Patchway Community College has achieved its best ever A-level results this year, with a 100% pass rate on all qualifications and a record-breaking 19% of grades at A or A*. A tremendous 47% of the A-level entries achieved grades in the A* to B range. The success continued with BTEC qualifications, where 31% achieved an impressive ‘distinction’ or ‘distinction star’.
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An aspiring fashion student at Patchway Community College has hit the national headlines after designing a dress made from old copies of the Daily Mail. Chloe Wright produced the dress as part of her A-level textiles exam, which asked pupils to create a dress from recycled materials. Fortunately, her grandfather had stored enough Mails to help her out after she
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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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An end seems to be finally in sight to the vacillation over proposed changes to waiting restrictions in Hempton Road. South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) Executive Member for Planning, Transportation and Strategic Environment has announced that he intends to accept the unanimous decision of a residents’ meeting organised by Patchway Town Council last November. The news comes after a consultation exercise
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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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The new Amateur Boxing Club at based at Patchway Community College (PCC) in Hempton Lane was officially opened today at a grand launch event attended by boxing VIPs and civic dignitaries. The club has been fully recognised by the Amateur Boxing Association (ABA) of England, a status achieved by fewer than five school-based clubs in the country. The club’s prestigious
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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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A public consultation has opened into the latest proposals from South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) to change the waiting restrictions in Hempton Lane. The move follows an earlier consultation held in February 2011. The Council says that residents have reported potential difficulties in accessing their properties and for emergency and delivery vehicles in the narrower parts of the road. On-street parking
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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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Students at four local secondary schools are getting on their bikes thanks to an innovative loan scheme supported by South Gloucestershire Council. The Cyked scheme gives students the chance to hire one of 40 bikes to help them travel between the campuses of Patchway Community College, Bradley Stoke Community School, Abbeywood Community School and Filton College. Partnership working between the
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