Keynsham volunteers transform school garden space
An overgrown garden at Lift Broadlands has been transformed into a welcoming outdoor space thanks to the efforts of more than 40 volunteers from One Church Keynsham. Adults and children from the church community spent a day clearing and improving...
Bath Mind launches family summer wellbeing challenge
Bath Mind has launched a new summer holiday campaign offering families affordable activities and resources designed to support their mental and physical wellbeing. The 5 Ways to Wellbeing Summer Challenge begins on Thursday 23 July and will continue until the...
Awdry Law hosts a lunchtime careers event at Sheldon School in Chippenham
Awdry Law, which rebranded from Awdry Bailey & Douglas in June 2023, hosted a lunchtime...
St Andrew’s School receives OPAL Platinum Award for quality of outdoor play
St Andrew’s Church School in Bath has been awarded the OPAL Platinum Award in recognition...
New mural reassures young Royal United Hospital surgery patients
Children recovering from surgery at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust now have...
New scares in store at Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein
Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein in Bath is running two spine chilling events for the...
Wells Cathedral School partners with Bath Rugby
Wells Cathedral School has partnered with Premiership Rugby Union side Bath Rugby as part of...
Bullfrog Yoga Kids is offering free yoga sessions to Bath schools
Bullfrog Yoga Kids is offering free yoga classes to schools across the Bath & North...
A family weekend away at The Old Chapel near Marlborough
Ian Waller and his family enjoy a great break away that’s just an hour from...
Santa and Elf Run for Dorothy House is back for 2023
Dorothy House’s ever-popular Santa and Elf Run is back for 2023. Taking place on Sunday...
Extraordinary Earth Day at Bath Abbey brings climate issues into focus
Bath Abbey is hosting Extraordinary Earth Day on 30th September, an event focusing on making a...
Bath mental health charity Boys In Mind nominated for National Award
Bath mental health charity Boys in Mind has celebrated being shortlisted at the National Diversity...
Advice for parents at drop in event for Dyslexia Awareness Week
People wanting to know more about dyslexia support and advice available can come along to...
Charity to hold Wiltshire Danceathon to raise funds for people affected by abuse
Southwest charity FearFree, is holding a Danceathon to raise funds to help people affected by...
Active Travel Toolkit helps more Wiltshire students to cycle and walk to school
Secondary schools throughout Wiltshire can help to reduce carbon emissions for journeys to and from...
Lights, Camera, Action! FilmBath Festival to screen 40 films across 10-day event
The FilmBath Festival returns for 10 days from 20-29 October to screen over 40 films...
Ofsted praises Clarendon Academy as ‘welcoming and friendly’
Ofsted Inspectors have commended Clarendon Academy for its ‘calm and purposeful’ atmosphere and its ‘high...
Hayesfield students raise £4,500 for children’s hospice
Eleven Year 12 students from Hayesfield School in Bath have raised an incredible £4516.75 to...
Indian dance company tours to The Egg in Bath with Apple ‘n’ Spice
Parents can introduce their children to Indian storytelling when Apple ‘N’ Spice, an original, interactive...
Oldfield School welcomes new headteacher Andy Greenhough
Oldfield School has welcomed its new Headteacher, Mr Andy Greenhough. A well-known name in the Bath...
Olympic champion backs Team Bath to engage more young people in sport
Olympic gold-medallist Amy Williams says it is important for children to enjoy sport and get...
Sept/Oct 2023 issue of The Bath & Wiltshire Parent – Bath’s Biggest Magazine – out now!
The September/October 2023 issue of The Bath & Wiltshire Parent is out today! As well...
Goughs welcomes new solicitors to its family law team
Wiltshire-based law firm, Goughs, has announced the qualification of three new solicitors, following the successful...
Bath MP praises Alice Park Nursery and calls for more support for families
Wera Hobhouse, MP for Bath, visited Alice Park Nursery in Larkhall to learn more about...
Saint Gregory’s, Bath welcomes new Headteacher Melissa George
The Board of Governors at Saint Gregory’s, Bath are delighted to welcome Mrs Melissa George...
Heritage Open Days across Bath and North East Somerset from 8-17 Sept
Venues across Bath and North East Somerset will open their doors this September for Heritage...
TEDxBath 2023 announces diverse list of speakers
TEDxBath returns to The Forum on Saturday 14 October for its next spectacular event with...
The Little Gym for children four months to 12 years old is open now in Bath
The Little Gym Bath is open now at the Kingsmead Leisure Centre this Autumn, offering developmental gymnastics...
Goughs Solicitors explain why you need to write or amend your will today
By Samantha Pettersen, Associate Solicitor at Goughs Solicitors Many of my clients ask the same...
Pleasing GCSE Results at The John of Gaunt School in Trowbridge
The John of Gaunt School in Trowbridge has praised their students for the efforts that...
Conservation work and a new learning space at Victoria Art Gallery in Bath
The Upper Gallery of the Victoria Art Gallery will temporarily close to visitors from the...
