St Chad’s Pre-School in Patchway has been rated “outstanding” in its latest Ofsted report, following an inspection last month. Operating from the church hall in Rodway Road, the pre-school caters for 52 children aged from two to five years and opens five days a week during term time only. There are currently 80 children on the school’s roll. In arriving
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Students at four local secondary schools are getting on their bikes thanks to an innovative loan scheme supported by South Gloucestershire Council. The Cyked scheme gives students the chance to hire one of 40 bikes to help them travel between the campuses of Patchway Community College, Bradley Stoke Community School, Abbeywood Community School and Filton College. Partnership working between the
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Pretoria Road Allotment Society is seeking volunteers to help with a worthwhile project that will benefit disabled gardeners in Patchway. The society has raised £3,700 to install six raised beds that will be easier for disabled people to access (including those in wheelchairs) and it now needs volunteers to help build the frames and fill them with soil. The work
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The Bristol Evening Post reports that a four-year-old girl with a rare condition that causes her skin to bruise and blister easily has been stopped from attending a Patchway primary school on a full-time basis. Staff at Callicroft Primary School in Rodway Road have said Akeelah Sorhaindo cannot attend for the whole day until they get someone to supervise her
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Police are appealing for information about an assault in Patchway last Tuesday night (4th October 2011). The incident occurred between 8pm and 9pm. The victim, a man in his 50s, was at a kebab van in Callicroft Road. He saw a younger man being assaulted and when he stepped in to stop the assault he was struck with a metal
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A youth theatre group in Patchway is urging people across North Bristol and South Gloucestershire to show their support by voting for it in the NatWest Community Force awards. Stage Whisper Youth Theatre, a group for young people aged 10 plus, meets on Saturdays at Patchway Labour Club in Coniston Road and is described as being “run by young people
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South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) will be giving Patchway residents a chance to comment on the future of Filton Airfield at a public exhibition on Tuesday 11th October, from 3pm to 7:30pm. The exhibition will summarise the feedback received in response to the Council’s Position Statement that was published in June, after BAE Systems had announced its intention to close the
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A pre-school in Patchway has been rated “good” by an Ofsted inspector, who visited the ‘early years’ care provider earlier this month. Bright Sparks Pre-School, run by a non-profit limited company and based in new purpose-built premises on the site of Stoke Lodge Primary School, has a capacity for 71 children under eight years old. There are currently 220 children
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Police have seized 46 cannabis plants during a raid on a property in Bradley Road, Patchway, reports the Bristol Evening Post. The raid was one of ten carried out so far this week as part of an operation running across the force area to target and disrupt the organised cultivation of the drug. Police say they have so far seized
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The new Patchway Library within the Severnvale Locality Hub in Rodaway Road, Patchway, showcased its impressive facilities to the local community last Tuesday (20th September). Members of the public and representatives of local organistaions were treated to refreshments, while staff were on hand to increase awareness of the full range of services available at the bright and modern new library,
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