Bedford School

Founded in 1552, Bedford School is a prestigious boarding and day school for boys aged 7-18.
At Bedford School, we nurture confident and independent boys with a sense of true leadership and ambition.
Preparing boys for a challenging and changing world.
Through our balanced approach – honouring educational traditions while embracing future needs – we prepare boys not just for the world as it is, but for the world they will help to create.
Our Mission
Our mission is to teach boys to think intelligently, act wisely and be fully engaged in a challenging and changing world. To deliver this, we concentrate our efforts in three main areas: developing the young man within, realising his academic potential and providing sustainability over time.
This mission remains constant, but how we achieve it requires regular reassessment.
Our Research
Our current strategic focus emerged from extensive discussions with our governors about which skills their own professional worlds will require in the coming decades.
Combined with research from the World Economic Forum and leading educational thinkers, two clear findings emerged:
Boys will enter a highly technological world.
It has never been more important to accentuate what makes us human. While machines will always be faster and more accurate than we can be, the human skills of empathy, creativity, imagination, and sophisticated communication will be more critical than ever for the next generation.
These key findings have informed our three areas of strategic focus.