Olveston CofE Primary School has been rated “outstanding” by Ofsted inspectors, who visited the school last month. The team of four inspectors observed a total of 13 lessons at the 204-pupil school, which is located in Elberton Road. The inspectors summarised their findings as follows: “Olveston CofE Primary is an outstanding school. It has made rapid improvement since the previous
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The coming of spring at Ram Hill Colliery, Coalpit Heath, will see a number of changes on the site. Bat and bird boxes will be placed in trees at the site of the old reservoir. The open space which used to be the top spoil heap will be covered in top soil and grass seed. Eventually this will be a
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A group of councillors in South Gloucestershire is claiming that the local Council is missing out on recycling a large amount of plastic. South Gloucestershire Council recently introduced collection of plastic bottles from residents’ doorsteps as part of a new recycling programme. The authority has subsequently withdrawn plastic recycling banks from a number of locations across the area claiming that
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A call is going out to all volunteer groups and businesses across South Gloucestershire urging them to spring into action in a few months time to help clean up their neighbourhood or open spaces, helping to transform South Gloucestershire as part of National Spring Clean 2011. South Gloucestershire Council is supporting the Big Spring Clean Campaign 2011 which runs from
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A topping out ceremony has been held for the new children’s locality hub for the Severnvale area in Rodway Road, Patchway. Once building work is completed in the autumn, the facility will provide a community setting where a range of vital services for children and young people and their families will be provided. Also housed on site will be a
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A brand new, purpose built day centre for people with dementia has just opened in Yate. The centre replaces the Woodleaze facility, and is located in the new, multi-million pound Cambrian Green Court extra care housing development. The new centre has been built as part of the council’s ongoing work to support the increasing number of people with dementia, and
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South Gloucestershire Council’s Conservative schools chief has unveiled a £29.3m package of school improvements. The proposed programme, spread over three years, includes: Approval of £2m investment at Wick school, £4m at Hambrook school and £1m at Filton Hill school; £7m over three years for planned maintenance for high priority roofing, boiler replacement and rewiring work; A new Sure Start Children’s
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From Cllr Andy Perkins (Labour) Figures released by South Gloucestershire Council show that the number of complaints it has received about its home care service has risen by 47% since last year. The figures, released in its Annual Report on Customer Complaints and Representation show that the Conservative-run Council received 88 complaints about its home care service from April 2009
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South Gloucestershire Council has produced two informative and easy to understand leaflets about the social care support that the council can help with. The leaflets contain the most up-to-date information and are available in libraries, doctor’s surgeries, community centres, the council’s one-stop shops and in many other places. One leaflet is a simple directory listing the wide range of services
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Young people from the local Youth Forum will join local dignitaries in Yate to celebrate the first anniversary of the Children’s Locality Hub on Monday 7th February. More than £1.7 million has been invested in the Children’s Hub which provides a range of services to children, young people and their families in this community setting situated next to the library
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