Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has announced that it is deferring the formal launch of the consultation process for its possible conversion to academy status. The delay is said to be necessary to give two other schools with which BSCS is considering making a combined academy application time to stage their own pre-consultation events. In a letter to parents last
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A student from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) is organising an ‘Indian Night’ to raise funds for the school’s 2011 World Challenge project. Ahmed Hussain, who needs to raise nearly £3,000 to join the educational trip to Southern India, says the event will be “a myriad of fun, with creative and talented performances”. On offer will be Indian henna tattoos,
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Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) is staging a meeting for parents/carers this evening to communicate the latest results of research into the possibility of the school converting to academy status. The school first registered its interest in becoming an academy in June 2010, following an invitation from Education Secretary Michael Gove issued shortly after the General Election. The school Governors
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Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) gets a mention in an article in today’s Guardian that claims school uniforms do not improve learning results. The article quotes American academic David Brunsma, who has concluded, after eight years of research, that “uniforms do not make our schools better”. BSCS headteacher Dave Baker is mentioned in connection with the school’s clampdown on ‘Miss
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Bradley Stoke’s Meadowbrook Primary School has been rated “good” by Ofsted inspectors, who visited the school last month. The team of five inspectors observed a total of 21 lessons at the 401-pupil school, which is located in Three Brooks Lane, off Savages Wood Road. The inspectors summarised their findings as follows: “Meadowbrook is a good primary school. As a consequence
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The Headteacher and Governors of Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) say they have agreed to take the next step in their “research” into the possibility of applying for academy status. The news, announced in a letter to parents on Friday, comes five months after the school officially registered its interest in becoming an academy in June. As a school rated
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A pre-school in Bradley Stoke has been rated “satisfactory” by an Ofsted inspector, who visited the ‘early years’ care provider in October. The family-run Covey Pre-School, based at Baileys Court (opposite the Beijing restaurant), has a capacity for 26 children between the ages of two and five and it currently has 43 on roll. The inspector wrote: “Covey Pre-School environment
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Bradley Stoke’s Bowsland Green Primary School has been rated “good” by Ofsted inspectors, who visited the school last month. The team of four inspectors observed a total of 15 lessons at the 239-pupil school, which is located in Ellicks Close, off Bowsland Way. The inspectors summarised their findings as follows: “This is a good school, where pupils make good progress
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Bradley Stoke Community School has announced that it will no longer tolerate the wearing of “inappropriate” figure-hugging trousers by female students. The school says that ‘Miss Sexy’ (or similar) trousers are inappropriate for a learning environment because they “accentuate body shape in an unhelpful way … [being] particularly unflattering when worn by some students”. The low-cut of the trousers leads
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A nursery school near Bradley Stoke has been rated “satisfactory” by an Ofsted inspector, who visited the ‘early years’ care provider in June. The privately-owned Barn Owl nursery in Hambrook has a capacity for 20 children between the ages of two and five and it currently has 26 on roll. The inspector wrote: “The nursery offers a happy environment, where
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