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Bedford School Mo Bros 'class of 23' on non-uniform day
Bedford School's annual Movember fundraising effort has seen them top this year's UK Schools' leaderboard raising over £15,000. Their traditional song parody has this year taken inspiration from...
Wootton Lower School, Bedford Road site, Screenshot Google Streetview (C)2023 Google Image capture June 2023 Image- LDRS
The drive to move Bedford borough’s remaining schools to a two-tier system continues after Wootton Lower School proposals were approved. The council’s Executive heard last week...
Frank McMahon visit to new SEND school in Kempston Image: Bedford Borough Council
The former head of Robert Bruce Middle School in Kempston has spoken of his pride at seeing his former school rising like a "phoenix from the ashes" as a new SEN school. Frank McMahon...
Great Ouse Primary netball team. Image: Meridan Trust
Staff and pupils from Great Ouse Primary Academy are celebrating a sporting victory for their newly established Year 6 netball team. The team competed against six other schools in the School...
Ukrainian School Biddenham (l-r) Natalia Tkachenko, Rev Eric Lomax, Valeria Rozanova, Nadia Rozina, Yevhen Rozin, John Hulance, Diana Korotkova
St James’ VA Primary School was adorned with blue and yellow balloons on Saturday (14 October) to mark the opening ceremony of a new Ukrainian school in Biddenham. Rev. Eric...
Education pupils students classroom teaching hands up
If your child is due to start Secondary or Upper School next September, applications are now open and need to be in by 31 October 2023 so you have the best chance of getting a...
Bedford Giving is calling on local businesses and organisations to join its World of Work project to offer opportunities to the town's young people. The project aims to help young people maximise...
Daubeney Academy
Chiltern Learning Trust has begun consulting with parents over a possible merger of Daubeney Academy and Kempston Academy. Formerly part of the Challenger Multi Academy Trust, both...
Artist's impression of the new Bedford Greenacre Independent School. Image: Bedford Greenacre Independent School
After several setbacks, including delays caused by Covid, building on the new site of the Bedford Greenacre Independent School (BGI) will begin this term. In partnership with Pellikaan...
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Bedford Borough Council has agreed to a new school meals contract – but meals will cost more. The portfolio holder for families, education and children’s services, Cllr Jane Walker, agreed in August to ensure...
M J Richardson / Entrance to Bedford Modern School / CC BY-SA 2.0
Bedford Modern School (BMS), part of the Harpur Trust, has confirmed that pupils will not be returning to the school until Thursday after surveys revealed that older parts of the buildings contain reinforced...
School children
No Bedford borough schools have been caught up in the new weak concrete scare, says the council. More than 100 schools in England outside of the borough have been told by the Department...