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TWO RIVERS SCHOOL WELCOMES THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF SOMERSET

The Lord Lieutenant of Somerset, Mohammed Saddiq,  paid a visit to Two Rivers CofE Primary School in Keynsham. He was given a tour of the school’s environmentally-friendly building by representatives of the Eco Council, Student Council and Spiritual Leaders. The Lord Lieutenant then visited classes, finding out what the pupils, aged four to seven, were […]

Wansdyke Primary School celebrates Good Ofsted report

Wansdyke Primary School is celebrating after being judged Good in all areas by the education watchdog Ofsted. Pupils are happy, enjoy learning, behave well and feel safe, the inspectors said. A team of two inspectors visited the 208-pupil school in Whitchurch in January and found it to be Good in the categories of quality of […]

LANDMARK DAY FOR FUTURA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP

March 1, 2023 marks a significant milestone in the life of Futura Learning Partnership. It is the day the 13 schools from the former Clevedon Learning Trust and the 15 schools in Futura come together, creating a strong and unified organisation that includes nearly 12,000 children and 1,500 staff. All 28 schools in our expanded […]

FUTURA WELCOMES FOUR ACRES ACADEMY

Futura Learning Partnership is delighted to welcome Four Acres Academy to its family of schools. Four Acres is a successful primary that also offers nursery and pre-school provision. The school joined us on January 1 and is now part of our south Bristol hub. Its staff add capacity to our team and they in turn […]

200 trees planted for the Queen’s Green Canopy scheme

Nearly 50 families from Wellsway and its partner primaries turned out on a beautiful sunny morning to plant nearly 200 trees as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy scheme. Many families also had personal reasons for planting, which they wrote in a journal to be kept with Wellsway’s other historical documents. We even had a […]

TWO RIVERS HOSTS FUTURA’S FIRST ECO FESTIVAL

The first Futura Learning Partnership Eco Festival has taken place at the green buildings of our newest school, Two Rivers CofE Primary. Children and young people from 11 schools were involved, looking at issues including climate education, river protection, energy use and food security. The pupils listened to a talk from the Avon Rivers Trust […]

Staff and children move in to Two Rivers building

Staff and children at Two Rivers CofE Primary have moved into their new ‘eco school’ buildings on the Hygge Park development in east Keynsham. The school has nearly 60 children in Reception and Years 1 and 2 and will grow year by year, becoming open to all age groups from September 2026 with space for […]

Wellsway mourns founding teacher Joan Ellison

Joan Ellison, who notched up half a century at Wellsway School, has died at the age of 86. Joan was the last of the five original teachers who were at Wellsway when it opened in 1956, unusually with a secondary modern and a grammar on the same site. Joan Laramy, as she was then, taught […]