Stoke Gifford’s Abbeywood Community School, which was recently put into ‘special measures’ by Ofsted, has unveiled plans to turn into an academy – according to a report in today’s Bristol Evening Post. The paper says the secondary school could re-open in September as part of the Olympus Academy Trust, which was formed at the beginning of the year to take
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Members of a South Gloucestershire Council committee have voted to approve a controversial planning application from Hitachi Rail to build a train maintenance depot on land known as the ‘Filton Triangle’ in Stoke Gifford. The proposed depot, required as part of the project to electrify the main line between London and Cardiff, had been opposed by hundreds of Stoke Gifford
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Stoke Gifford’s Abbeywood Community School has been placed into special measures by Ofsted. The school, formerly known as Filton High, was visited by inspectors at the beginning of December and their report was sent home to parents/carers yesterday (Monday 30th January). Ofsted had previously served the school with “notice to improve” following an inspection in October 2010. A monitoring inspection
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A planning application for three new permanent classrooms at St Michael’s Primary School in Ratcliffe Drive [map] has been submitted to South Gloucestershire Council. The proposed new classrooms will be situated in a new extension at the rear of the site, taking up part of the existing playground. Funding for the extension is coming from a financial contribution by the
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A Stoke Gifford engineering company is hoping to benefit from a new Government initiative that aims to encourage investment in marine renewable energy. Marine Current Turbines (MCT), based at The Green, is recognised as a “world leading” technology developer in the prospectus for the UK’s first Marine Energy Park, launched yesterday in Bristol by Climate Change Minister Greg Barker. The
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District Councillors inspecting the site of a proposed 42 acre rail depot in Stoke Gifford were given a frosty reception from around 50 residents at a meeting in Sandringham Road last Friday (20th January). Hitachi Rail wants to build the depot on the Filton Triangle [map], an area of land bounded by railway lines to the west of Parkway Station,
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Police are appealing for information about a number of suspicious incidents that have occurred in Elm Close, Little Stoke, over the last few days. A report circulated yesterday (Thursday) said police had been called at 6:45am on Wednesday morning after a man had been seen acting suspiciously in a garden. He made off when the householder shouted at him. A
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Local residents are being given the chance to address members of the South Gloucestershire committee that is considering a planning application to construct a rail maintenance depot on land adjacent to Sandringham Road in Stoke Gifford. Members of the public are invited to attend a ‘site meeting’ of South Gloucestershire Council’s Development Control (West) Committee outside 78 Sandringham Road [map]
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The Stoke Gifford Branch of the Royal British Legion has been recognised as the best achieving ‘small’ branch in the County of Gloucestershire. Branch Chairman Brian Hewtt MBE said: “Four Members of Stoke Gifford Branch recently attended the Royal British Legion Annual County Conference, 2012, held at Barnwood, Gloucester.” “When it came to the presentation of awards, we were all
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Stoke Gifford’s Abbeywood Community School is expecting to receive the results of its recent Ofsted inspection within the next couple of weeks. A team of inspectors visited the school for two days at the beginning of December and their report is expected “by the end of the month”, according to the latest newsletter issued to parents. Abbeywood (formerly Filton High
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