education

Bromham pupils given a warm welcome back to school

Pupils at Bromham CofE Primary School were given star treatment when they returned to school today (Monday). Children returning to the village primary...

Government’s A-level results U turn was welcome, but questions remain

After a weekend of growing outrage and pressure from A-level students, teachers and the Labour Party, the inevitability of the Government U turn was...

Queens Park Academy delivers home-learning packs thanks to coronavirus funding

Staff and pupils at Queens Park Academy are celebrating being awarded grant-funding to support pupil's home-learning during the coronavirus pandemic...

As schools in Bedford prepare to reopen, ‘safety of children and staff is our priority’ says Council

Bedford Borough Council and school leaders have said that the safety of children and staff is their top priority, as schools cautiously begin welcoming...

Bedford’s young adults encouraged to ‘rise up’

UpRising, the UK-wide youth leadership charity is encouraging all Bedfordians aged between 18-25 to apply for their 2019/20 Bedfordshire Leadership Programmes. The charity's mission...

Live: Bedford Borough GCSE results

Throughout the day we'll be adding each school's GCSE results as we receive them. Good luck to all students receiving their results today. Please keep checking back for the latest updates. The most...

Pete Thompson: a world record holder who’s changing behaviour

Bedford’s Pete Thompson has skipped his way into the Guinness Book of Records for the second time, achieving 117 double under crosses in a minute in...

Bedford Radio launches media and marketing skills course

Bedfordians can now learn media and marketing skills thanks to a new free course from Bedford Radio. The course, which runs for one day a week over eight weeks...

Cotton End Forest School and Preschool opens to embrace outdoor learning

A brand-new forest school and preschool has opened in Cotton End just outside of Bedford and will look to embrace outdoor learning alongside its standard curriculum...

£1.3million ‘top-up’ for Bedford schools after Government corrects funding formula

The Government has corrected a shortfall in the budget allocated to Bedford Borough Schools after it was discovered it would leave them £1.3million short.

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