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Bedford Free School

Bedford Free School
Cauldwell Street
Bedford
Bedfordshire
England
MK429AD

📞 phone: 01234 332299

👩‍🏫 principal: Mrs Jane Herron

🌍 web: www.bedfordfreeschool.co.uk

499 pupils mixed gender
500 pupils capacity: 100% full

250 boys 50%

249 girls 50%

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Secondary — Free schools

Admissions policy
Non-selective
Trust school
Supported by a multi-academy trust
URN
138228
Education phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Free schools
Establishment #
4001
Open date
1. September 2012
Reason open
New Provision
OSGB coordinates
Easting: 505041, Northing: 249345
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 52.132, Longitude: -0.46680
Accepting pupils
11—16 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
20. January 2022
Ofsted last inspection
16. January 2020
Region › Const. › Ward
East of England › Bedford › Castle
Free school meals %
19.60
Trust
ADVANTAGE SCHOOLS
Learning provider ref #
10038073

School governors

  • Mrs Kerri Rennie, Local Governor
    (9. January 2019—8. January 2023)
  • Mrs Kirstie Anne Loveday, Local Governor
    (18. November 2020—17. November 2024)
  • Mr Russell Nigel Syson, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (3. October 2018—2. October 2022)
  • Mrs Rupinder Judge, Local Governor
    (7. July 2021—6. July 2025)
  • Mrs Florence Burbridge, Local Governor
    (22. September 2021—21. September 2025)
  • The Revd Peter Frederick Turnbull, Local Governor
    (17. November 2021—16. November 2025)
  • Mrs Clare Louise Knighton, Local Governor
    (17. November 2021—16. November 2025)
  • Mrs Jane Louise Herron, Local Governor
    (1. January 2022—None)
  • Mr Russell Nigel Syson, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (21. September 2022—20. September 2023)
  • Ms Kerri Rennie, Local Governor
    (9. November 2022—8. November 2026)
  • Mr Russell Nigel Syson, Local Governor
    (9. November 2022—8. November 2026)
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Schools nearby

  1. Bedford Free School, MK429AD (499 pupils)
  2. 0.1 miles Bedford College, MK429AH
  3. 0.1 miles Teaching Service for Excluded Pupils, MK429AP
  4. 0.2 miles Bedford Girls' School, MK420BX (949 pupils)
  5. 0.3 miles Southway Nursery School, MK429HE
  6. 0.3 miles Raleigh School, MK429HE
  7. 0.3 miles Raleigh Education Centre, MK429HE
  8. 0.3 miles E-Spired Centre of Excellence, MK429HE (15 pupils)
  9. 0.5 miles Peter Pan Nursery School, MK429DR (110 pupils)
  10. 0.5 miles Drake Lower School, MK429DR
  11. 0.5 miles Priory Primary School, MK401JD (209 pupils)
  12. 0.5 miles Bedford High School, MK402BS
  13. 0.5 miles Cauldwell School, MK429DR (414 pupils)
  14. 0.5 miles Cauldwell School, MK429DR (410 pupils)
  15. 0.6 miles Cherry Trees Nursery School, MK429LS (151 pupils)
  16. 0.6 miles Shackleton Primary School, MK429LZ (442 pupils)
  17. 0.6 miles St Bede's RC Middle School, LU13NH
  18. 0.6 miles Bedford School, MK402TU (1108 pupils)
  19. 0.6 miles Shackleton Primary School, MK429LZ (467 pupils)
  20. 0.7 miles Castle Newnham School, MK403EP (664 pupils)
  21. 0.7 miles Polam School, MK402BU (101 pupils)
  22. 0.8 miles Georgina Perkins School, MK402SD
  23. 0.8 miles St John's School, MK428AA
  24. 0.8 miles Silver Jubilee Middle School, MK420HU
  25. 0.8 miles St John's School, MK428AA (182 pupils)

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