November 2016 - Patchway Journal

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Patchway Community College, Patchway, Bristol.

Saturday 26th November 2016 SH (Editor)

Patchway school placed in ‘special measures’ following damning Ofsted report

Patchway Community College (PCC) has been placed in ‘special measures’ following the publication of a damning report by Ofsted inspectors who visited the secondary school in early October. Assigning the lowest possible overall rating of ‘inadequate’, lead inspector Kathy Maddocks concluded that standards at the school have declined in recent years, and criticised school leaders and governors for being too

HRH The Princess Royal on a visit to Aerospace Bristol.

Thursday 24th November 2016 SH (Editor)

HRH The Princess Royal attends topping out ceremony for new Concorde hangar

Aerospace Bristol has celebrated a major milestone in the construction of the new home of Concorde, with a topping out ceremony for the museum’s Concorde hangar attended by HRH The Princess Royal. The £19m museum is currently taking shape at a site on the northern side of the former Filton Airfield, alongside Hayes Way, the road which links the A38