Patchway Community College has learned that it has been unsuccessful in its application to the Government’s Priority School Building Programme (PSBP), aimed at schools “in need of urgent repair”. Education Secretary Michael Gove announced last week that just 261 schools from the 587 that applied would receive funding, with South Gloucestershire missing out completely on the £2bn investment. Patchway Labour
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Murder, magic and madness – the murky themes of Macbeth were explored by children from two Patchway primary schools at a creative learning workshop. Year 6 pupils from Coniston Primary School and Callicroft Primary School were invited to the Merlin Housing Society-sponsored workshop last week. The youngsters took part in games and exercises designed to explore some of the play’s
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Failure of the heating system at a Patchway school has led to lessons being cancelled for some pupils. Year 7 pupils have been told not to attend Patchway Community College today (Tuesday 7th February) because of the problem. Writing on the school website yesterday, headteacher Jane Millicent said: “Unfortunately the college will be closed to Year 7 students on Tuesday
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A local secondary school has been rated “good” in a subject-specific Ofsted inspection that took place last month. Inspectors visited Patchway Community College on 21st and 22nd November to assess the school’s teaching of economics and business, subjects closely related to the school’s specialism in ‘business and enterprise learning’. Pupils’ achievement in the subjects is said to be “good and
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Children at St Chad’s Primary School in Stoke Lodge, Patchway, have created a new piece of sculpture that will be installed in the school’s garden. Recycled materials such as rolling pins and milk bottle tops have been used to create the artwork. Artist Peter Margerum worked with the whole school during the week and helped the youngsters transform the materials
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Patchway’s Stoke Lodge Primary School has been rated “good” by Ofsted inspectors who visited the school at the end of September. The team of four inspectors observed a total of 18 lessons at the 368-pupil school, located in School Close, off Bourton Avenue. Lead inspector Christine Huard writes in her report: “Stoke Lodge is a good school. It has some
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Local MP Jack Lopresti has put in a good word for a Patchway school during a parliamentary debate on Education. In a session dedicated to topical questions, the Filton and Bradley Stoke MP asked Education Secretary Michael Gove: “My right hon. Friend will be aware that his Department has received a bid from Patchway Community College in my constituency for
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St Chad’s Pre-School in Patchway has been rated “outstanding” in its latest Ofsted report, following an inspection last month. Operating from the church hall in Rodway Road, the pre-school caters for 52 children aged from two to five years and opens five days a week during term time only. There are currently 80 children on the school’s roll. In arriving
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The Bristol Evening Post reports that a four-year-old girl with a rare condition that causes her skin to bruise and blister easily has been stopped from attending a Patchway primary school on a full-time basis. Staff at Callicroft Primary School in Rodway Road have said Akeelah Sorhaindo cannot attend for the whole day until they get someone to supervise her
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A pre-school in Patchway has been rated “good” by an Ofsted inspector, who visited the ‘early years’ care provider earlier this month. Bright Sparks Pre-School, run by a non-profit limited company and based in new purpose-built premises on the site of Stoke Lodge Primary School, has a capacity for 71 children under eight years old. There are currently 220 children
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