List of schools in Bedford
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This article lists all schools in the Borough of Bedford
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Bedford (borough)
Bedford is a unitary authority with the status of a borough in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. Its council is based at Bedford, which is also the county town of Bedfordshire. The borough contains a single urban area, the 69th largest in the United Kingdom that comprises Bedford and...
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Secondary schools
Generally known as 'Upper Schools' within the borough.- Bedford Academy
- Biddenham Upper SchoolBiddenham Upper SchoolBiddenham Upper School is a 13-19 coeducational state comprehensive school serving the Brickhill, Harpur and Queens Park areas of Bedford plus the village of Biddenham, England. The school holds Specialist Sports College status...
- Hastingsbury Upper School and Community CollegeHastingsbury Upper School and Community CollegeHastingsbury Business & Enterprise College is a coeducational upper school for 13-18 year olds, located on Hill Rise in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England...
- Mark Rutherford Upper SchoolMark Rutherford Upper SchoolMark Rutherford Upper School is a coeducational upper school located in the Putnoe area of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. The school is named in honour of the writer William Hale White who used 'Mark Rutherford' as a pseudonym....
- Sharnbrook Upper School and Community CollegeSharnbrook Upper School and Community CollegeSharnbrook Upper School and Community College, commonly referred to as SUS or simply Sharnbrook, is a large, rural comprehensive upper school located in Sharnbrook, a village near Bedford in the English county of Bedfordshire...
- St Thomas More Catholic Upper SchoolSt Thomas More Catholic Upper SchoolSt Thomas More Catholic Upper School is a Roman Catholic school located in Bedford, England.The school is located on Tyne Crescent in the Brickhill area of north Bedford. 'Tommy More' is the only Catholic upper school in Bedford...
- Wootton Upper SchoolWootton Upper SchoolWootton Upper School and Performing Arts College is located on Hall End Road, in Wootton. It teaches years 9-11 in compulsory education and years 12-13 in post-16 education. Approximately 75% of students previously in compulsory education stay on to the sixth form. Wootton Upper School is the fifth...
Middle schools
Generally known as 'Middle Schools' within the borough.- Abbey Middle School
- Alban Church of England AcademyAlban Church of England AcademyAlban Church of England Academy is an academy located in Great Barford, Bedfordshire.Pupils first began attending Alban Middle School in the September 1976 after Bedfordshire County Council decided to implement the three-tier education system of lower, middle and upper schools across the county...
- Beauchamp Middle SchoolBeauchamp Middle SchoolBeauchamp Middle School is a co-educational, comprehensive middle school in the Brickhill area of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.The school was created out of a merger of Parkwood and Brickhill Middle Schools in the early 1990s...
- Daubeney Middle School
- Goldington Academy
- Harrold Priory Middle SchoolHarrold Priory Middle SchoolHarrold Priory Middle School, sometimes referred to as HPMS, is a middle school in the village of Harrold, Bedfordshire. It is one of the three main feeder schools to Sharnbrook Upper School, along with Lincroft Middle School and Margaret Beaufort Middle School. It opened in 1937 as Harrold County...
- Harrowden Middle SchoolHarrowden Middle SchoolHarrowden Middle School is a Middle school in the Kingsbrook area of Bedford, Bedfordshire.The School normally admits pupils from Stephenson Lower School; most graduating students go on to attend Bedford Academy....
- Lincroft Middle SchoolLincroft Middle SchoolLincroft Middle School is a middle school in the village of Oakley in Bedfordshire, England. It was opened in 1963. The school caters for children aged 9–13, in National Curriculum Years 5-8, corresponding to the later parts of Key Stage 2 and the earlier parts of Key Stage 3 .-Feeder lower...
- Margaret Beaufort Middle School
- Newnham Middle SchoolNewnham Middle SchoolNewnham Middle School is a school in the De Parys area of Bedford, England.The middle school is situated on Polhill Avenue, and usually takes pupils aged 9-13 from the De Parys and Newnham areas of Bedford. Most of the schools graduating students go on to attend either Mark Rutherford Upper School...
