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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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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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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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
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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
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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
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Work has begun within the last fortnight on the construction of a new primary phase building on the site of Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) in Fiddlers Wood Lane. The new building is being constructed on an area that was previously used as a secondary car park for the main school. Planning permission for the £3m project, which South Gloucestershire Council
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Councillors have been told that the project to construct a new primary phase building on the Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) site is over-budget by an estimated £750k, before the first brick has even been laid. A paper presented to a meeting of South Gloucestershire Council’s Children and Young people Committee on 18th June reported that “further scheme development has
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A formal planning application has been submitted to South Gloucestershire Council for the erection of a new primary school within the grounds of Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS). As previously reported in The Journal, the new ‘primary phase’ building will be located on an area of land that is currently used as a secondary car park, located between the school’s
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Artist’s impressions of the proposed new ‘primary phase’ building at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) were made available at consultation events held at the school last week. The secondary school, which is part of the Olympus Academy Trust, is currently staging a public consultation on its proposal to become an ‘all through’ school for the 4-19 age range. Funding for the project
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