Bedminster Down School

LOST DOG ON SITE

We have had a dog come on to the school site this morning. If this is your dog please contact the school on 01173532800 urgently to arrange collection.

✴️Calling ex-Year 11 students, class of 2021/22✴️

You should have received an invite to your celebration evening on Thursday 8th December. Come to collect your GCSE certificates, chat to your old teachers and school friends and enjoy some festive themed treats 🎄 Please RSVP if you would like to come along and let us know if you haven’t been emailed the invitation. We hope to see you there!!

Unfortunately, following a plumbing emergency, we had to take the very difficult decision to close Bedminster Down School shortly after 11:15 today. We want our young people to be in school, and learning, as much as possible, so we never take decisions like this lightly. On this occasion though an early closure proved to be the best way to ensure the safety and welfare of the young people in our care. Our fantastic site time will have resolved the issue by the end of the day today, so school will absolutely be open as normal again on Tuesday.

HM Queen Elizabeth II, 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022

On behalf of our entire school community, we offer our sincere condolences to the Royal Family on the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We are profoundly grateful for the life and legacy of Her Majesty and we offer His Majesty King Charles III our very best wishes as he becomes our Sovereign.

At Bedminster Down, we are all saddened to the hear the news of Queen's passing. She was a rare role model, devoting her life to public service and giving the nation a figurehead during times of national crisis.

The school will be open as usual today. We will be giving the students the opportunity to express their feelings and discuss their reactions to the sad news of the Queen's passing. Over the coming weeks, we will organise events to celebrate her life and Charles' succession to the throne. Any students who feel strongly affected by the Queen's death will be offered support from our pastoral team.

🔵🔴 2022 Open Events 🔴🔵

Wednesday 21st September 6-8pm
Saturday 1st October 10am-12pm

Starting secondary school in 2023? We’d love to welcome you to have a look around our school. We are running two open events where you can have a look round, hear from staff and ask students why this is such a special place to be. You don’t need to book, just show up on the day. There will be a talk by the Principal followed by a guided tour and refreshments. We’d love to see you!

A special well done to Skye, Anais, Destiny and Dan who achieved a string of Grade 7s and above.

We are so proud of all of you!🤩🤩🤩

🌟🌟🌟GCSE RESULTS 🌟🌟🌟

It was wonderful to see so many smiling faces as students collected their GCSE and vocational results from school today. Our students have shown incredible positivity and resilience through the return of national exams, after two years of teacher assessed grades. We could not be prouder of them and the effort that they put in. Their success has meant that the school’s attainment has improved against every headline measure, when compared with the last set of national exams in 2019.

We want to thank the teachers and support staff at the school who have gone above and beyond to support our young people, not just in the last year, but throughout their time at Bedminster Down School. The happy tears of students (and some parents and carers!) really does make all of the hard work worthwhile. We wish all of our students the very best for their onward study and future plans.

Here are some more comments from some of the Year 6 students we welcomed this week.

Look forward to seeing you all again in September!

Hanna – Victoria Park Primary School
“I’ve been hoping to make some new friends this week. It’s been very sociable and the Year 10s have been helpful. I’m excited for September.”

Ty – Wansdyke Primary School
“Science has been the best lesson this week where we’ve been able to see chemical reactions in a lab.”

Jasmine – Headley Park Primary
“My older brother is here but this week has been really good for me and my friends to find our way around. The school is big and not at all boring!”

Jamie - Headley Park Primary
“This week has been good, fun and exciting.”

John – Oasis Academy Marksbury Road (no photo)
“The school looks big and I was a bit nervous but everyone has been really nice.”

Fatoumata – Parson Street Primary School
“I’m going to enjoy drama and history here – they’ve been the best lessons this week.”

Shazil – Victoria Park Primary School
“I’ve enjoyed maths this week and doing the team puzzles.”

As we wrap up Y6 transition week here’s a few photos from our problem solving activities yesterday.

We spent most of the day outdoors in team exercises and it’s clear that despite some early nerves, these students are ready to start a new chapter in their education with us in September. During the week they’ve settled into tutor groups, learnt how to use the canteen, find their way around and experienced secondary-style lessons.

We’ve loved having them in school this week and can’t wait to see them in their uniforms in September.