Staff and students at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) are launching an initiative to build more dynamic, strong and fruitful relationships with business in the local area and beyond. BSCS headteacher Steve Moir explains: “We believe that education and business should be working together to ensure our students access the knowledge and skills they need to learn for the future.”
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Bradley Stoke’s longest-serving headteacher has retired after being in charge of Wheatfield Primary School for 18 years. Christine Dursley, who has led the school since it first opened in 1998, was given emotional send-offs by governors, parents, staff and pupils at a series of functions held during the final week of the autumn term. Miss Dursley had announced her intention
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Staff and pupils at a Bradley Stoke school which was deemed in need of improvement two years ago are celebrating a remarkable turnaround after Ofsted rated it ‘good’ with outstanding qualities. Inspectors who visited Bowsland Green Primary School in early October concluded that it has been “transformed” by the inspirational leadership of the new headteacher, Faye Kitchen, who was seconded
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The Bradley Stoke based Olympus Academy Trust, which already has responsibility for seven schools in South Gloucestershire, has announced that it is in discussions with two other trusts about taking over a number of troubled local schools. Patchway Community College, operated by Fusion Schools Trust, had already been in talks about joining Olympus, but matters have recently been brought to
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Data released in October 2016 ranks Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) as the top school in South Gloucestershire based on a new school performance measure introduced this year. The school scored +0.25, which means that, on average, students achieved a quarter of a grade more than expected in each of their GCSE (or equivalent) qualifications. Headteacher Steve Moir commented: “BSCS
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Celebrations to mark Baileys Court Primary School’s 20th anniversary got under way on Tuesday 20th September with a series of special activities that culminated in a giant birthday picnic for staff, parents and children. Pupils and parents had been asked to design and bake a cake to celebrate the school’s birthday and bring it along to the picnic. Many of
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Staff and pupils at Stoke Lodge Primary School took part in a special assembly on Friday 9th September to mark joining the Olympus Academy Trust (OAT). Also attending the event was Dave Baker, CEO of the trust, who welcomed everyone to their “new school family”. Following a brief dialogue with the pupils about the origin of the trust’s name (it
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Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has posted its best ever GCSE outcomes, marking a significant improvement in comparison with last year. Sixty-eight percent of students achieved 5A*-C including English and maths (54 percent last year). The new measure of ‘basics’ (English and maths A*-C combined) was achieved by 69 percent of students. English GCSE saw an impressive 82 percent of
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It has been another strong year for Post-16 outcomes at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS). A-level students have averaged 32 points (grade C), which the school says is slightly above the results for the last two years. Forty-two percent of all grades awarded at A-level were A*-B (51 percent last year) and there was a 99.5 percent overall pass rate.
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By Claire Bruford, anti-bullying co-ordinator. At Stoke Lodge Primary School we work very hard to ensure that all children feel safe, happy and are included. At the beginning of the year we became members of the Bullying Intervention Group (BIG) and as part of that, worked towards the BIG Award, which is an award for excellence in bullying intervention. This award
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