The Olympus Academy Trust would like to invite you to join them in celebrating their official launch this Thursday (14th March) at Bradley Stoke Community School and Abbeywood Community School. The event will include a learning showcase tour at both schools as well as presentations, refreshments and opportunities to meet and chat informally. Dave Baker, Executive Headteacher at both schools,
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Frustration as BSCS turns away scores of local applicants
A surge in applications for September 2013 entry at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has left scores of parents frustrated at not being able to get their children into the town’s only secondary school. The school has been oversubscribed in almost every year since it opened in 2005, resulting in many local children having to travel to centres in neighbouring
Continue readingBSCS girls’ football team one step away from Wembley appearance
A girls’ football team from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) is just one step away from making an appearance at Wembley Stadium after being crowned “best in the south west” at a recent tournament. After winning the local round of the npower Football League Girls Cup in November (organised by Bristol Rovers Sport in the Community), the Year 7 &
Continue readingBSCS student needs your vote to help win culinary scholarship
A Year 12 student at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) is competing to win a scholarship at a prestigious London culinary school but needs the support of the local community to achieve her dream. Abbie Pearce has applied for the highly renowned Le Cordon Bleu UK Scholarship and is currently competing for a place in the semi-finals. The winner of
Continue readingBSCS students help out at Forest of Avon Trust
Pupils at Bradley Stoke Community School have been engaged in numerous extracurricular activities in this academic year, and one of these has involved volunteering with the Forest of Avon Trust. A group of Year 9 students from the school went into the woodlands near Wick, just before their Christmas school holidays, in order to help the organisation with its work.
Continue readingBSCS football team victorious in local round of npower Girls Cup
A team from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has won the local stage tournament of the 2012/13 npower Football League Girls Cup, which took place at the Bristol North Goals Soccer Centre on Friday 23rd November – organised by Bristol Rovers Football in the Community. Nine local secondary schools competed in this year’s tournament, showcasing some wonderful football and highlighting
Continue readingYoung chefs show their skills in Rotary Club competition
Young master chefs of the future put their culinary skills to the test earlier this month at Bradley Stoke Community School as they competed in a hard-fought cooking competition. The three hopefuls, all pupils at the school, were taking part in the local round of the Young Chef of the Year competition, organised by Bristol Aztec Rotary Club. Each competitor
Continue readingBSCS students help out with North Bristol Foodbank
Over the past couple of months, Year 9 students from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) have been working closely with North Bristol Foodbank and several local primary schools. Their aim has been to raise awareness about local food poverty and to collect food for the foodbank’s new distribution centre in Filton. The students – Ben Maxted, Connor Maule, Heidi Sermulins
Continue reading‘Willie the Chocolate Man’ inspires students at BSCS
Students at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) were captivated by entrepreneur Willie Harcourt-Cooze when he recently visited the school to tell the story of his life and his journey from dreams to business success. Willie spoke of his childhood spent on a farm on a small island off the South West coast of Ireland and the hardships and joy they
Continue readingGCSE results: 91 percent of BSCS students reach benchmark
Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) is today celebrating another set of good GCSE grades – obtained by the third year of students to pass through the school. Once again, there were some stunning individual performances – with Harisson (Sonny) Chiba leading the way with 13A* and 2A grades. The remarkable achievements by the highest performing students were supported by many
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