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Choices on offer to parents
West Swindon parents who will be selecting a secondary school for HEAD RUSH

Community School and Bradon Forest School celebrated 50 per cent HAIR & BEAUTY
their children next year will be pleased to hear that both Greendown
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this summer.
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college Bradon Forest as providing a
‘satisfactory standard of education,’ 73 Basepoint, Rivermead, Westlea, West Swindon
while ‘a number of aspects of the
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From September, for the fi rst time, Free parking • Late night Wednesday & Thursday
parents have had to start paying Cash or cheque payments only
for the school bus to Purton, but
this year saw Bradon achieving 67
per cent 5+ GCSEs A* to C whilst Clive Zimmerman, head at Greendown
virtually half of the year group (119 our students with the widest pos-
out of 245) gained eight or more A* sible range of options - including
to C passes. Seventy eight students further Oxbridge success.”
obtained ten or more higher grade Greendown headteacher Clive
passes and six former Bradon For- Zimmerman believes parents have
est pupils achieved excellent A great choices available for their
level results to confi rm places at children. “The interesting thing for
Oxbridge. West Swindon is that, for the fi rst
Bradon headteacher Len Spiers time, we have now caught Bradon
said, “we were delighted with up on the key headline fi gure - both
our 2009 results, particularly our schools now having 50 per cent of
Average Points Score per pupil of pupils gaining fi ve or more A*-C
410. This fully endorses our policy grades including English and
of a broad, balanced and challeng- Maths. Both schools have increased
ing curriculum where virtually all results from last year, so overall I
students study 10 or 11 GCSEs. think it’s good news that the two
“We believe that this, combined most popular schools for West
with a comprehensive programme Swindon children are delivering
of individual support, provides all good results.”
Former Brook Field Primary School and Bradon Forest pupils off to Oxbridge in
October. Rachel Blackford, Xinmei Wang and Sophie Madley. Not pictured Mohit
Varma and Rebecca Richards

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Discover how to apply for schools places Fully trained and experienced fi tters will come
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Understanding schools admissions can be quite a daunting task, not (Out of hours also available by arrangement)
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Which is why, for the third year, parents in North Swindon who are
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