YK2c0UUO— The Dolphin School () February 6, 2024 February 6th
  • 🥞 FRENCH PANCAKE DAY - Did you know that France has two pancake days!? On Friday this week many people in France will celebrate 'la Chandleur' by making French pancakes - les crêpes! Here is a video if you would like to have a go at making some at home Read more— The Dolphin School () February 1, 2024 February 1st
  • Bravo to all the children who took part in the are some of our fantastic winter characters from Year 2! pic.twitter.com/guoeJhOUjX— The Dolphin School () January 19, 2024 January 19th