- Robert Bruce Middle School
- St Gregory's RC Middle SchoolSt Gregory's RC Middle SchoolSt Gregory's RC Middle School is a Middle school in Biddenham, Bedfordshire, England.-History:The school was originally opened in 1952 as a catholic Secondary Modern School. However following the 1967 Plowden Report, Bedfordshire LEA decided to implement the three-tier education system of lower,...
- Westfield Middle SchoolWestfield Middle SchoolWestfield Middle School is a school in Queens Park, Bedford, UK.The School is situated on Chester Road, and is the Queens Park area's only Middle School. The school usually takes pupils from Queens Park Lower school and Priory Lower School...
- Woodside Middle SchoolWoodside Middle SchoolWoodside Middle School is a Middle school in the Putnoe area of Bedford, Bedfordshire.The School normally admits pupils from Hazeldene Lower School, The Hills Lower School and Putnoe Lower school...
Lower Schools
- Balliol Lower
- Bedford Road Lower
- BrickhillBrickhillBrickhill is a civil parish and electoral ward within northern Bedford in Bedfordshire, England.The boundaries of Brickhill are approximately Kimbolton Road to the east, Bedford Park and the old Bedford cemetery to the south, with Cemetery Hill and the Manton Heights Industrial Estate to the...
Lower - Broadmead Lower
- BromhamBromhamBromham may refer to:* Bromham, Bedfordshire, a village in the county of Bedfordshire, England* Bromham, Wiltshire, a village in the county of Wiltshire, England...
VC Lower - Camestone Lower
- CarltonCarlton, BedfordshireCarlton is a village in the Bedford district of Bedfordshire, England, part of the Carlton with Chellington parish with the adjacent village of Chellington. The River Great Ouse runs just to the north of the village. Nearby places are Harrold, Pavenham, Turvey, Lavendon and Little Odell.Carlton...
VC Lower - CastleCastle, BedfordCastle is an electoral ward and area of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.The boundaries of Castle are approximately Bromham Road and Goldington Road to the north, Denmark Street and George Street to the east, Rope Walk to the south, with the Midland Main Line railway line and Ashburnam Road to the...
Lower - Cauldwell Lower
- Christopher Reeves VA Lower
- CopleCopleCople is a village and civil parish in the English county of Bedfordshire. The name Cople is derived from the phrase Cock Pool, a place where chickens were kept, that was mentioned in the Domesday Book.- History :...
Lower - Cotton EndCotton EndCotton End is a small village located in the Eastcotts parish in Bedfordshire, England.The village contains Cotton End Lower School.-External links:...
Lower - Edith CavellEdith CavellEdith Louisa Cavell was a British nurse and spy. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from all sides without distinction and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, for which she was arrested...
Lower - Eileen Wade Lower
- ElstowElstowElstow is a village and civil parish in the English county of Bedfordshire. John Bunyan, was born here - at Bunyan's End, which lay approximately halfway between the hamlet of Harrowden and Elstow's High Street.-History:...
Lower - GoldingtonGoldingtonGoldington is an electoral ward and former village within the town of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.The boundaries of Goldington are approximately Norse Road and Cemetery to the north and east, Goldington Road to the south, with Church Lane and Haylands Way to the west...
Green Lower - Great BarfordGreat BarfordGreat Barford is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, a few miles north-east of Bedford. It lies on the River Great Ouse at . It is twinned with Wöllstein, Germany...
Lower - HarroldHarrold, BedfordshireHarrold is a civil parish and electoral ward in the Borough of Bedford within Bedfordshire, England, around nine miles north-west of Bedford. The village is on the north bank of the River Great Ouse, and is the site of an ancient bridge, linking the village with Carlton with Chellington on the...
