STROUD High School provides an 'outstanding' quality of education, according to Ofsted. Several inspectors observed 28 lessons, 28 teachers and a wide range of activities which took place as part of a curriculum enrichment day in December.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE'S school pupils achieved excellent results in their GCSEs in 2010, it was announced this week. All but one of the county’s existing schools have exceeded the new government’s target of 35 per cent of students achieving at least five
ANOTHER fabulous clothes swap evening is to be held in Stroud and this year it will be raising money for The Door Youth project. The event which is organised by Berith Sandgren-Clarke of Limelight Image Consultancy will be held at Nine in Stroud
STROUD High School teacher Lisa Mayo has been involved in an exciting music outreach project for the last six to eight weeks. Stroud High School commissioned its composer in residence Lynne Burr to write a new children’s opera which would be challenging
FANS of the BBC programme Turn Back Time will be able to see for themselves what life used to be like in Stroud when the hit show comes to town this month. A 1930s drapers shop will be recreated in the Merrywalks Centre as part of Turn Back Time week
NAILSWORTH’S independent toy shop The Little People Company has joined forces with Gloucestershire childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish to launch a customer membership scheme in support of the cause. A five per cent donation from members’ purchases
A SERIES of drop-in sessions will be staged at libraries across the county this month to give users a chance to have their say on proposed changes to the service. Stroud library will stage its session on Monday, January 24, from 4pm – 7pm, while a similar
CAMPAIGNERS packed into Stonehouse Town Hall on Friday night to object to Gloucestershire County Council’s plans to cut key services in the town. Around 80 people attended a special meeting, which was called by Stonehouse Labour Party to debate the resolution
STROUD charity Marah is offering SNJ readers the opportunity to experience what it feels like to be homeless – for one night. Marah is hoping its Cardboard City project will raise up to £5,000 from the sponsorship of the individuals sleeping
AN EXTRA £70,700 is to be ploughed into a project to update facilities at Stratford Park Leisure Centre in Stroud. Stroud District Council had already pledged £388,800 to complete the works but a recent survey recommended a host of improvements totalling
HOUSEHOLDERS in north Stroud deserve a better service from their electricity provider and are fed up with winter power cuts year after year, says their county councillor. Cllr Anthony Blackburn (Con, North Stroud) has written to the managing director
STROUD teenager Evie Tunnicliffe is hoping 2011 will be her year to shine after making it through to the final stages of a UK-wide youth beauty pageant. Thomas Keble School pupil Evie, 14, is currently fourth out of 50 girls in the semi-final of this
COTSWOLDS Askew is an exhibition of paintings and prints by Ian Gibson currently showing at the Cotswold Craftsmen Gallery on Market Street in Nailsworth. Exhibition continues until February 5.
JOHNNY Barlow plays at the Prince Albert in Rodborough on Saturday at 8pm. Johnny Barlow was a founding member of successful Liverpool rock and roll band Amsterdam, and he has now released his debut solo album, The Fosse Way. As part of the ten year
SINGER songwriter Tim Manning will cross over from Wales with a set full of Americana-tinged bitter-sweet songs to play at the Prince Albert in Rodborough on Tuesday, January 18. Performing as Blind River Scare, he appears as part of a tour to promote
ROCK 'n' roll's greatest failure comes to Stroud on Friday. Following initial chart success in 1977, John Otway's musical career took a nose dive. He dealt with it by becoming a master in self-deprecation. "I did not realise I was a failure until my
CAMPAIGNERS will march through Stroud later this month to protest against cuts in public spending. The demonstration - organised by the Stroud Against Cuts campaign to urge councillors to say no to treasury cuts - starts at 10am on Saturday
HORSLEY started the new year off in fine fashion with a hard-fought victory over local rivals Minchinhampton RDS. It was the home side who took the lead after 28 minutes when a long throw from Tommy Pugh was flicked on by captain Jamie Osman for strike
STROUD District Council's spending proposals for the next two years have been unveiled after the authority was told it faces the largest percentage cut in its government grant of all councils in England. The pre-Christmas announcement by
STROUD District Council's spending proposals for the next two years have been unveiled after the authority was told it faces the largest percentage cut in its government grant of all councils in England. The pre-Christmas announcement by communities
A 61-YEAR-OLD man was taken to hospital with a cut to his head after being assaulted by a burglar he confronted in his home in Painswick. The incident occurred in Bisley Street around 8.25pm last night, Tuesday, January 11. A couple returned to their
MY New Year resolution is not to give up anything. I am not giving up my gin and tonics, I am not giving up any food I like to eat (in moderation) and I intend to have lost at least two stone by the end of 2011. No it’s not another one in a rash of
THIS was a one of those games that had to be seen to be believed with Stanley going down 5-3 after leading 3-0 after just 20 minutes. Stanley overwhelmed their opponents with two excellent strikes by Nick Humphries and Ben Newman. Stanley then missed
TAVERNERS came from two down to win a seven-goal thriller. For the second game in a row Taverners leaked two goals inside the opening 20 minutes. Keith William opened the scoring in the opening minute and Luke Drew added a second. However, four
