Ofsted has praised Bradley Stoke’s Wheatfield Primary School for sustaining its performance, which was rated “good” at its last full inspection in May 2010. In a letter to parents, the government body says it will not be carrying out a further full inspection until summer 2014 at the earliest. The decision is based on a number of factors that include
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Pupils at Bradley Stoke’s Wheatfield Primary School recently celebrated the official opening of a Scrapstore PlayPod in their playground. Operating under the motto “making wastethings playthings”, PlayPod is a holistic process that works with the entire school community to change both the human and physical play environment, transforming play at lunchtimes. The purpose built, walk-in structure contains a vast collection
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Inconsiderate parking around a primary school in Bradley Stoke has led to a complaint from a local Neighbourhood Watch group concerned about access for emergency vehicles. Wheatfield Primary School has received a formal letter of complaint from the Harvest Close Neighbourhood Watch group highlighting problems residents are experiencing as a result of “Wheatfield parents/carers parking inconsiderately in and around the
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Local residents are being offered the chance to get active and do their bit for the environment by learning the country craft of hedge-laying. Free training courses are being held in the grounds of Wheatfield Primary School on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th January (advance booking is essential). The courses, organised by local resident John Morris, Environmental Projects and Partnerships
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Work to install a new raised table pedestrian crossing on Brook Way, close to the mini-roundabout at the junction with Wheatfield Drive, is set to commence on Monday (20th June). The work to install a 75mm high raised table across the full width of the road and widen the island and footway approaches to the crossing could last until Friday
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Bradley Stoke’s Wheatfield Primary School has been rated “good” by Ofsted inspectors, who visited the school last month. The team of five inspectors observed a total of 25 lessons at the 399-pupil school, which is located in Wheatfield Drive, off Brook Way. The inspectors summarised their findings as follows: “Wheatfield is a good school. Outcomes for pupils have been sustained
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Children from Wheatfield Primary School were joined by members of the Bradley Stoke neighbourhood police team on a mile-long run on Sport Relief day (19th March). Police and parents acted as marshals for the event, which took place partly on public roads around the school. Read more: Avon and Somerset Police
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Local Liberal Democrat Councillor Jon Williams has slammed the Conservatives for, he says, wrongly claiming credit over the approval of a new pedestrian crossing on Brook Way. The row follows a campaign by parents of children at Wheatfield Primary School, who said they found it dangerous getting to the school from Saxon Way and other roads on the west side
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A new Sure Start family support centre looks set to be established at Bradley Stoke’s Bowsland Green Primary School following a decision by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). Sure Start centres provide a range of services such as advice and information for parents on a whole range of issues, health visitor support, training for parents on issues such as parenting, breastfeeding
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South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has opened a public consultation on proposed traffic management measures around Wheatfield Primary School in Wheatfield Drive, Bradley Stoke. The proposals address a number of issues highlighted for attention in the school’s recently-produced Travel Plan. Proposed measures include the installation of dropped kerbs, bollards to reduce cycle speeds on approaches to road crossings, improvements to a
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