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Wiltshire school has
served Swindon for 45 years
West Swindon parents have had the option to send their children to
Bradon Forest School, Purton and The Ridgeway School, Wroughton for
many years but Swindon Council is now proposing to stop free transport
to secondary schools outside the area from September 2009.
Bradon headteacher Len Spiers, right,
describes the contribution his school has
made to the development of the West Swin-
don community, reminds Swindon Council
of a few facts, and says the option to send
children to Bradon will continue, even if the
school has to run its own buses.
The current Swindon Borough Council
consultation on school transport infers that
buses have only been provided to Bradon
Forest because ‘historically there has been a
lack of secondary school places in the area’.
Does your IT supplier This is misleading. Len Spiers
fulfi l all your Since 1962 Bradon Forest has changed. As a school we are not
requirements? been a popular school choice for the particularly concerned as to which
local authority uses our results – we
western side of Swindon.
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As the area developed, ‘West are only concerned with running a
with over 30 years’ technical experience Forest, Ridgeway and, since the We will continue to be a very
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lies in the West Swindon area due to
of the Wiltshire Local Authority.
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Bradon Forest has always
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Swindon. All of Bradon For-
est’s admissions were dealt
with by Swindon until the
HEAD RUSH new national system came
in 2005.
Swindon Council had
HAIR & BEAUTY approached the Bradon
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but national government
regulations would not al-
low this. Swindon also ap-
proached the Department
of Education to see if the
results of Swindon children After 43 years of serving West
at Bradon Forest could be utilised Swindon so well, we fi rmly believe
by Swindon Local Authority in their that families should have continu-
league tables. ing access to transport.
However, in the last two years the If Swindon Borough Council
approach of the Education Depart- removes this provision for our en-
ment in Swindon has unfortunately trants from 2009 we will be forced
to run our own service at as low a
Sporty knowledge cost as possible.
Kerry Tsokos, Gemma McCarthy & Julie Harris • Swindon Council’s proposal to
needed change discretionary school trans-
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