Bradley Stoke Community School

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Bradley Stoke Community School
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Address
Bradley Stoke Community School
Fiddlers Wood Lane

Bradley Stoke
,
Gloucestershire
,
BS32 9BS

England
Coordinates 51°32′03″N2°32′34″W / 51.5343°N 2.5429°W / 51.5343; -2.5429 Coordinates: 51°32′03″N2°32′34″W / 51.5343°N 2.5429°W / 51.5343; -2.5429
Information
TypeAll-through academy
Established2005;18 years ago (2005)
Trust The Olympus Academy Trust
Department for Education URN 137753 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadPeter Lynch
Gender Mixed
Age4to 18
Enrolment1,117
Capacity1,110
Website www.bradleystokecs.org.uk

Bradley Stoke Community School, often locally referred to by its abbreviated form "BSCS", is an all-through mixed-sex academy located in Bradley Stoke, on the northern outskirts of Bristol in the United Kingdom.

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History

The construction of BSCS was completed in July 2005 and the school opened in September to accommodate the year 7 pupils. [1] In 2008, the school was awarded specialist status in Performing Arts. [2] The school was rated good by the Ofsted inspection in April 2013. [3]

In January 2012, the school converted to an academy. [4] The school's name remained the same, but the academy trust was named the Olympus Academy Trust after the Rolls-Royce Olympus jet engine which powered Concorde. [5] The academy is part of the Concorde Partnership, a collaboration between South Gloucestershire and Stroud College and nine schools in South Gloucestershire which share resources and courses. [6]

In 2014, a new primary school phase started construction on the site of a former overflow car park for the secondary academy. Planning permission was approved on 1 August 2014, and as of 10 October cost £3 million, being £750,000 over budget. The school was expected to open in September 2015, in time for the 2015–16 academic year. [7]

The trust now comprises nine local schools. [8]

Academic achievement

GCSE results
Bradley Stoke Community School had its best ever GCSE results in 2016 with a big improvement over the previous year. [9] 68% of students achieved 5A*-C including English and maths. The new measure of basics (English and maths A*-C combined) was achieved by 69% of students.

The schools Progress 8 measure is 0.17. [10]

In 2016, 82% of students achieved an A*-C grade in English and 73% (the best ever) achieved A*-C in maths. This contributed to the school becoming the best-performing in South Gloucestershire. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Secondary Settings". Bradley Stoke Community School. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Bradley Stoke Christmas programme in full swing". Bradley Stoke Journal. 14 December 2008. Archived from the original on 28 December 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "School inspection report". Ofsted. 11 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Stoke Gifford school to join BSCS academy trust". Bradley Stoke Journal. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Welcome from the Chief Executive Officer". Olympus Academy Trust. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Partners". Concorde Partnership. Archived from the original on 22 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  7. ↑ "Construction of new primary school gets under way on BSCS site". Bradley Stoke Journal. 10 October 2014. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "Schools in the Trust". Olympus Academy Trust. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "Best ever GCSE examination results at BSCS". Bradley Stoke Journal. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "Bradley Stoke Community School". Bristol Post. 20 June 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "New measure ranks BSCS top secondary in South Gloucestershire". Bradley Stoke Journal. 30 November 2016. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2020.


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