Dave Baker, Headteacher of Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS), has successfully completed a charity swim that saw him cover the height of Everest (8,848 metres or 354 lengths of a swimming pool) in a little over three and a half hours. The remarkable feat, in aid of the school’s minibus fund, was performed at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre on Sport
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Dave Baker, headteacher of Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS), says the school is facing “budgetary difficulties” for the coming financial year. In the latest BSCS newsletter, Mr Baker writes: We are facing budgetary difficulties, as many other schools are, for the coming financial year and are looking carefully at where we can save and, in some cases, change the way
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Bradley Stoke Community School has begun the search for a teacher to head up its new post-16 (sixth form) centre, which is due to open in September. The ‘Director of Post 16 (Assistant Headteacher)’ position will be remunerated at the L11 – L15 level on the teachers’ pay scale, corresponding to a salary between £46,944 and £51,710. Construction of the
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Letters detailing offers of primary and secondary school places for admission in September 2010 are being posted today (using 2nd class mail) by South Gloucestershire Council. Parents/carers who applied online will be able to view the results on the Internet from “late afternoon” today, provided they can remember their username and password (chosen at the time of application). Popular schools
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An incident at Baileys Court Primary School on Thursday (4th February) resulted in an number of children being evacuated from the building. A notice on the school website explains: The problem arose when a thermometer was accidentally broken and the fumes (alcohol based) from it were really strong. There was also a possibility of mercury present. Actions taken were that
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Prospective students of Bradley Stoke’s new post-16 (sixth form) centre have aired their views on policies they would like to see enforced when the facility opens in September. Feedback from a ‘post-16 consultation exercise’ conducted amongst year 11 students and staff at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) outlines opinions on: dress code rules for the centre’s social area attendance regulations
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Mike Hill, Bishop of Bristol, paid a visit to Baileys Court Primary School on Friday (11th Decemebr). Writing on his blog, the Bishop enthuses about the three Christmas songs that the children sang to him. Read more: Bishop Mike; Baileys Court Primary School
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Bradley Stoke’s Meadowbrook Primary School is the current ‘School of the Week’ on Bristol’s Star Radio. Writing in the latest newsletter, headteacher Jon Barr thanks Tom and Anna Wheatley for nominating the school. Read more: Star Radio – School of the Week
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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
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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
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