School report
Bedford School
England · Boys only · Ages 7–18 · Day & boarding · 1,111 pupils
These financial figures relate to the charity that operates the school, which runs more than one school — so they cover the wider group, not this school alone.
At a glance
Latest income
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A colour summarising the school's most recent inspection outcome. Different inspectorates (ISI, Ofsted, and the Scottish and Welsh bodies) use different systems, so results from different inspectorates aren't directly comparable.Green
ISI · 2023-10-17
Roll (12 mo)
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Setting
50-acre main campus embedded directly within central Bedford urban area off De Parys Avenue.
Getting there
Inspection & safeguarding
Latest outcome: all met
- Regulator
- ISI
- Band
- Green
- Report date
- 2023-10-17
- Report age
- 2.7 years
Inspectorates use different scales, so bands are shown only within their own regime, never cross-mapped.
Fees
Fees
What Bedford School publishes for 2026/27 — the advertised price, before any bursary or scholarship.
| Day | Boarding | |
|---|---|---|
| Prep | £26,259 /yr ≈ £8,753/term | £43,110 /yr ≈ £14,370/term |
| Senior | £30,918 /yr ≈ £10,306/term | £53,232 /yr ≈ £17,744/term |
| Sixth Form | £30,918 /yr ≈ £10,306/term | £53,232 /yr ≈ £17,744/term |
Termly figures are the annual fee ÷ 3. Source: the school's fee page ↗
Fee history
Full boarding fees have risen +50.2% since 2021/22 — from £35,430 to £53,232 in 2026/27. Latest figure includes VAT. See the full six-year trend below.
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Age profile
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Feeder schools
Prep schools that name this school as a destination.
Named as a destination by 2 prep schools in our data.
Including Lockers Park School, Swanbourne House School.
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Recruitment & staffing
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Where these figures come from, and how complete they are.
- Financial source
- Charity Commission (England & Wales)
- Detail level
- Parsed from full accounts
- Latest accounts
- 2025-06-30
- Years on record
- 5
- Accounts age
- 11 months
- Pupil numbers
- 1,111 (inspection:ISI)
- Components
- Income components reconcile
- Entity scope
- Group of 1 schools
Pupil–teacher ratio: not published — independent schools aren’t in the DfE workforce census, and filed accounts don’t separate teaching staff.
Capital trend: only one year of capital spend is on record, so a multi-year under-investment signal can’t be computed yet.
Computed 2026-06-20 · pipeline ct-derived-1.0.0. Indicators, not verdicts — each is traceable to its source.
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