Duke's Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN20 7XL
10 simple reasons to choose Bede's Prep School
Independent prep school and nursery in Eastbourne.
For pupils aged 3 months to 13 years.
Mixed school (about 60% boys).
Day and boarding school. Around 10% of pupils board, 40% are full boarders and 60% are weekly or flexi boarders. Boarding starts from Year 3 for boys, Year 7 for girls.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Medium sized school with an average of two classes per year.
Prep school to Bede's School, an all-through school to age 18.
Bede's Prep School fees range from £3,480 (Rec) to £5,990 per term (2021/22). Full boarding fees range from £7,860 to £8,970 per term.
10 better reasons to choose Bede's Prep School
Schoolsmith Score®; 88.
One of the best independent prep schools in Eastbourne and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1 mile.
On average, 16.5 pupils per class and 8.8 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
80%-90% of Bede's Prep pupils move up to the senior school. 10%-20% of pupils move on to other South Coast independent schools.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and the ISEB Common Entrance curriculum. It is thematic to Year 3. Curriculum also includes PSHE, classical studies, French, Spanish, Latin. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, drama and dance throughout, and for most subjects from Year 5.
School offers a programme of day trips and visitors to enhance the curriculum. Residential trips for the senior pupils.
School is one of the 50 prep schools with the most extensive sports offers in the UK. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in cricket, football.
Art, music, drama and dance are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and most take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Seven choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. The school is one of the 50 prep schools with the most extensive creative and performing arts extra-curricular programmes in the UK.
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm. Facility for occasional boarding. Nursery open for 51 weeks of the year.
Find another school near Bede's Prep School
Independent Prep Schools
Day: St Andrew's Prep (0.3 miles); Battle Abbey Prep School (14.5 miles). Boarding: St Andrew's Prep (0.3 miles); Vinehall School (25.1 miles).
State Primary Schools
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Rottingdean (17 miles); Iford and Kingston Church of England Primary School (17.7 miles); St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, St Leonard's (18.1 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Day: Eastbourne College (1.1 miles); Bede's School (11.9 miles). Boarding: Eastbourne College (1.1 miles); Bede's School (11.9 miles).
State Senior Schools
Gildredge House (1.5 miles); Ratton School (3.3 miles); Willingdon Community School (4.9 miles).