Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has been reviewed under a new Ofsted framework and received an overall rating of ‘good’ by the inspectors. The school scored better than it did in 2009, although the overall score given in 2009 was ‘outstanding’ because the assessment criteria were slightly different. We spoke to the Executive Head Teacher, Dave Baker, in order to
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[Advertising Feature] There’s still time to enter the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine’s exclusive free prize draw to win a year’s free gym membership at Anytime Fitness, Bradley Stoke. Anytime Fitness is the world’s largest 24-hour gym chain with over 2,000 sites worldwide. There are currently three sites in Bristol, one of them located in the Willow Brook Centre at the
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Two fearless members of staff from a Bradley Stoke opticians recently took to the skies to raise money for Bristol Eye Hospital. Emma Norris and Sania Mohammed from Specsavers in the Willow Brook Centre bravely took part in a sky dive on Sunday 19th May to raise money for Above & Beyond. They each raised £135 to do the jump
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A Bradley Stoke town councillor has quit the Conservatives and become independent after refusing to allow herself to be associated with what she describes as “politically induced child’s play”. Cllr Charlotte Walker, who has just stood down following her year’s term as Mayor of Bradley Stoke, has dropped the local Conservative Party and become an independent member of the town
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This year’s Bradley Stoke 10k Run, which takes place on Sunday 9th June, is almost full despite the entry limit being raised to accommodate a hundred more runners. In recent years, the race has had a 500-entry limit, but organising club Sole Sisters say they have managed to increase their licence to 600 runners after the previous limit of 500
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Saturday (18th May) saw the Jubilee field host a Bradley Stoke Town FC (BSTFC) charity game, in which players from all four teams at BSTFC faced Ben Walker’s All Stars team – including many semi-professionals and a couple of ex-professionals, such as Steve White, who used to play for Bristol Rovers. The headline match was preceded by a Bradley Stoke
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Last week’s Annual General Meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council saw councillors select their new Mayor for the ensuing year, bringing to an end Cllr Charlotte Walker’s year’s term in office. Cllr Walker was selected as Mayor last May, becoming the youngest female Mayor in the country. Prior to presenting the chain of office to new Mayor Cllr Brian Hopkinson,
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With the second anniversary of the introduction of part-night street lighting in Bradley Stoke coming up next month, The Journal has today launched an online poll to gauge readers’ views on the scheme. A public consultation carried out by the town council in 2010 found 54% of the 153 respondents in agreement with the plan put forward by South Gloucestershire
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The Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke has been shortlisted for two prestigious national industry awards. The SCEPTRE Awards, run by Shopping Centre magazine, recognise the best practice and the best people in the shopping centre industry. The Willow Brook Centre has reached the shortlist in both the Waste Management Category and the Centre Manager (Medium) category. The SCEPTRE Awards
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Bradley Stoke Cricket Club’s (BSCC’s) First XI recorded their first win of the season away to Bitton whilst the Seconds romped home to a comfortable victory against Bristol Pakistanis, beating them by eight wickets. The Thirds and Fourth Teams’ matches were lost to the weather. BSCC were put into bat first on a two-paced wicket but got off a solid
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