Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) celebrated the official opening of its new primary phase on Monday 21st September, the day on which its first cohort of 30 Reception pupils spent their first whole day at the school. To mark the occasion, the children released balloons from the playground and BSCS executive headteacher Dave Baker presented a plaque to Sharon Clark,
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GCSE results at BSCS reflect national trends
This year’s GCSE results at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) have reflected local and national trends, with some headline statistics coming in lower than last year, which the school says is “disappointing”. Behind the headline figures of 54% of students achieving 5A*-C grades including English and Maths (51% last year) and 61% of students achieving 5A*-C grades (80% last year)
Continue readingNew BSCS primary all set to welcome first intake in September
The new primary phase building at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) was formally handed over by construction firm Midas on 15th July, in good time for the first intake of 30 Reception-aged pupils to start in the second week of September. Funding for new primary-age school provision on the BSCS site was secured in July 2013, when it was confirmed
Continue readingBSCS celebrates “positive” Post-16 outcomes
Post-16 students and staff are celebrating positive outcomes at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) this week, with more students than ever gaining grades to be accepted onto university courses. The school has maintained its A-level results on a par with previous years but has seen improved outcomes in BTEC and vocational courses. Almost all students who were seeking places on higher
Continue readingBradley Stoke students reach final of national app design competition
A team of students from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) have been announced as finalists in the Apps for Good Awards 2015, to be held this Thursday (18th June) at the Barbican in London. The national Apps for Good Awards celebrate the next generation of problem solvers and digital makers – young people who are creating apps to change their world for
Continue readingBSCS new primary phase building on track for completion in June
Building work on the new primary phase building at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS), which is due to open with an intake of 30 Reception children in September, remains on target for completion by the end of June, according to a spokesperson for the school. The internal and external structures have been completed and decisions are now being made with
Continue readingBSCS students see dream prom outfits become a reality thanks to John Lewis
Eight sewing competition finalists glammed up ready for the reveal of the John Lewis’ Student Prom Competition on Thursday 19th March. Having designed their outfits and spent February half-term in the John Lewis Cribbs Causeway store making their dream outfits a reality, finalists Chloe Lorenzi and Simran Kaur from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS), Ashleigh Porton from Patchway Community School,
Continue readingBSCS students in final of John Lewis design & sewing competition
Two students from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) are among eight finalists in a design & sewing competition organised by the John Lewis store at Cribbs Causeway. Over 70 pupils in Years 10 to 13 at local schools submitted prom outfit designs for the competition launched in September last year. Eight designs were selected by a panel of judges from
Continue readingBSCS appoints headteacher for new primary phase
Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has announced the appointment of a headteacher for its new primary phase, due to open for Reception age children in September. Sharon Clark, currently deputy headteacher at The Tynings Primary School in Staple Hill, will formally take up her new role at BSCS at Easter. She has a background in early years education, having spent five years
Continue reading[Forum] Size of the BSCS catchment area?
Hiya, I’ve been reading about admissions to Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS). Does anyone know what the furthest distance from the school of a successful applicant in the 2013 applications round was please? I believe the information is available in an admissions print-out that you can read at schools and in local libraries but I’m not local (yet!;) and it’s
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