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Photo of Cllr Erica Williams presenting winner’s certificates to the pupils.

Saturday 15th February 2020 SH (Editor)

Primary school children presented with award for local litter pick

Children from St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School in Bradley Stoke have been presented with certificates and £300 for their school after winning a district-wide, litter pick competition. The competition was arranged by South Gloucestershire Council and funded through the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s High Street Community Clean-Up scheme. Every school in South Gloucestershire was provided with

St Mary's Primary School, Bradley Stoke, Bristol.

Friday 29th June 2012 SH (Editor)

Fire service called to incident at St Mary’s School

Avon Fire and Rescue crews from Patchway, Southmead and Speedwell were called to St Mary’s RC Primary School on Webbs Wood Road, Bradley Stoke, yesterday afternoon following reports of smoke seen coming from the building. The incident occurred at 4pm, when pupils had gone home for the day but some staff remained on the premises. On arrival, crews found heavy

Pupils at Bradley Stoke's St Mary's Primary School raise money for CAFOD

Thursday 21st June 2012 SH (Editor)

Pupils get toasty for a record-breaking appeal

Pupils at a Bradley Stoke school have raised more than £900 for people around the world who are living without access to clean water after making and selling tasty toast breakfasts. The children from St Mary’s Primary School took part in a number of activities from February to May to raise money for Catholic aid agency CAFOD’s ‘Give it Up’

Sunday 25th July 2010 SH (Editor)

Ofsted says St Mary’s has sustained “outstanding” performance

Ofsted has praised St Mary’s RC Primary School for sustaining its performance, which was rated “outstanding” at its last full inspection in March 2007. In a letter to parents, the government body says it will not be carrying out a further inspection until 1st September 2011 at the earliest. The decision is based on a number of factors that include

Wednesday 9th December 2009 SH (Editor)

Police called in as funds go missing at primary school PTA

Police have been called in to investigate the disappearance of thousands of pounds of funds belonging to the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) of a Bradley Stoke primary school. Writing in a recent newsletter, Arlene Yalung, outgoing Chair of the Friends of St Mary’s (the PTA of St Mary’s RC Primary School in Webbs Wood Road) says: “This year we have

Wednesday 2nd December 2009 SH (Editor)

Primary schools’ KS2 results published

Bradley Stoke primary schools have registered another good set of results in Key Stage 2 (KS2) tests taken by pupils in year 6 (ages 10 and 11). Best performing school (based on aggregate scores for maths, English and science) was St Mary’s Catholic Primary School with a score of 289 out of a maximum possible 300. Comparison with results from

Monday 16th November 2009 SH (Editor)

Primary school makes Sunday Times top 50 list

St Mary’s RC Primary School, located in Webbs Wood Road in Bradley Stoke, has once again been rated one of the best state primary schools in the country. The school is ranked 41st in the latest Sunday Times league tables, with pupils having achieved a composite score of 296 (out of a maximum possible 300) in the 2008 SATs. More

Saturday 7th November 2009 SH (Editor)

St Mary’s School wins safer walking grant

St Mary’s RC Primary School in Bradley Stoke is one of six schools in South Gloucestershire to have been awarded grants totalling nearly £37,000 to encourage safer, greener routes to school. The money will be used to encourage safer walking to school, introduce road markings to improve safety near school buildings, erect bike storage and teach pupils about sustainable transport