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Staff and pupils at Little Stoke Primary School.

Saturday 7th March 2015 SH (Editor)

Little Stoke Primary rated ‘good’ by Ofsted

Staff and pupils at a local primary school that was deemed ‘in need of improvement’ two years ago are celebrating after Ofsted rated it ‘good’ following its latest inspection in January. Little Stoke Primary School was graded ‘good’ for each of the five key judgement themes of leadership and management, behaviour and safety of pupils, quality of teaching, achievement of

Primary school basketball tournament at Abbeywood Community School, Stoke Gifford, Bristol.

Saturday 7th March 2015 SH (Editor)

Abbeywood hosts basketball tournament for local primary teams

Seb Doyle, Primary Liaison Officer at Abbeywood School writes: On Tuesday 24th February, Year 5 teams from Charborough Road, Filton Hill and St Michael’s Primary Schools took part in a basketball tournament at Abbeywood Community School in Stoke Gifford. The event capped off two term’s worth of basketball coaching which had been delivered by Mr Doyle in each primary school. The level

Chicane priority narrowing on Braydon Avenue, Little Stoke.

Wednesday 25th February 2015 SH (Editor)

Braydon Avenue to be closed for up to three weeks from 2nd March

South Gloucestershire Council has announced that Braydon Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic for a period of up to three weeks from Monday 2nd March in order to allow the construction of a raised speed table near the Concord Medical Centre. The speed table will replace the existing chicane priority narrowing at the same location, which the council claims

South Gloucestershire and Stroud College's WISE campus in Stoke Gifford, Bristol.

Monday 9th February 2015 SH (Editor)

New college celebrates result of first Ofsted inspection

Staff and students at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGS) are celebrating after receiving an overall ‘good’ status by Ofsted just two years after the new college was formed. The college, one of the newest in the country, was formed by dissolution of Filton and Stroud Colleges and the incorporation of SGS College in February 2012. SGS had its first

Thursday 15th January 2015 SH (Editor)

Appeal for information after distraction burglary in Little Stoke

Police are appealing for information after a distraction burglary in Little Stoke last night (Wednesday 14th January). At approximately 8pm, a 73-year-old woman discovered a man in the kitchen of her property. The man claimed to be a security guard who wanted to check the woman was OK and that her money and jewellery was safe after a burglary down the road. The

Buggy walkers at the start of a walk from The Old School Rooms in Stoke Gifford, Bristol.

Sunday 11th January 2015 SH (Editor)

New weekly buggy walks in north Bristol

A new series of regular weekly buggy walks has started in north Bristol. The first walk took place in Stoke Gifford on Monday 5th January, where a group of 15 local buggy walkers set off from The Old School Rooms Coffee Shop on The Green. The new buggy walking group will meet at 10am each week in alternating areas of

Cribbs/Patchway MetroBus Extension - proposed route.

Saturday 10th January 2015 SH (Editor)

Council opens preliminary consultation on proposed MetroBus Extension route

Construction of the main North Fringe to Hengrove Package MetroBus route that will link Bradley Stoke with Cribbs Causeway and Bristol city centre may be yet to start, but South Gloucestershire Council is already in the early stages of planning an extension to the scheme, which will provide a more direct route between Parkway Station and The Mall, via the