• Bournville Primary School Media News

  By Loodle5 at 13:55 on 23/04/13

  

  Bournville Primary School in Weston-super-Mare are making the most of new media communication technologies to keep in touch with families. To complement the traditional school newsletter and forward thinking website, BPS are leading the way in making the most of Facebook to communicate school news, reminders and dates and have also recently launched a Twitter feed which will also be used to improve communication with parents, local...

• Schoolchildren 'must have' scooter pods have arrived in Weston

  By Prue_Reid at 17:16 on 01/10/12

  

  Every school wants the lastest 'must have' scooterpods. The new plastic toadstool coloured racks are designed to provide a convenient, secure and fun way to store scooters Primary schools at Ashcombe, Weston-super-Mare, Banwell, Locking and Yatton have already fitted the pods to encourage more pupils to scoot to and from school. It allows the scooters to be left at school all day with minimal disruption. The pods normally sell at...

• Plans for new £14.1 million Hans Price Academy

  By Prue_Reid at 19:00 on 07/09/12

  

  A WESTON-SUPER-MARE academy is to be knocked down and rebuilt thanks to a £14.1 million Government cash windfall. The Cabot Learning Federation, which runs Hans Price Academy, is one of 80 schools across the UK to receive the Government cash to improve and replace their buildings. The scheme will see the existing school building, built in the 1950s, demolished in phases and replaced with a new high tech complex fit for the 21st...

• Weston-super-Mare schools facts and figures on exam results

  By Prue_Reid at 12:16 on 24/08/12

  

  Weston students have done brilliantly at GCSE exams this year with some schools beating others in more affluent parts of North Somerset. However, head teachers at several high performing comprehensives are disputing some results saying they have been marked too harshly. North Somerset Council executive member for children and young people's services, Jeremy Blatchford said: "The top performing school for the first time was a...

• Weston primary school first to become academy

  By Prue_Reid at 15:46 on 15/08/12

  

  A PRIMARY school in North Somerset is to become the first in the district to convert to an academy. Herons Moor Community Primary School, based at The Campus, Locking Castle, is due to change status from September 1. It is the first primary school in the district to come out of the control of the local authority and become an academy. As part of the changes, North Somerset Council is set to hand over control of the land and...

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