A Bradley Stoke primary school has come under fire for serving notice on a commercial after-school club provider at the height of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Bradley Stoke Wise Owls Club, established in the town since 2014, has been operating at Holy Trinity Primary School since April 2019 but is now being forced out as the school intends to start its own provision.
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Staff, governors and pupils at Bradley Stoke’s Holy Trinity (Church of England & Methodist) Primary School are celebrating after receiving a ‘good’ grading from Ofsted in an inspection which took place on 24th and 25th October. It was the first primary school in South Gloucestershire to have a short ‘Section 8’ inspection under Ofsted’s new framework, which came into force
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A young professional footballer from Bradley Stoke returned to his former primary school in mid-July to officially open a new climbing equipment area and an ‘outdoor classroom’ for Reception age pupils. Joe Morrell, 21, a member of the Bristol City FC squad who has also recently played in League Two for Cheltenham Town (on loan), visited Holy Trinity Primary School
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A local primary school has received confirmation that they are one of the winners of the Aviva Community Fund. The competition, which took place at the end of last year, involved a number of local groups hoping to win funding for their projects by receiving votes from the public. Voting closed on 21st November 2017; the votes have all been
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No fewer than three primary schools in the local area have welcomed new headteachers this year. Wheatfield Primary School, Holy Trinity Primary and Stoke Lodge Primary all enter a new chapter of leadership, and we got in touch with them to find out a little more about their new heads. Philip Winterburn is the new headteacher for Wheatfield Primary. He
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Staff, governors and pupils at Bradley Stoke’s Holy Trinity Primary School are celebrating after receiving another positive report from Ofsted. An Ofsted inspector visited the school on 12th January to carry out the first ‘short’ inspection since Holy Trinity was judged to be ‘good’ in 2011 and concluded that the leadership team has maintained the ‘good’ quality of education in
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Bradley Stoke’s Holy Trinity Primary School has organised a whole week of events to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its opening and is inviting former pupils and members of staff to attend a barbecue on Friday (23rd May) from 5pm to 9pm. Headteacher Jane Johns explained to The Journal: “The school was officially opened in May 1993 and we are
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Pupils at Holy Trinity Primary School in Bradley Stoke were recently treated to an unusual assembly and a special visit by a poo-powered car. The ‘Bio-Bug’ was launched last year to national and international acclaim and is the brainchild of Wessex Water’s renewable energy company GENeco. It is a converted VW Beetle that runs on methane gas produced from sewage
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Bradley Stoke’s Holy Trinity Primary School has been rated “good” by Ofsted inspectors, who visited the school earlier this month. The team of three inspectors observed approximately seven hours of lessons at the 201-pupil school, which is located in Broad Croft, off Pear Tree Road. Questionnaire responses from 70 parents and carers, 95 pupils and 12 staff were also evaluated
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Parents of children attending Holy Trinity School in Bradley Stoke are calling for a safer pedestrian crossing on busy Pear Tree Road after several “near misses”. The road is a main access route in the town, but despite having a zebra crossing [Google Streetview], parents claim that cars are still exceeding the speed limit and putting children’s lives at risk.
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