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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The Journal has published a set of photos taken at last night’s International Women’s Day Event held at Bradley Stoke Community School. A full report on the evening, including the winners of the Outstanding Women’s Awards (OWA) and the Poetry and Photographic Competition will follow soon. Photos of the International Women’s Day Event 2010 (on Google Photos): album slideshow
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Panoramic photographs of virtually every street in Bradley Stoke have today been made available on the Google Street View website. The search engine and mapping giant has extended its controversial street scene recording service to cover 95% of the homes in the UK. Launched in the UK in March 2009, the service previously covered the central Bristol conurbation, but didn’t
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Bradley Stoke Elfins have places available for boys and girls aged 6 to 9 years old: “We have weekly meetings (6 -7 on Wednesday Evenings). Our group nights are divided into a games session and a craft or other activity which is chosen by the children. Recent favourites were a night walk in the local woods and cake decorating.” ”
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Bowls legend David Bryant CBE, three-times world champion and four-times Commonwealth Games champion, is to perform the opening ceremony of the new Bradley Stoke Bowls Club on Saturday 1st May. Representatives of the City & County of Bristol Bowling Association and the Gloucestershire Bowling Association are also expected to attend the event. The sport is returning to the Baileys Court
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Conservative Councillors have welcomed the signing of an agreement between Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC), South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) and Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP) that secures annual funding of £93,000 for youth work in Bradley Stoke. Councillors claim that the new agreement will produce “better value for the money that both Councils put into youth services in the town”.
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Organisers of the second Bradley Stoke Aquathlon, a swim and run event based at the Leisure Centre, have announced that the race is now full. Sandra Webber of Thornbury Running Club says that a maximum field of 140 athletes will line up for the event on Sunday 14th March, which represents a 50% increase over the number that contested last
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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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Councillors on Bradley Stoke Town Council’s Planning Committee have taken exception to proposals from South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) to install a number of ‘raised table’ cycle crossings in the town. As reported last month, SGC has opened a consultation on plans to install the crossings on Baileys Court Road, Fiddlers Wood Lane and across the access road to Bradley Stoke
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Local residents are being encouraged by South Gloucestershire Council to report road potholes brought on by the severe weather. The Council has allocated an extra £350,000 to its highways maintenance budget to tackle the problem. The number of staff dedicated to tackling potholes is said to have been increased by 50 per cent and maintenance teams are “working longer hours
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