Education

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Bedfordshire pupil’s greetings card welcomes residents to their new neighbourhoo...

Headteacher Paul House, staff, and students from Kempston Academy celebrate a strong Ofsted report.

Kempston Academy praised by Ofsted inspectors

Department for Education figures show 3.1 suspensions per 100 pupils were handed out by schools in Bedford in the 2023-24 autumn term - the highest figure on record

Pupil behaviour in Bedford reaches crisis point as suspensions dished out

An artist's impression of Bedford Greenacre Independent School

Bedford Greenacre Independent School on the move in January

Maternity care

University of Bedfordshire joins national consortium to address maternity inequa...

Left to Right - Lorraine Emerton, Partner & Recruitment Section Manager Operations Support at John Lewis. Gina Bubbins, Director of Strategic Employer Partnerships at The Bedford College Group.

John Lewis & Partners join Bedford College Group’s Employer Partnership Scheme

Two Bedford schools have been named among the best in England for cricket

Bedford schools named among England’s best for cricket

Children and parents cook together in Bedford schools

Bedford schools call for better teaching of healthy eating and cooking

Algebra, geometry and statistics will all make an appearance in GCSE-level maths

What this year's GCSE maths pupils will learn before their final exam

Woman exercising outdoors

Bedfordshire academic contributes to new study on women’s safety while exercisin...

Better says some primary schools are reducing the number of mandatory lessons they give

Parents say swimming 'third most important school subject'
Parents say it’s one of the most important skills they learned at school - but kids are getting fewer lessons 🏊‍♀️
Amber Allott

Staff and students at Marston Vale Middle School

Ofsted report commends Marston Vale Middle School for its “rapid improvement”

Your child's school may close if it becomes too dangerous to travel there

Official temperature and snow day rules for schools in UK cold snap

This is not the first time National Education Union members have gone of strike in recent years

Everything you need to know about upcoming sixth form college strikes

Dunbia representatives reading a book with the pupils.

Dunbia Foundation donates £500 to Kempston school for pool repair

Children at Busy Bees Nurseries in Bedfordshire trike the distance for Children in Need

Children in Bedfordshire take on the Big Trike Ride for BBC Children in Need

'Bits of Beds' podcast

University podcast celebrates international students

The Brilliant Club, Redborne Teaching Partnership and Samuel Whitbread Academy announce a new partnership which will provide extracurricular educational opportunities to less advantaged students.

New partnership to provide educational opportunities across Bedfordshire

Emma Steel is the head of Every Cherry, which creates and publishes more accessible books

Meet the woman behind ground-breaking new books for children with SEND

Thousands of UK university graduates are purportedly owed refunds on their student loan repayments

Student Loans Company overpaid by £184m - how to check your refund

Former Beds student Ryan Dilks is the co-host of the Second Tier podcast

Sports to be celebrated in new season of ‘Fantastic Noise’

Headteacher, Callum Brown, with pupils from Oakley Primary Academy celebrating a glowing Ofsted report.

Oakley Primary Academy gets glowing Ofsted report

Young people could miss the chance for invaluable hands-on learning if phones are completely banned from schools

'Banning phones in schools might do kids more harm than good' Amber Allott

There have been concerns that private schools raising fees in response will edge out many families

Explainer Why private schools will be taking on the Government in legal battle

Resits take place much like standard GCSE exams

Everything you need to know about GCSE resits

Wixams Academy

1,740 new pupil places generated as work completes on Bedford schools

These parts of England are trying to get new academies built

The parts of England getting brand new academies

Group photo left to right: Roxana Vaman, Neil Horton, Marta Sienica, Raj Sudra, Dan Turner, Gina Bubbins.

The Bedford College Group launch Employer Partnership Scheme with Ark-H Handling
The Bedford College Group is excited to announce that local third-party logistics company, Ark-H Handling Limited, has become the first South East Midlands organisation to join the new Employer Partnership Scheme, aimed at joining education and industry across the region.
Tracy Roerts

The education secretary has announced the first university tuition fee rise in eight years

Explainer Everything you need to know about the university tuition fee increase

Kimbolton School Year 6 Harvest Mice and the donations from the school

Kimbolton School pupils rally to support Bedford Foodbank

Emma Maguire, Co-headteacher at Wootton Lower School (left), Adrian Rogers, CEO of Chiltern Learning Trust (middle), and Chris Tavener, Headteacher at Wootton Lower School (right) with students.

Bedford’s Wootton Lower School officially joins Chiltern Learning Trust

Schools were using their budgets for everything from food to toothbrushes for their students

Two thirds of poorest schools buying hungry kids food out of pocket

In Bedford , 1.6% pupils were severely absent in the spring term last year – up significantly from 0.6% in 2018-19

One in 63 children in Bedford now missing at least half their lessons

A 2018 Parliamentary investigation found that nearly half of UK children felt concerned about telling real news from fake

How to teach your kids to spot fake news

Bedfordshire University, Bedford campus

More disadvantaged Bedford students going to university than ever before

A pupil raises their hand during a lesson. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images).

Last day to apply for secondary and upper school places in Central Bedfordshire

Here's what has been announced for education in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' first Budget

Budget day: What has been announced for schools and education?

A private schooling expert says that happier children learn better

Private school approach may be the cure for absence woes - expert

Zinedine Meah (centre) is one of the students who has been awarded an assisted place at Bradford Grammar School

Mystery benefactor bankrolls student's places at elite private school

Students get to work

Students put skills to the test in mock crime scene

Current SEN spending is putting councils in a tricky position, the report says

Special education system 'failing' - could next week’s Budget fix it?

If your child is due to start secondary or upper school next September, you need to apply by October 31 for the best chance of getting a place at your preferred school

Bedford secondary school places 2025: Time is running out to choose

EE Home Presents: The Circus faces up to half term chaos

Nearly one in five school children are persistently missing school, the latest figures show

The worst offending regions in new school absence data

Recycle Week Competition

Aldi calls on children in Bedfordshire to design a poster for Recycle Week
To mark Recycle Week (14th-20th October), Aldi is calling on children in Bedfordshire to design a poster to encourage people to recycle.
Nalini RamPrasad

Rachel Timms, Headteacher: Grange Academy, with Mohammad Yasin MP, for Bedford and Kempston

Bedford MP visits Grange Academy to launch Pupil Parliament

Homeschooling can offer more flexibility for families, an education expert says

'I'm a GCSEs tutor - here's what you should know before homeschooling'

Dozens of classic books and plays make an appearance of the dense reading lists

The books your A Level English lit student may need to read this year

More flexibility for teachers and better pay and conditions for school support staff are on the cards

What Labour's new employment rights bill means for teachers

Gordonstoun was one of two Scottish schools to make the list

The UK's 25 finest private senior schools, named among world's best

Pupils will complete their phonics tests one-on-one with a teacher

What Year 1 pupils are tested on in phonics check, as new results out

The winners at this year's Bedford Junior Aquathlon

Record-breaking number take part in this year's Bedford Junior Aquathlon

How did the UK's top domestic universities fare against the world?

How the UK's top 10 universities compare on the world stage

Central Bedfordshire Council

Council pays mum after issues with daughter's education, health and care plan

Bedford Giving

Bedford’s First Young Voices Conference a success

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Here are all the schools that are closed today due to the cold weather.

Major snow storm set to hit parts of UK

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Typhoo Tea, one of the UK’s oldest tea brands, has filed a notice to appoint administrators amid £38 million reported losses in September last year.

Typhoo Tea enters administration