King Edward’s School Year 11 celebrate superb GCSE results across the year group
Year 11 pupils at King Edward’s School in Bath have today been celebrating some superb...
Hayesfield students celebrate outstanding GCSE success
Hayesfield students are celebrating another outstanding year of GCSE success. Over 40% of students achieved...
Excellent GCSE results at Ralph Allen School in Bath!
Ralph Allen School in Bath is marking another fantastic year of examination results and a...
GCSE success for Royal High School Bath students
Congratulations to Royal High School Bath’s Year 11 GCSE students who are learning how their...
Abbeyfield School in Chippenham applauds outstanding GCSE results
The Abbeyfield School community in Chippenham is again celebrating excellent outcomes achieved by its Year...
Kingsbury Green Academy celebrates success at GCSEs
Pupils and staff at Kingsbury Green Academy in Calne, Wiltshire, are celebrating a successful year...
Oldfield School celebrate students’ A-Level results
“Once again, we are enormously proud of our Year 13 students and their success in...
Bath Mind invites everyone to Wear It Blue for World Mental Health Day 2022
Wear It Blue is an awareness-raising event that Bath Mind is hosting on World Mental...
Todo El Mundo Spanish lessons launching new beginner and intermediate groups
Todo El Mundo, which has been helping people of all ages in Bath to learn...
Komedia to host free family-friendly Free Community Live Music nights
Komedia Bath is pleased to announce the first two events in a series of family-friendly...
Free Community Farmer Days for families in Bath and Bristol
A series of free family-friendly Community Farmer Days is being held by The Community Farm,...
King Edward’s pupils celebrate impressive A-Level results
Year 13 pupils at King Edward’s have today been celebrating some wonderful and well-deserved A-Level...
Skin:Within, where beauty comes from within
For Sarah Wilkins at Skin:Within, all of the treatments that she offers originates from a...
Kingsbury Green Academy celebrates excellent A-Level results
Kingsbury Green Academy in Calne, part of the Ascend Learning Trust, is celebrating another excellent...
Ralph Allen School celebrates outstanding A-level results
Ralph Allen School is pleased to report some outstanding achievements by its students this summer. ...
A* success for Royal High School Bath A-Level students
The summer is a period of intense anticipation of what lies ahead for school leavers...
A new series of interactive, music-filled play sessions, perfect for children at Pound Arts
Join Filskit Theatre at The Pound for a new series of interactive, music-filled play sessions,...
Team Bath Tennis launches pan disability sessions for young people
Team Bath Tennis is launching weekly pan-disability sessions in September following the success of an...
Bath Children’s Literature Festival – highlights for local families
Autumn is always a wonderful time to be in Bath – and it’s made even...
Bath teenagers tackle 300km Coast-to-Coast walk to help the homeless
Two Bath teenagers have walked the epic 300-kilometre Wainwright Coast to Coast Route, all to...
See Olympic Champions in Bath at the Modern Pentathlon World Championships!
Final preparations are being made for the UIPM Laser Run and Modern Pentathlon World Championships...
Calling all dogs and dog-lovers! Join in the Bath Cats and Dogs Home Wag Walk
Local charity, Bath Cats and Dogs Home, is inviting dogs, dog-lovers and walkers to take...
Kingsbury Green Academy delight audiences with The Addams Family
Kingsbury Green Academy is celebrating what could be their most successful performance yet, with the...
Bath Abbey to host Gaia artwork as part of the Treasuring Creation Festival
Bath Abbey is hosting Luke Jerram’s touring Gaia artwork as part of the Treasuring Creation Festival from 18th September –...
Free sensory spaces at local libraries for children with sensory needs
Bath Central, Keynsham and Midsomer Norton libraries all offer free Sensory Spaces for children or...
RUH Will Month returns this September, raising money for Bath hospital
RUHX has launched RUH Will Month running throughout the month of September to encourage people...
A trial session at Rustiq Fitness in Wiltshire – not all gyms are the same
Ian Waller is put through his paces in the rural settings of a farm-based fitness...
Excellent rating for Swainswick Primary where every pupil is a ‘shining light’
A ‘transformational’ village primary school near Bath, whose pupils are ‘shining lights, bringing about positive...
Crossroads Therapy, offering therapy to children struggling with day-to-day life
Crossroads Therapy, an Occupational Therapy service for children 0-18 years, has recently started up, primarily...
Turbocharge your children’s rugby, netball and swimming with Discover Sport Camps
Make the most of the end of the summer holidays and sign your children up...
Kids’ Club Screening all week at the Little Theatre Cinema in Bath over summer
Throughout the 2023 school holidays, the Little Theatre Cinema in Bath will be hosting additional...
Ten Bowling family fun at Bath Leisure Centre
Strike! And new boy Troy was in again – with strike after strike guaranteeing him...
Summer holiday family fun at the REME Museum near Chippenham
Wondering what to do this Summer Holidays? Need activities for when the weather isn’t quite...
Kingsbury Green Academy’s Rowan steps up for county innings
Year 12 Kingsbury Green Academy pupil Rowan has been picked for the Wiltshire County Under...
