A new primary academy could be provided in Bradley Stoke to ease pressure on school places in the town. The government recently announced a new £982million Targeted Basic Need (TBN) Programme which is seeking bids for new Academies and Free Schools in areas of high demand for places. South Gloucestershire Council has prioritised a bid for a new primary academy
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Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has announced the creation of an ‘Associate Headteacher’ role, to ensure that there is clear leadership in the school on a day-to-day basis while Executive Headteacher Dave Baker (pictured) splits his time between BSCS and the struggling Abbeywood Community School in Stoke Gifford. Mr Baker took on the leadership of Abbeywood in early October, after
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Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) says it remains on track to convert to an academy on 1st January 2012, thanks to hard work by governors over recent months. Once converted, the school will be run by an academy trust instead of the local education authority, and governors have chosen to call this the ‘Olympus Academy Trust’, a name said to
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The Governors of Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) have decided to plough on with plans to convert the school to academy status despite its two proposed partner schools deciding to drop out of the process in recent months. BSCS, Brimsham Green School (BGS) and Patchway Community College (PCC) had collectively applied to the Department for Education to become a chain
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Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has begun a formal consultation on the possibility of converting to academy status. The two week consultation was originally planned for earlier in the year but was delayed until potential partner schools Patchway Community College and Brimsham Green School were ready to run simultaneous consultations with their respective stakeholders. Information available on the BSCS website
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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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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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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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Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has officially registered its interest in becoming an academy, according to information released by the Government following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. The move could lead to BSCS receiving its funding directly from the Government (instead of South Gloucestershire Council) and would give the school more control over the pay and conditions of staff
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