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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Norman Baker MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, was in Bradley Stoke last week as part of a visit to see the the results of Bristol and South Gloucestershire’s Cycle City project. At Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) the Minister saw how schools in South Gloucestershire are encouraging their pupils to cycle to school and witnessed pupils receiving
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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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Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) gets a mention in an article in today’s Guardian that claims school uniforms do not improve learning results. The article quotes American academic David Brunsma, who has concluded, after eight years of research, that “uniforms do not make our schools better”. BSCS headteacher Dave Baker is mentioned in connection with the school’s clampdown on ‘Miss
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Young master chefs of the future put their culinary skills to the test last week at Bradley Stoke Community School as they competed in a hard-fought cooking competition. The six hopefuls, all pupils at the Bradley Stoke school, were taking part in the local round of the Young Chef of the Year competition, organised by Bristol Aztec Rotary Club. Each
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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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Last night’s Battle of the Bands Final saw Thornbury group Cassette emerge as victors in front of a sell-out crowd at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS). The five-piece band, whose members all attend Castle School Sixth Form, clinched the £200 prize after topping the audience vote, which took place after each of the nine groups/artists had performed a six-minute set.
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The Battle of the Bands contest reaches an exciting climax this coming weekend when nine young local groups and solo artists compete for a £200 prize. The event, which takes place on Saturday 6th November at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) from 7pm, will see the audience vote for their favourite band and select the overall champion. The evening promises
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Bradley Stoke Community School has announced that it will no longer tolerate the wearing of “inappropriate” figure-hugging trousers by female students. The school says that ‘Miss Sexy’ (or similar) trousers are inappropriate for a learning environment because they “accentuate body shape in an unhelpful way … [being] particularly unflattering when worn by some students”. The low-cut of the trousers leads
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