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Next steps for new special school and support for vulnerable pupils in B&NES
Ambitious council plans for two new schools to benefit children needing specialist education in Bath & North East Somerset have taken a step forward.
Children's Services, Delivering for local residents, Focusing on prevention
Council delivers £5.3m energy-efficient expansion at St Keyna Primary School
More than 200 new school places have been created for local children at St Keyna Primary School in Keynsham following a £5.3m expansion by the council that has doubled the size of the school.
Delivering for local residents, Keynsham Area, Schools, Colleges and Learning
Residents encouraged to visit mobile wellness van for support to quit smoking
Smokers across Bath and North East Somerset are being encouraged to take the first step towards quitting by visiting a new drop-in mobile wellness van.
Delivering for local residents, Focusing on prevention, Health and Care, Public Health
Work to start on Bath city centre active travel scheme next week
Construction starts next week on a new walking, wheeling and cycling scheme in the historic city centre of Bath.
Bath, Climate Emergency, Roads, travel and transport, Transport and Development
We’ve Cracked Easter - Family trails, hands-on archaeology and Easter Lates at The Roman Baths
This Easter, The Roman Baths has cracked the perfect family day out with a line‑up of trails, creative activities, hands‑on archaeology and special evening openings.
Heritage
More than 97% awarded one of their preferred secondary schools in B&NES
Nearly nine out of ten children due to start secondary school in Bath and North East Somerset this September have been offered their preferred school, data published today shows.
Delivering for local residents, Schools, Colleges and Learning
Children’s Services industrial action update
Council management, Unison and ACAS met on 24 February for constructive talks on the dispute within Children's Services.
Children's Services
Victoria Art Gallery records highest visitor numbers since the Pandemic
Bath’s Victoria Art Gallery has welcomed more than 66,000 visitors between April and December 2025 - its highest number since before the pandemic.
Delivering for local residents, Heritage
Lower Lansdown and The Circus Liveable Neighbourhood – call-in outcome
A decision to make three, linked experimental through-traffic restrictions in Lower Lansdown and The Circus permanent has been upheld by a panel of councillors.
Bath, Focusing on prevention
Sycamore Gap ‘Tree of Hope’ sapling planted in Bath
A rare sapling from the iconic Sycamore Gap tree, which stood at Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland before being illegally felled in 2023, has been planted in Alice Park in Bath.
Bath, Children's Services, Delivering for local residents
Further consultation on proposed changes to parking charges
Councillors have agreed to further consultation with local residents about proposed changes to parking charges.
Giving people a bigger say, Parking and Travel
Next phase for £20 million Pride in Place in Twerton and Whiteway
Pride in Place is bringing up to £20 million of funding to Twerton and Whiteway to help improve opportunities for everyone over the next ten years.
Bath, Delivering for local residents