Roseberry Road Studios in Bath is launching a news sauna wellness experience with The Rambling Hearth Sauna. With an opening weekend running from March 14-16, 2025, the sauna will also be available over weekends throughout March and April. The collaboration offers a one-of-a-kind sauna and löyly experience that blends the rejuvenating benefits of traditional sauna with the...
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Comedian Tamar Broadbent brings her new show on pregnancy and motherhood to Bath
Award-winning musical comedian Tamar Broadbent is coming to Bath Comedy Festival with her brand new comedy cabaret about pregnancy, new motherhood and a baby pumpkin. Plus One is on Saturday 5th April, 11am and 7.30pm at the Ring O Bells. ‘Impeccable comic timing’ – ★★★★ The Stage. Four days after having a baby, Tamar nearly went mad....
Wiltshire young carers share experiences to support their peers
Wiltshire’s young carers are taking the lead in sharing their experiences and organising training to improve support for their peers in everyday life and at school. Wiltshire Council supports young carers who are balancing the challenges of growing up while also caring for a family member or someone who depends on them. The council’s Voice...
Moorlands School receives Equal Access School away for girls’ football
Moorlands Schools Federation in Bath is delighted to have received an Equal Access School award from the Football Association and its partner Barclays. The letter which accompanies the plaque, signed by Baroness Sue Campbell DBE, Women’s Football Director for the FA, says, ‘On behalf of The Football Association and Barclays, I would like to thank...
Dance Feuds showcase at St Mary’s School welcomes 140 performers
This year’s spectacular Dance Showcase, themed ‘Dance Feuds’, at St Mary’s in Calne, was a huge success with more than 140 performers thrilled to be able to dance to a jam-packed theatre audience. Alice and Lauren (LV) were the perfect hosts, guiding the audience through each exciting performance and introducing the talented dancers with enthusiasm....
Autism… with a capital ‘A’ or a little ‘a’? Now, Next & Then offer their advice
Emma Puttock, an Occupational Therapist at Now, Next & Then discussed how autism is recognised and discussed At Now, Next & Then we have discussed this extensively and want to let you know our thinking. It’s been an interesting dilemma for us and we know it’s a topic that has people deliberating far and wide...
Wiltshire Community Air Network installs first air quality sensor at local primary school
Wiltshire Community Air Network (WCAN) has installed an air quality sensor at Holy Trinity CE Academy in Calne as part of a new project to monitor PM2.5 air pollution across the county. The sensor is the first of over 100 low-cost air quality sensors that Wiltshire Council is purchasing that will measure PM2.5 air pollution,...
Royal High School students raise £300 for the Carers’ Centre in Bath
Royal High School Bath Year 7 student Niamh has been fundraising for The Carers’ Centre in Bath, a charity that has provided invaluable support to her and her family. With her mum preparing to run the Bath Half Marathon next weekend to raise money for the centre, Niamh was determined to do her part. While she’s too young to take...
Oare CofE Primary in Wiltshire continues to be ‘Good’ in all areas, according to Ofsted
Oare CofE Primary in Marlborough, Wiltshire, continues to be ‘Good’ in all areas according to Ofsted, who praised the school for its strong sense of community, where pupils are happy and safe Wellbeing is at the heart of everything the school does, with children feeling confident, safe, and empowered, concluded the education watchdog Ofsted. The...
Ofsted praises excellence in ‘happy and inclusive’ Bathford school
Bathford Church School near Bath has been given a glowing inspection report by Ofsted, including a judgement of ‘Outstanding’ for the work done in the personal development of the children. Led by headteacher Becky Hayter, the primary school was described as a ‘happy and inclusive’ school and in the other four Ofsted areas – quality...
Get ready for another egg-citing Bradford on Avon Easter Duck Race
The Bradford on Avon Duck Race is back, taking place on Easter Bank Holiday Monday 21 April. Sponsored by children’s swimming school Puddle Ducks, the race will begin at 12 noon but there’ll be fun and games, as well as food and drink at Westbury Garden from 10am. Every year hundreds flock to the town...
Wiltshire Council commits to Taking Action on School Journeys programme
Wiltshire Council is helping more schoolchildren around the county to get to and from school safely, with its Taking Action on School Journeys programme. The programme, which is open to all Wiltshire schools with an up-to-date travel plan, offers grants to provide infrastructure such as cycle or scooter storage on school sites, as well as...
RUH in Bath introduces at-home feeding for premature babies
Premature babies being cared for at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust’s neonatal care unit are now getting to go home earlier thanks to the introduction of at-home tube feeding. The RUH’s Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care is one of only four units in the south west that has introduced the new initiative,...
“Nothing can prepare you for the gravity of losing your husband and children’s daddy”
As thousands of literary characters and classic favourite stories come to life on 6 March to celebrate World Book Day, the UK’s first children and young people’s bereavement charity, Winston’s Wish, is reminding parents, carers and teachers of a special type of story especially designed for grieving children. North Somerset local Rachel Perham is a...
Wiltshire solicitor urges parents and carers to review their wills
New research has revealed that over half (52%) of UK adults over 30 don’t have a will, and an additional 13% who do have a will admit that it needs updating. Sarah Loveless, Partner at Goughs Solicitors, is urging local residents to take action to ensure their affairs are in order. The research, conducted by...
Churchfields, The Village School joins the Palladian Academy Trust
Churchfields, The Village School, situated close to Melksham and Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire, has joined the Palladian Academy Trust. This marks a significant milestone in the school’s journey, opening new opportunities for collaboration, innovation and continued excellence in education. By joining Palladian Academy Trust, Churchfields will become part of a strong network of schools...
KES launches exciting new Summer Holiday Camp for kids in Bath
Get ready for an unforgettable experience this summer as King Edward’s School launches the KES Adventures Summer Holiday Camp in Bath for children aged 5-12yrs. Running from Monday 14 July to Friday 29 August 2025 (excluding Bank Holidays), KES Adventures Summer Holiday Camp will be packed with an exciting range of daily activities to keep children active, engaged and...
Nine out of ten families in B&NES offered their first choice of secondary school
Families across Bath and North East Somerset have found out today which secondary school their child will be starting at in September, with more than 92% having been offered their first choice. Of the 1797 applications received by Bath & North East Somerset Council for admission into the 2025/2026 academic year, 98.6% received one of...
The March/April 2025 issue of The Bath & Wiltshire Parent is out now!!!
The March/April issue of The Bath & Wiltshire Parent – Bath’s biggest magazine – is be distributed from today! The delivery team is out and about across the Bath, Saltford, Keynsham, West Wiltshire and Somerset area distributing 22,000 copies. The Bath & Wiltshire Parent is the only magazine to be distributed through every school –...
A homework survival guide by the experts at Now, Next & Then
Occupational Therapist, Lou Race, from Bath-based Now, Next & Then, offers some expert advice on how to help your children with their homework Whether they’re in the midst of early phonic skills or GSCEs, supporting our children with homework is a well-known challenge (or often a battle!) that parents have to face. The constant internal struggle...
Frome charity for families needs helpers their Bath Half Marathon runners
Frome-based charity, Purple Elephant Family Support, is looking for ‘cheerers’ and ‘goody bag-givers’ to join them in making some noise to support their amazing team of sponsored runners at this year’s Bath Half Marathon on Sunday 16th March. With 10 individuals running to raise money for this popular family support charity, Purple Elephant is looking...