South Gloucestershire schools are among the lowest funded per pupil in the country. Also, while the funding from Government to help pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) has remained static, spending has increased. The Conservatives running the council have proposed three options to cut £3m from the schools budget next year – to transfer […]

Congratulations to everyone celebrating their exam results – GCSEs this week or A-levels last week. For anyone who is unsure about what to do next, advice and guidance is available from their school or college,  from UCAS, via Careerpilot online or via the National Careers Service Helpline for Teenagers on 0800 100 900.

We are delighted to report that at the planning committee meeting yesterday there was unanimous support for the officer recommendation to grant planning permission for our Ofsted-rated “outstanding” Watermore Primary School to have a new building on what is currently the Meadow site in Lower Stone Close. This means that, subject to the Secretary of […]

Next Thursday the DC (West) planning committee will be considering the full planning application for the new 2-form entry Watermore School and outline plans for the erection of up to 5 dwellings on the Meadow site and up to 21 on the Orchard site. You can read the officer’s report online. The meeting starts at […]

For seven years since the merger of Brockeridge Infant School and Highcroft Junior School, Watermore Primary School has been operating across two sites. Now plans have been submitted to build a new 420 place Watermore Primary School on the Meadow site on Lower Stone Close (the old Highcroft Junior School). You can find out more […]

The plans for the new school building that will replace the former Brockeridge and Highcroft Schools’ accommodation were revealed by South Glos Property Services at a drop-in event last week. Government funding is in short supply but the costs of maintaining the two ageing buildings added to the problems of operating a split site school […]

There will be a public consultation session on the new school building at Watermore Primary School. The drop-in will be held from 2.45 to 7pm on Tuesday 28th November at the Meadow site (the old Highcroft Junior School site).

Supportive Parents provides the Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support (SENDIAS) Service in South Gloucestershire, as well as Bristol and North Somerset.  They are an independent organisation offering free, confidential and impartial advice to parents, children or any young person aged 16 – 25, about SEND. You can find out more on their website.

The uncertainty surrounding the future for Winterbourne International Academy has been resolved with news that the Department for Education has confirmed that “in principle” approval has been given for Winterbourne to join the Olympus Academy Trust. You can read more about what this means in this letter from the Interim Leadership. On Friday 1st September Yate International […]

South Glos Council has launched its prospectus of new courses for 2017-2018. There will be information and enrolment sessions at Yate Library: Tuesday 5 September – 10.00am to 12noon Thursday 7 September – 5.00pm to 7.00pm Check out the Community Learning web page for full details – click on the “Prospectus” link.