9 November 2026

Schools

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Thousands of children and young people to benefit from free school meal vouchers this summer

Bedford Borough Council has confirmed it is providing free school meal vouchers to parents of children and young people in the Borough throughout the summer holidays. Families in the Borough that receive...

Bedford Modern School pupil named All Britain Champion at traditional Irish music festival

A Year 10 student from Bedford Modern School has been named All Britain Champion for whistle playing at the national competition for traditional Irish Music, despite being one of the youngest in his category...

Bedford Girls’ School pupil wins national science award with Diabetes app

A Year 9 Bedford Girls’ Student (BGS) has been awarded the prestigious Junior Engineering 2021 prize for her Big Bang Competition project entitled ‘DM2.Prevent’...

“No parental choice” in Bedford’s “oversubscribed” secondary schools claims parent

A Bedford parent has raised concerns that there aren’t enough year 7 secondary school places in Bedfordshire. The parent, who asked to remain anonymous, says they have been...

High flying Mark Rutherford Sixth formers achieve degree level brilliance in aerospace project

Year 12 students at Mark Rutherford School in Bedford have completed a major aerospace engineering project, achieving degree level success...

Millie’s Mark success for Polam Nursery

The Nursery team at Polam are celebrating being awarded ‘Millie’s Mark’, a Quality Mark for nurseries awarded by National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) in association with Department for Education...

Wheelie good: Goldington Green Academy receives silver accreditation for active travel

After three years of hard work, Goldington Green Academy have been awarded a silver accreditation from Modeshift Stars for encouraging cycling, walking and scooting among their pupils...

Protest at Sharnbrook Academy over “sudden” skirt ban

Female students at Sharnbrook Academy have protested on their school field today after claiming they were told they can't wear skirts or shorts 'shorter than knee length'. A petition, set up...

Brickhill Primary pupils learn about their hometown history

Pupils in Year 3 at Brickhill Primary School have become hometown tourists as they celebrated local history in a new topic. Their class teacher, Dan Veal, created a topic called 'Beda's Ford'...

Two Bedford schools merge under a new name

The dawn of a new era has arrived for both Rushmoor and St Andrew’s Schools. Collectively they have educated children in Bedford for over 230 years and now, looking towards an even...

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