A student at Bradley Stoke’s Meadowbrook Primary School has been awarded a runners-up prize in a competition to design a Christmas card for Avon and Somerset Police. Elliot Howard’s design will now be used for the cards sent out on behalf of one of the force’s district commanders. Read more: Avon and Somerset Police
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Secondary school rated “outstanding” by Ofsted inspectors
Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has been classed as “outstanding” by Ofsted inspectors, who visited the school three weeks ago. The inspectors’ report praises the high standard of leadership and teaching at the school and says that pupils’ achievements are above average: This is an outstanding school. Its real strength lies in its inclusive and welcoming ethos. The headteacher has
Continue readingBSCS awaits Ofsted inspection report
Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) was the subject of an Ofsted inspection last week and is currently awaiting the official report. Headmaster Dave Baker has told parents that: “the overall outcome was as positive as it could have been, which will validate what we have been doing”. The inspectors are said to have been very complimentary about the students and
Continue readingPrimary school makes Sunday Times top 50 list
St Mary’s RC Primary School, located in Webbs Wood Road in Bradley Stoke, has once again been rated one of the best state primary schools in the country. The school is ranked 41st in the latest Sunday Times league tables, with pupils having achieved a composite score of 296 (out of a maximum possible 300) in the 2008 SATs. More
Continue readingSt Mary’s School wins safer walking grant
St Mary’s RC Primary School in Bradley Stoke is one of six schools in South Gloucestershire to have been awarded grants totalling nearly £37,000 to encourage safer, greener routes to school. The money will be used to encourage safer walking to school, introduce road markings to improve safety near school buildings, erect bike storage and teach pupils about sustainable transport
Continue readingComplaints about behaviour of BSCS students at the Willow Brook Centre
The headteacher of Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS), Dave Baker, has revealed that he has received a number of complaints about the behaviour of BSCS students at the Willow Brook shopping centre. Tesco has reportedly threatened to ban all students wearing school uniform from its store at the centre. Parents and carers have been asked to discuss the situation with
Continue readingProspective sixth form students polled over course choices
Students looking to embark upon courses at Bradley Stoke Community School’s (BSCS) new sixth form, due to open in September next year, have been asked to indicate their likely subject choices. Questionnaires distributed at last week’s post-16 open evening were due to be handed in today, to help the school plan the range of courses to be offered. A provisional
Continue readingPostal strike threatens school applications
Parents of children looking to start primary or secondary school in September 2010 are being told to avoid using the postal service to submit their applications. Royal Mail workers are expected to strike on Thursday and Friday this week, which means that application forms sent through the post may fail to arrive in time for the deadline of 4:30pm on
Continue readingOpen evening to advise on post-16 education
Bradley Stoke Community School is to hold a ‘post-16 open evening’ this week to inform parents and carers of the courses that it plans to offer at the school’s new sixth form centre. Pupils currently in year 11 (the school’s first intake) will be eligible to continue their studies at the new centre when it opens its doors in September
Continue readingTurf cutting ceremony marks start of sixth form centre construction
A turf cutting ceremony has been held to mark the start of work on the new sixth form (post-16) centre at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS). The £4.6 million project, which also includes a dance studio and additional changing rooms at the Fiddlers Wood Lane site, is being funded by a grant from the Learning and Skills Council. The ceremony
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