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School application deadline nears

By BeckyFeather at 21:03 on 30/12/11

Parents of children due to start in reception in September 2012 have just over a fortnight left to apply for a school place. Children born between September 1, 2007 and August 31, 2008 can start at a primary or infant school from September. The closing date for the submission of applications is midnight on Sunday, January 15. Find out how to apply for a place in South Gloucestershire.
Keep an eye out for vandals over summer holidays, Mangotsfield headteacher urges community

By BeckyFeather at 07:28 on 04/08/11

Mangotsfield C of E Primary School is still suffering from vandalism on its campus and people who see any intruders over the summer holidays are being urged to dial 999. In March the headteacher Marion Borland said the criminal damage caused by the yobs meant that school projects were being cancelled to cover the costs - and there still appears to be no let-up in the problem. Mrs Borland said the caretaker would be on site over the...
Kingswood secondary school to change its name

By BeckyFeather at 16:18 on 02/06/11

From September Kingswood's Kingsfield School will be changing its name - to the King's Oak Academy. Kingsfield is set to become the fifth member of the Cabot Learning Foundation in the autumn. It will be a fresh start for the school which has around 1,000 pupils and was given a notice to improve by Ofsted inspectors last year. By January this year the school was said to be making satisfactory progress. The school was founded in 1921...
Staff and students greet new head

By Kingswood People at 09:00 on 07/05/11

STAFF and students at Kingsfield School in Kingswood have welcomed their new head teacher, Ian Frost. He has joined the South Gloucestershire school from Highworth Warneford School in Swindon, where he was deputy head. In September, Kingsfield will become an academy in the Cabot Learning Federation, which comprises John Cabot Academy, Bristol Brunel Academy, Bristol Metropolitan Academy, all in east Bristol, and Hans Price...
Schools in the Kingswood area celebrate high achievements

By BeckyFeather at 16:20 on 09/04/11

Sir Bernard Lovell School, part of the nationally acclaimed Kingswood Partnership, has just announced that it has received an outstanding Ofsted report. And Hanham High School has been named one of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust's top five most improved schools in the south west. Inspectors said that SBL at Oldland Common had made "exceptional improvements" since the previous inspection, with students'...

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New principal appointed at the Kingswood school set to become an academy later this year

By Richard34

Hi Becky, this is good news for the Kingsfield School, the Cabot Learning Federation is...

By BeckyFeather at 11:31 on 01/04/11

A new principal has been appointed at Kingsfield School in Kingswood which is due to become an academy in September. Ian Frost will be taking over from Steve Longton who steps down at the end of this month for personal reasons. Mr Frost will be coming to Kingsfield from Highworth Warneford School in Swindon. Kingsfield is set to become the fifth member of the Cabot Learning Foundation in September. It will be a fresh start for...
Vacancies for lollipop staff at schools in the Kingswood area

By Richard34

I saw today that Mangotsfield and Downend secondary schools are looking for catering assistants...

By BeckyFeather at 14:14 on 03/03/11

Lollipop staff are currently needed at several schools in our area, including The Park Primary in Kingswood, Hanham Abbots Junior, Samuel White's Infants and Christ Church Primary in Hanham, Barley Close in Mangotsfield, and Blackhorse Primary, Bromley Heath Infants and Junior and Stanbridge Primary in Downend. Find out more about school crossing patrol vacancies here.
More than eight out of 10 pupils get their first choice of South Glos secondary school

By Andy_Perkins

There will have been a few confused parents around today as well. Those who applied on-line recieved...

By BeckyFeather at 14:42 on 01/03/11

A higher percentage of South Gloucestershire children have not been offered their first choice of secondary school compared to last year - but that still means that eight out of 10 will be celebrating today. The council revealed that 2,401 on-time applicants have been allocated a place at their first preference secondary school – 87.3 per cent - which is slightly down on last year when 89.9 per cent got their first choice. ...
New Staple Hill Primary School tops out

By Richard34

Yes, it's starting to look good there. I wondered when they first started the work on this field...

By Trucks79 at 18:37 on 05/02/11

A topping out ceremony to mark the latest milestone in the construction of the new Staple Hill Primary School building is being held on Wednesday 9th February. The development, funded by South Gloucestershire Council, is being built by BAM Construction and is due to be completed in time for the start of the new school year in September 2011. Cllr Sheila Cook, executive member for children and young people, said: "The topping out of...
Hundreds evacuated from Mangotsfield Primary School after fire breaks out during Christmas show

By Trucks79

I bet the children were scared, I know if it was my boy he would have been really upset. Its very...

By BeckyFeather at 18:16 on 03/12/10

Fire broke out at Mangotsfield Primary School today as more than 200 parents were watching some of the youngest pupils perform their Christmas show. The fire, which was in a speaker, was quickly extinguished and the whole building evacuated. Headteacher Marion Borland said in her newsletter home to parents tonight: "The fire alarm sounded today during our Year 1 Christmas production and, for the first time in my 30 years of...