Lower - Hazeldene Lower
- John Gibbard Lower
- Kempston RuralKempston RuralKempston Rural is a civil parish in the Bedford district of Bedfordshire, England.Kempston Rural was formed in 1896 when the old parish of Kempston was split into two parts - Kempston urban district , and Kempston Rural parish....
Lower - Kymbrook Lower
- Lakeview Lower
- Livingstone Lower
- Milton ErnestMilton ErnestMilton Ernest is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, and is about north of Bedford itself. It has a population of 754...
VC Lower - OakleyOakley, BedfordshireOakley is a village and civil parish located in northern Bedfordshire, England, about four miles north west of the county town of Bedford and lies by the River Great Ouse...
Lower - Pinchmill Lower School
- Priory Lower
- PutnoePutnoePutnoe is an electoral ward and area on the northern side of the town of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.The boundaries of Putnoe are approximately Mowsbury Park and golf course to the north, Church Lane and Haylands Way to the east, Polhill Avenue to the south, with Kimbolton Road to the west...
Lower - Queens ParkQueens Park, BedfordQueens Park is an electoral ward and area in Bedford, England. The areas borders are approximately Bromham Road and Beverley Crescent to the north, the Midland Main Line railway line to the east, and the River Great Ouse to the south....
Academy - RavensdenRavensdenRavensden is a village and civil parish located in the Bedford Borough of Bedfordshire, England.The parish borders the town of Bedford, with Mowsbury Park and farmland acting as a buffer between the two settlements. The village hosts Ravensden Lower School, and a pub called The Horse and Jockey, as...
VA Lower - RenholdRenholdRenhold is a village and civil parish located on the river Ouse, in the hundred of Barford, in the county of Bedfordshire, England. It is just to the north of Bedford...
VC Lower - RiseleyRiseley, BedfordshireRiseley is a village and civil parish located in North Bedfordshire. The village name has had alternative spellings in the past such as Rislau, Riseleg, Riselai and Risely, however all these spellings are considered archaic...
VA Lower - RoxtonRoxton, BedfordshireRoxton is a small village and civil parish located in the Bedford Borough of Bedfordshire, England.The village has two churches, the Royal Oak public house and a garden centre. There is a post office to the rear of the public house...
VA Lower - Scott Lower
- Shackleton Lower
- ShortstownShortstownShortstown is a village on the outskirts of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.The village was originally built by Short Brothers for its workers, but evolved into a settlement for people working at the RAF Cardington base....
Lower - Springfield Lower
- St James VA Lower
- St John Rigby Lower
- St Joseph's RC Lower
- St Lawrence VA Lower
- Stephenson Lower
- The Hills Lower
- ThurleighThurleighThurleigh is a village and civil parish in north Bedfordshire, England, about 6 miles north of Bedford. It is home to the Bedford Autodrome which also houses Thurleigh Museum, the Monster Events site which serves the community with Monster Truck, Four-wheel drive & Quad Bike events, and the...
Lower - Turvey Lower
- Ursula Taylor VC Lower
- WildenWilden, BedfordshireWilden is a village and civil parish located in the Bedford Borough of Bedfordshire, England.The village is the location of St Nicholas Church and Wilden Lower School, both of which are operated by the Church of England. There is also a pub in Wilden called the Victoria Arms which is currently...
VA Lower - WillingtonWillington, BedfordshireWillington is a village and civil parish located in the English county of Bedfordshire. It is west of Moggerhanger on the road from Sandy to Bedford...
Lower - WilsteadWilstead.Wilstead is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, just off the A6 Bedford to Luton road, about five miles south of Bedford town centre, and within the Borough of Bedford. The name of the village has been spelled in many different ways, including Wilshamstead, Wylhamstead, and...
Lower - WoottonWootton, BedfordshireWootton is a large village and civil parish located to the south-west of Bedford, in the north of Bedfordshire, England. The parish also includes the hamlets of Hall End, Keeley Green and Wootton Green....
