Conservative councillors have welcomed the completion of a new £2.5m state-of-the-art sports hall at Hanham High School, South Gloucestershire. Funding for the scheme was agreed in 2007 after a major campaign was launched by Hanham Conservative councillors, John Goddard, Heather Goddard and June Bamford. As part of the campaign, a petition was delivered to local households. The new state-of-the-art facility
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A turf cutting ceremony to mark the start of building work on the new £5million St Peter’s Anglican and Methodist VC Primary School development will be held on Monday 14 September. Councillor Sheila Cook, executive member for children and young people, headteacher Keith Tinline-Purvis, teachers, pupils, governors, representatives from the church, together with contractors, Thomas Vale Construction, will be present
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Students across South Gloucestershire have been celebrating today, as the district celebrates its best GCSE results to date. Overall, the results reflect continuing good improvement which is above the national average. The number of students achieving 5 A* to C grades this year has increased by almost 5 per cent, compared with the national increase of 1.4 per cent, taking
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The £300K development of a children’s centre at Severn Beach Primary School has reached two huge milestones. Not only has planning permission recently been granted to landscape some of the school grounds to create a children’s play area, but this week has seen work finish on the main internal re-modelling work needed to create the children’s centre. Internal re-modelling work
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Forget FC Barcelona – a primary school in South Gloucestershire has just won its own football treble. Mangotsfield primary school is understood to be the first school ever in the district to win the South Gloucestershire Large Schools Cup, the South Gloucestershire Area League and the South Gloucestershire Tournament in the same year. The primary school football team has been
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Culverhill School in Yate is celebrating after being awarded ‘specialist’ status by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Culverhill School, a special educational needs school for 130 pupils with complex learning difficulties has become a Specialist SEN College with expertise in communication and interaction. The school will share its expertise and good practice with other similar schools, and as
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