GCSE high-achievers at Bradley Stoke Community School.

GCSE results at South Glos schools show “slight drop” in benchmark figure

Provisional figures for GCSE results in South Gloucestershire have now been collated, and the percentage of pupils achieving five or more A*-C grades including English and mathematics is 55 per cent. This is a slight drop compared to the 57 per cent achieved last year, however these results also reflect a national picture of great volatility following the changes to

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BT Openreach: Fibre broadband is here.

South Glos superfast broadband project reaches 6,500 premises

6,500 homes and businesses in South Gloucestershire now have access to fibre broadband thanks to the multi-million pound Great Western Broadband (GWB) partnership between South Gloucestershire Council, Wiltshire Council and BT. In reaching this milestone, the partnership exceeded the original target of 5,000 South Gloucestershire premises by summer 2014 as the roll-out continues to gather pace. One community which has

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