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 Sharon Clark, primary phase headteacher at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS). It is hard to believe that a year has passed since we first moved into our new building and began the process of turning the empty rooms into a school community. Almost exactly a year ago to the day, our first cohort of children made their first visits
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The north Bristol area now has 249 more people trained in life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), thanks to an initiative organised by Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) with support from the British Heart Foundation (BHF). Back in April, BSCS successfully completed a bid to become a designated CPR training school and was given over 30 sets of resuscitation training equipment by
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Olympus Academy Trust (OAT) leaders were recently invited to attend a once-in-a-lifetime Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) Gold Award presentation at Buckingham Palace, London. At the event, the trust was presented with a special plaque from the DofE charity, acknowledging their commitment to running the DofE and thanking the organisation for giving young people the opportunity to transform their lives. The DofE is celebrating its
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Bradley Stoke Community School’s (BSCS’s) Year 10 Boys football team have been crowned Gloucestershire County Champions, capping a fantastic season that also saw them reach the last-16 stage of the English Schools FA Cup. The team’s latest success comes after they beat St Bede’s 5-4 in the final of the Bristol and South Gloucestershire Schools’ League. This was followed up
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Students from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) made up four of the seven finalists in this year’s prom dress competition organised by the John Lewis store at Cribbs Causeway. Shannon Locke, Tierney Mannion, Lily-Mai Stagg and Talia Hacker produced stunning final designs that were chosen for their creativity and “current, on trend” ideas. The girls gave up their own time
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The latest group of students at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) to successfully complete their bronze and silver Duke of Edinburgh Awards have been presented with certificates. Both levels of the award involve completing a programme of ‘volunteering’, ‘skills’ and ‘physical’ activities that lasts up to twelve months. The scheme culminates with the ‘expedition’ phase and the bronze award students
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Five students from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) and a sixth from Marlwood School took part in the local round of the Young Chef of the Year competition on Wednesday 25th November – an event organised by Bradley Stoke Rotary Club. Each competitor was set the task of preparing a two course meal for two, comprising of a main course
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Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) welcomed Mr Zablon Maina, headteacher at Sawa Sawa Academy (SSA) in Kenya, for a week-long visit in November. BSCS has been partnered with SSA since January 2013, following a visit to Kenya by BSCS teacher Tom Hill which inspired him to set up a link that could benefit both schools and their respective communities. Mr
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Pupils at Bradley Stoke’s newest primary school, the ‘primary phase’ at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS), have celebrated the end of their inaugural term with a traditional nativity performance. Pupils treated their audience to a selection of songs and beautifully read lines, with an array of shepherds, angels, a baby Jesus and, of course, a star! The school’s membership of
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