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Bedford Preparatory School, MK40

De Parys Avenue, Bedford MK40 2TU

10 simple reasons to choose Bedford Preparatory School

Independent prep school in Bedford.
For pupils aged 7 to 13 years.
Boys' school.
Day and boarding school. Less than 5% of pupils board, 50% are full boarders and 50% are weekly or flexi boarders. Boarding starts from Year 3.
Religious character; Church of England.
Academically selective admissions policy.
Very large school with an average of five classes per year.
Prep school to Bedford School, an all-through school to age 18.
Bedford Preparatory School fees range from £4,525 (Rec) to £5,930 per term (2021/22). Full boarding fees range from £8,056 to £9,564 per term.

10 better reasons to choose Bedford Preparatory School

Schoolsmith Score®; 87.
One of the best independent prep schools in Bedford and one of the 4 best primary schools for 1 mile.
On average, 14.3 pupils per class and 10 pupils per teacher.
At the end of Year 8, most Prep School pupils move up to Bedford School.
The school's curriculum is packaged as the 'Future Skills Curriculum'. It is guided by the National Curriculum but combines subject knowledge, skills, character development, and metacognitive learning strategies. It also includes PSHE, French, Spanish, German, Latin. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs. In recent years the school has enjoyed national tournament success in science.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, art, DT, computing and languages 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 also has an accredited Gifted & Talented programme.
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in badminton, cross country, hockey, rugby 7s.
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and over half take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Choir and several instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care ('Day Plus') from 7.30am to 7.30pm. Facility for occasional boarding.

Find another school near Bedford Preparatory School

Independent Prep Schools

Day: Bedford Girls' Junior School (0.9 miles); Bedford Greenacre Independent Junior School (1.2 miles); Bedford Modern Junior School (1.2 miles). Boarding: St Francis College, Prep & Pre-Prep (20.1 miles); Thornton College, Preparatory (24.8 miles); Swanbourne House School (26 miles).

State Primary Schools

Yardley Hastings Primary School (13.9 miles); Portfields Primary School (14.2 miles); Monkston Primary School (14.6 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Day: Bedford School (0 miles); Bedford Girls' School (0.9 miles); Bedford Greenacre Independent School (1.2 miles); Bedford Modern School (1.2 miles). Boarding: Bedford School (0 miles); Kimbolton School (13.1 miles); St Francis College (18.1 miles).

State Senior Schools

St Thomas More Catholic School (1.8 miles); Lincroft Middle School (3.9 miles); Sharnbrook Upper School (8.3 miles).

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