Search results
Bede’s Senior School is an independent HMC day and boarding school for boys and girls aged 13-18. Located in the rural Sussex village of Upper Dicker just outside the South Downs National Park, the School currently educates 760 pupils, 300 of whom board in our five boarding houses.
- Senior Leadership Team
Bede's Senior School > About Bede's > Senior Management Team...
- Term Dates
Spring Term 2025 ; Boarders Return: Monday 6 January,...
- Uniform
All pupils are expected to wear the Bede’s school uniform....
- Partnerships
The boarding and day houses at Bede’s Senior School continue...
- Inspection Reports
Senior School RCI Report 2019. Prep School RCI Report 2019....
- Aims and Ethos
Our aim is to be the Educational Trust of choice for parents...
- Food and Catering
At Bede's, we have an excellent reputation for providing an...
- Vision, Mission and Values
Our Values Be Compassionate. Because a caring community...
- Senior Leadership Team
Bede's Senior School is an independent, co-educational school located in the heart of the Sussex countryside. Every child is unique, each possessing hidden talents which wait like treasure longing to be unearthed.
- The Curriculum
- Sport and The Arts
- Academic Results
- Campus and Facilities
- Admissions and Fees
- Good For
- Not Good For
Bede’s follows an expanded National Curriculum for England throughout prep, which includes specialist lessons in computing, French, art, drama, music, PE, games, and swimming, each taught by teachers who know their subject inside out and are passionate about it. It’s a school that brings learning to life – whether enjoying a spit roast lunch and tr...
There are plenty of schools in the UK that recognise the value of a creative curriculum – but Bede’s really does bring it to the fore in the daily timetable. Throughout the school there is an emphasis on creative subjects such as ceramics and photography, and Bede’s manages to maintain this focus on the arts without compromising in other areas of t...
While Bede’s may not have the reputation for being the most academic school, results are strong and sometimes outstanding. In 2022, A Level pupils achieved 71% A* - B grades, and 49% A* - A grades, and in GCSEs 81% were 9 - 5 (the equivalent of A* - B) and 29% were 9 - 8 (equivalent to an A). These results do not reflect the school’s performance ov...
Perched on a clifftop, the prep school has truly remarkable views – one you won’t find in many classrooms across England. Further inland, the senior school also has terrific views of the Downs. It’s a school that looks as good as it feels, with some impressive facilities including a performing arts centre, huge arts department, an eight-court sport...
The school is not highly selective academically, except for in sixth form; rather, admissions is based on English, maths, reading, writing, and cognitive tests, reports from feeder schools, and how students get involved in group activities during Bede’s taster day. Annual tuition fees for day students range from £10,440 for Reception and £17,760 fo...
The artsAnimal loversRural educationStrict academic selection criteriaHighly competitive learning environmentThe school is located in the picturesque rural village of Upper Dicker, Sussex, on the territory of a national park. Bede's School has high demands on the academic preparation of students who successfully enter the ranking universities. Bede's is a school where each student is treated as an individual.
Bede's Senior School is a secondary, co-educational boarding school with five boarding houses and five day houses, in the village of Upper Dicker, near Hailsham, with a total of 750 pupils and 223 staff, not including grounds or catering staff, working across the site giving a student to teacher ratio of just over three to one.
This field shows whether a pupil's family have claimed eligibility for free school meals as reported in the annual spring school census. