South Gloucestershire councillors will be asked to vote next week on a report recommending a U-turn on a council commitment to fund building improvement works at Filton Hill Primary School. The £1.2m project at the school formed part of South Gloucestershire Council’s overall package of future school improvements agreed back in 2012. Filton Hill’s continued inclusion in the programme was
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South Gloucestershire’s Labour councillors are celebrating the news that a powerful council committee has supported the refurbishment of a Filton primary school. Filton Hill Pimary has been in the running for a major £2 million refurbishment scheme from South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) capital resources, but the scheme was put under question because of the demand on the council’s limited resources.
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Pupils at Filton’s Shield Road Primary School enjoyed a number of special activities last week as part of a campaign to promote reading. During the week, children dressed up as their favourite book characters, including Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland and the Gruffalo. In literacy lessons, each class focused on a particular author and boys, in particular, were encouraged to
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Ofsted has praised Filton Hill Primary School for sustaining its performance, which was rated “good” at its last full inspection in June 2009. In a letter to parents, the government body says it will not be carrying out a further inspection until the summer term of 2013 at the earliest. The decision is based on a number of factors that
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Filton College, one of the main centres for further education in the North Bristol area, has been rebranded ‘South Gloucestershire and Stroud College’ (SGS) after officially merging with Stroud College on Monday (1st February). Public consultation on the proposed merger was carried out in June last year and John Hayes MP, Secretary of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong
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