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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Two charities stand to benefit to the tune of several hundred pounds from an extravagant Christmas lights display on a house in Watch Elm Close, Bradley Stoke (BS32 8AN; map). Mike Checkley and Terry James have decorated the outside of their home with forty-four sets of lights, incorporating a total of around 17,000 individual bulbs, and are inviting people who
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By Jim Aitken, community liaison officer at Alun Griffiths Ltd. North section of BSW Work continues to progress on the verge approaching the Aztec West Roundabout to construct the new dedicated bus lane from Bradley Stoke Way (BSW) onto the A38. The commencement of this work has been delayed due to uncharted utilities. The main utilities are now diverted and
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Santa and his running elves (courtesy of North Bristol Running Group) will be hitting the streets of Bradley Stoke on 20th and 21st December 2016. You are reading an old post. For news about this year’s Santa sleigh rounds in the Stokes, visit the Christmas Events page on this website. They will be collecting for an hour in the town square at
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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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By Katherine Robinson of the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group. The 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group were once again proud to organise this year’s Remembrance Day parade and ceremony. Attendance numbers were larger than ever following the group’s latest expansion and then an equally impressive number of other youth groups joining with us again. Young members from the Trident Explorers
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Police are appealing for information after thieves broke into a home in Woodlands Park, Bradley Stoke (off Woodlands Lane) on Monday 5th December and stole a safe containing cash, jewellery and papers. The burglary happened between 10am and 9.30pm. The thieves forced a window and managed to steal the safe, even though it was bolted to the floorboards. They made
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On Sunday 6th November 2016, Bradley Stoke Town Council hosted its annual fireworks event for the fourteenth year running. It was another successful year, where thousands came out to enjoy the fireworks once more. This year, a total of £3,486 was raised for the Mayor’s charities through donations, with £2,996 of the total coming from bucket collections and the remaining
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Scores of cars screeching around a car park in a business zone might sound like something that would interest the police, but the drivers of vintage cars being hurled around the car park of the RAC HQ in Bradley Stoke early on Saturday 5th November had nothing to fear from the boys in blue, for they were taking part in a
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A motorcyclist needed medical treatment after a crash in Bradley Stoke last night (Friday 2nd December). Fire crews from Patchway, Avonmouth and Southmead were called at 9.14pm to reports of a collision between a motorcycle and a car on Brook Way, which resulted in the car catching fire. A firefighter wearing breathing apparatus used a high pressure hose reel to extinguish
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