• Gifted and talented students at Henbury School are aiming high

  By schoolsnews at 18:07 on 20/03/13

  

  A GROUP of students at a Bristol academy are staying behind after school to learn about ancient Greece and Rome. The classics taster course being offered at Henbury School by a third-year University of Bristol student has proved so popular that the school is now looking into running a classical civilisation GCSE option. The interactive sessions are just one of a wide range of new activities being provided at the school to meet the...

• Henbury School pupils read to Bristol Rugby Club stars

  By matt_2009 at 12:16 on 25/01/13

  

  Pupils at Henbury School were joined by Bristol Rugby Club stars yesterday supporting an initiative to promote literacy and encourage reading for enjoyment. Bristol Rugby Community Foundation has supplied Henbury School for the past three years with matchday programmes for students to read during "silent reading" in their tutor times. Pupils, rewarded for performing well in these reading sessions, today had the chance to...

• SHOP 'TIL YOU SWIM

  By SafYall at 14:55 on 29/10/12

  

  By Safia Yallaoui A secondary school is holding a Christmas shopping evening as part of a campaign to raise money to build a hydrotherapy pool for the disabled pupils.     Claremont Secondary School is hosting the event on behalf of their charity the Friends of Claremont School (FOCS).     Secretary for FOCS, Tina Cheesley, 43, expects to raise £600 for the campaign to match the amount raised...

• North Bristol Post 16 Centre celebrates outstanding A-level results

  By matt_2009 at 14:11 on 16/08/12

  

  Students at the North Bristol Post 16 Centre celebrated outstanding successes in today's A-level and AS level results, marking yet another year of excellent academic and personal achievements for students at the Centre. The pass rate was 98% with a record number of students achieving a mixture of, or straight A or A* grades in all of their subjects. Marian Curran, Director of the Centre, said: "I am really delighted that for...

• Extension to the old Redland Police Station means extra school spaces

  By matt_2009 at 09:17 on 15/08/12

  

  An extension that will convert the former Redland Police Station into new classrooms to be used by St John's Primary School has been granted. Construction work is planned to start immediately as part of a £5.3m scheme to create a self-contained eight classroom infant annex for the school. By September 2014 it is planned that 225 children will be on the site, boosting the capacity of St John's Primary School, based on Worrall...

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