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Great Ouse Primary wins prestigious Bedfordshire Festival of Music, Speech and Drama award

Twenty Key Stage 2 pupils at Great Ouse Primary Academy choir has taken home a prestigious Bedfordshire Festival of Music, Speech and Drama award, after being placed first in the '2B Year 6...
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Edith Cavell pupils and staff celebrate being awarded Useful and Kind Mark

Pupils and staff at Bedford's Edith Cavell Primary School have been celebrating receiving the Useful and Kind Schools' Mark - and they can write about it in their very own Kindness Newspaper....
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New careers hub opens at Castle Newnham school

Castle Newnham pupils will have one-to-one careers advice, thanks to a collaboration with the University of Bedfordshire. The University's Aspire Higher...
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Bedford Free School public speaking team celebrate heading to regional finals

Three students from Bedford Free School are celebrating progressing to the regional final of the largest public speaking competition in...
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Calls to widen ‘accident prone’ Putnoe Primary footpath

Muddy conditions on a footpath to a school have caused accidents, a petitioner representing parents and children told Bedford Borough Council. Amanda Smith told councillors on...
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New Kempston SEND school planned at former Robert Bruce Middle School

A new purpose-built special educational need and/or disability (SEND) school is being proposed for the former Robert Bruce Middle School in Kempston. Plans for the 200-place school...
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Cauldwell Primary School praised for pandemic pupil support

Cauldwell primary school has been praised by Ofsted inspectors for “extra steps” taken during the pandemic to make sure pupils made progress and were safe and confident. Comments...
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School attendance ‘above national average’ as children want to get back to the classroom

Attendance at state-funded schools in Bedford borough was above the national average last term, which shows that “children and young people want to get...
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Bedford schools to receive £179 million but Borough Councillor says it isn’t enough

Schools in Bedford Borough will receive a total of £179m next school year from central government, as part of a plan the Conservatives call ‘Build back better'. They say the money...
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Guest editor: Interview with Agnieszka Derleta, Polish teacher at St Thomas More School

Agnieszka Derleta is a linguist, who specialises in the Polish language and literature and a is member of our community here in Bedford. She has been teaching Polish...
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