• GCSE results mean more good news for a Keynsham school

  By  welland at 12:22 on 26/08/10

  

  Students and staff at a Keynsham school are celebrating their best ever GCSE results just months after it was saved from closure. Broadlands School in St Francis Road was threatened with closure in a review of education in Bath and North East Somerset – with plans to merge it with Wellsway School. But last month the council decided Broadlands would remain open and there would still be two secondary schools in Keynsham.. And...

• Back to school in Keynham can be good news for estate agents

  By  welland at 12:12 on 23/08/10

  

  As pupils get ready for the start of a new term at both Wellsway and Broadlands schools it can only mean good news for Keynsham’s estate agents. With Wellsway consistently being one of the best performing in the district some families move home to be close to the school. And for some, moving into the catchment area does sometimes help to get their children into the school of their choice. The big decision that Broadlands School...

• A level results better than ever in Keynsham

  By  welland at 11:36 on 23/08/10

  

  The high standards set at Wellsway School in Keynsham were maintained as this years A-level students celebrated their successes. The sixth form common room, at the school in Chandag Road, was full of students anxiously ripping open their brown envelopes and staff said most students had been accepted into their first choice university course. Head teacher Andrea Arlidge said: "We're absolutely delighted with the results. The...

• Cheers and tears in common room

  By  Keynsham-People at 07:00 on 20/08/10

  

  THERE were cheers and tears as pupils at Wellsway School in Keynsham celebrated their A-level successes. The sixth form common room, at the school in Chandag Road, was full of students anxiously ripping open their brown envelopes and staff said most students had been accepted into their first choice university course. Head teacher Andrea Arlidge said: “We’re absolutely delighted with the results. The achievement of this...

• Back to school in Keynsham

  By  welland at 12:45 on 19/08/10

  

  While most children are still enjoying the summer holidays their parents are already gearing up for the return to school.   For many it will mean a new school uniform and Sportscene in Temple Street, Keynsham, is where pupils attending both Wellsway and Broadlands schools can get fully kitted out.   The shop has a full range of clothes which meet the requirements of both of the town’s secondary schools.  ...

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