New beginnings for students on A-level results day Schools and pupils across Bristol are celebrating success on A-level results day (16 August) as thousands of students find out how they’ve done in this year’s exams. Provisional results show a strong performance from Bristol schools with 95% students achieving at least three A-levels at [...]
New course guide for adult learners launched in Bristol Bristol City Council has launched a new course guide to encourage adults of any age or ability to learn something new. With over 550 courses on offer at Stoke Lodge, Bristol is building on its status as a Learning City by providing a broad [...]
More than 2,000 vacancies on offer at Cabot Circus job fair More than 2,000 vacancies will be on offer from 60 employers at a job fair at Cabot Circus this Thursday (28 June). The event is hosted in partnership between Bristol City Council, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the National Careers [...]
Getting Bristol to talk about gender in Early Years The Bristol Men in Early Years network are holding a conference in City Hall to get the city talking about issues around gender in education on Tuesday 10 July. Everyone from teachers, students and members of the public, including both women and men, who [...]
Bristol shares learning on how to promote reading to children with European cities Four European cities will be visiting Bristol this week (21–23 May) to share what they’ve learnt on how to promote reading to children as part of an EU project called ‘Open the door to reading’. Funded through the Erasmus+ programme [...]
Mayor visits City Academy to celebrate Bristol WORKS Marvin Rees visited City Academy today (Friday 11) to celebrate the Bristol WORKS programme. Whilst there, the mayor took part in a short assembly with pupils before jumping on board the Engine Shed on Tour bus to see a 360 degree film that City Academy [...]
Popular Bristol primary school expands Over 200 new places have been added at a popular Bristol primary school as part of the council’s ongoing partnership work to ensure there are enough places for every child in the city. Whitehall Primary School has expanded its capacity by a third and is now able to accept 30 [...]
Getting children to reach their potential with Bristol Career Coach A new programme was unveiled last week (15 March) to help encourage children in care in Bristol to reach their full potential as part of the Bristol Career Coach scheme. The programme pares school children in year nine (ages 13-14), who are primarily from a [...]
Mayor calls for more focus on apprenticeships during National Apprenticeship week Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol, is highlighting the growing amount of apprenticeship opportunities in the city as part of National Apprenticeship Week. There will be jobs fairs and information events around apprenticeships every day this week to celebrate this national event. Learning City partner [...]
Cabinet agree to build a new school as part of their work to create more school places At today’s cabinet meeting (6 March), Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol, agreed to accept the funding for a new secondary school to be built in the city as part of a wider programme to develop new school places [...]
