Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) is celebrating another set of excellent GCSE grades – obtained by the second year of students to pass through the school. Headteacher Dave Baker said: “We are delighted to share the successful outcomes for our second cohort of students at Bradley Stoke Community School; they have surpassed the high standards set for the school in
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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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A visit by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to Bradley Stoke planned for today has had to be cancelled “for operational reasons”, according to a Liberal Democrat spokesperson. The visit first came to light on BBC Radio Bristol news bulletins this morning (Friday 8th), where it was announced that: “The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is to make a flying
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A party of 35 students from Bradley Stoke’s twin town of Champs-sur-Marne (France) visited Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) earlier this week. BSCS French teacher Sheriban Fekaj welcomed the exchange group to the school on Wednesday and has sent us this report: “We have been extremely pleased to welcome 35 students from Champs-sur-Marne and their teacher, Priscilla Hellier, to BSCS
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Students at Bradley Stoke Community School were today warned not to walk home alone after a “suspicious looking man” was reported to have approached two female students yesterday. The following ‘safety notice‘ was given to students today: “We have been made aware that there has been a suspicious looking male (late teens/early 20s) loitering around the area who approached two
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A team of students from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has made it through to the final of the British Schools Karting Championships (BSKC) taking place this weekend in Milton Keynes. The team of three Year 10 boys (Sam Morgan, Liam Williams and George Malin) entered the competition back in January, when they competed in the local semi-final at Team
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A group of students at Bradley Stoke Community School have been staging a campaign to “raise awareness” of the rise in university tuition fees. Year 10 students Georgina Jones, Jess Hicks, Abbie Head and Jess Morgan have been running a ‘Fight the Fees’ campaign as part of their Citizenship studies. The girls explained to The Journal: “In our Citizenship lessons
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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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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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