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Special schools
- Grange SchoolGrange School (Kempston)Grange School is a coeducational special school, located in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England. The school accepts pupils between the ages of 5 and 16 years with Moderate Learning Difficulties from all over the Borough of Bedford....
(ages 5–16, KempstonKempstonKempston is a town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England. Once known as the largest village in England, Kempston is now a town with its own town council. It has a population of about 20,000, and together with Bedford, it forms an urban area with around 100,000 inhabitants, which is the...
) - Rainbow School (ages 3–11, BromhamBromham, BedfordshireBromham is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, west of the town of Bedford. It is within commuting distance to London via Bedford railway station.-Notable features:...
) - Ridgeway SchoolRidgeway School, KempstonRidgeway School is a coeducational special school for pupils with physical disabilities, located in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England. The school accepts pupils from all over the Borough of Bedford....
(ages 2–19, Kempston) - St John’s SchoolSt John’s School (Kempston)St John’s School is a coeducational special school, located in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England. The school accepts pupils from all over the Borough of Bedford....
(ages 2–19, Kempston)
Independent schools
- Bedford Girls' SchoolBedford Girls' SchoolBedford Girls' School is an independent school for girls which opened in September 2010 in Bedford, England. The school is a result of a merger of Bedford High School and Dame Alice Harpur School, and is operated by the Harpur Trust...
(public secondary school, BedfordBedfordBedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, in the East of England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the wider Borough of Bedford. According to the former Bedfordshire County Council's estimates, the town had a population of 79,190 in mid 2005, with 19,720 in the adjacent town...
) - Bedford High School (public secondary school, Bedford)
- Bedford Modern SchoolBedford Modern SchoolBedford Modern School is a British co-educational independent school in the Harpur area of Bedford, in the county of Bedfordshire, in England.Bedford Modern comprises a junior school and a senior school...
(public secondary school, Bedford) - Bedford SchoolBedford SchoolBedford School is not to be confused with Bedford Modern School or Bedford High School or Old Bedford School in Bedford, TexasBedford School is an HMC independent school for boys located in the town of Bedford, England, United Kingdom...
(public secondary school, Bedford) - Dame Alice Harpur SchoolDame Alice Harpur SchoolDame Alice Harpur School is an independent girls school in Bedford, United Kingdom, for girls aged 11-18. In September 2010 the junior department of the school merged with the junior department of Bedford High School...
(public secondary school, Bedford) - Pilgrims Pre-Preparatory SchoolPilgrims Pre-Preparatory SchoolPilgrims Pre-Preparatory School is a co-educational, Independent day school for children aged between 3 months and 8 years. The Little Pilgrims unit is a nursery school catering for children from the age of 3 months–3 years...
(primary, Bedford) - Polam Oaks School (primary, Bedford)
- Rushmoor SchoolRushmoor SchoolRushmoor School is an independent day school, located in the Harpur area of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. It is coeducational from ages 3–11 then boys only from 12-16. The school is located at 58-60 Shakespeare Road.- History :...
(secondary school Bedford) - St Andrew's SchoolSt Andrew's School (Bedford)St Andrews School, is a coeducational independent day school in the town of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. St Andrews educates girls aged 3-16 and boys aged 3-9. It was founded in 1896 as a school for the daughters of gentlemen...
(secondary school, Bedford)
Further education colleges
- Bedford CollegeBedford College (Bedford)Bedford College is a further education college in the Cauldwell area of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. It is the only public further education college in the Borough of Bedford, and it is a member of the 157 Group of high performing schools....
, Bedford - Stella Mann College of Performing ArtsStella Mann College of Performing ArtsStella Mann College of Performing Arts is an independent, co-educational performing arts school and college specialising in dance and musical theatre. The college is located in the Harpur area of Bedford, Bedfordshire, in the United Kingdom.-Overview:...
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