Donations needed to help young people people add colour to a Wiltshire underpass
A group of local young people from Splash Wiltshire, supported by local artist Fred Fieber,...
Swainswick Church School could soon be judged as Outstanding by Ofsted
A primary school near Bath has been told by Ofsted inspectors that a full ‘graded’...
Music project awarded £10,000 to support new dads in Bath, Radstock and Bristol
An organisation in Somerset has received £10,000 of National Lottery funding to deliver musical activities for new...
Curo launches food bank in Radstock for families in rural communities
On Tuesday 1 August, Curo will be launching a special project to get food and...
Wiltshire-based FUNdays Club achieves Social Enterprise Mark accreditation
FUNdays Club, the Wiltshire-based business which provides professionally enriched childcare experiences, is proud to have achieved Social...
Wellsway School staff and students raise £500 for Cancer Research UK
Students and staff from Wellsway School in Keynsham raised more than £500 for Cancer Research...
New Tiny Minds classes in Wiltshire to support babies and children’s development
Tiny Minds classes have come to Wiltshire, aimed at supporting babies and toddlers aged from...
Summer workshops and adult classes now available with Stagecoach Bath
Stagecoach Bath, which offers singing, dancing and acting classes for 4-18 year olds, has a...
Join Bath Rugby at the Rec for the launch of the 2023/24 season
Bath Rugby‘s new season is fast approaching and families and supporters are invited to join...
Marvel-loving Wiltshire Year 10 student builds light-up Iron Man suit
Keiran, a Year 10 student at The Wellington Academy in Wiltshire, has been inspired by...
Puddle Ducks Bristol & Bath teach children personal survival skills
Puddle Ducks Bristol & Bath, the provider of award-winning swimming lessons for children from birth...
Say I Do to pre-nups – expert advice for Mogers Drewett
Rebecca Silcock of Mogers Drewett explains the benefits of having a pre-nup in place before...
Combe Down Primary School says goodbye to much-loved teacher Ms Paterson
This summer, Combe Down C of E Primary School in Bath will be saying goodbye...
Trowbridge primary to share spaces with nearby SEND school from this September
A Trowbridge primary will be sharing facilities with pupils from a neighbouring school from next...
Thrings interview – Claire Lilley, Head of Royal High Prep School in Bath
Kathryn Bew, a partner at Thrings in Bath, meet Claire Lilley, Head of Royal High...
Batheaston – ‘A school where pupils dream of all possibilities that they might achieve’
Pupils ‘grow in love for learning, each other and the world around them’ – that’s...
Summer holiday fun at the Roman Baths and Victoria Art Gallery
From arts and crafts to adventures into Bath’s past, there’s lots going on for families...
Kingswood artists mark 275 years of the school’s founding
To mark the 275 year celebration of Kingswood founding, Junior Art Scholars at Kingswood School...
St Saviour’s pupils explore the River Mells, including dog biscuit racing…
At the end of June, Year 5 children at St Saviour’s Junior School in Bath...
Cinematographer and nature specialist visits Batheaston Church School
Four classes at Batheaston Church School recently enjoyed a visit from Dr Aleks Domanski, a...
TedXBath is back with an afternoon of inspiring talks and performances
TEDx Bath is back, promising an afternoon of inspiring talks, exciting performances and unlimited ideas....
Lacock Scarecrow Trail raise £11,500 for village school
This year’s Lacock Scarecrow Trail raised in excess of £11,500 for the local primary school....
Back To School Trail encourages local families to shop in Corsham
A brand new trail is set to be launched in Corsham to encourage local families...
Olivia Colman’s charity Tender presents award To Ralph Allen Pupil
Olive Delamata, a Year 10 pupil at Ralph Allen School in Bath, has won an...
SIAMS reports find Widcombe Junior School to be Excellent
Widcombe C of E Junior School in Bath has been classed at Excellent in all...
Free school meal voucher for holidays as funding continues until Easter 2024
Families in Bath and North East Somerset who receive benefit-related free school meals will now...
St Saviour’s pupils learn about the history of Solsbury Hill from local authors
Max Porter and Hilary Paynter recently visited Year 3 and 4 children at St Saviour’s...
Wiltshire football clubs offer grounds for free picnic on the pitch family events
Two local Wiltshire football teams are offering their grounds for picnics and family fun this...
Kids play for free this summer at Westonbirt Arboretum!
This summer Westonbirt Arboretum is all set to get everyone in the mood to play!...
Mentoring Plus celebrates 25 years of impact with a call for community support
Bath-based youth charity Mentoring Plus recently marked its 25th anniversary with a rallying call for...
Bath Young Carers’ orchestra raises the roof at the House of Commons
An orchestra of Young Carers from Bath and North East Somerset travelled to Westminster to...
Competition! With a ticket for four to watch Horrible Histories Live at the Theatre Royal
Competition time! We have a family ticket for 4 people to watch Terrible Tudors –...
Kingswood pupils take part in Global Goals Sustainability Day
Kingswood is passionate about sustainability and its ‘Global Goals Sustainability Day’ was another fantastic opportunity...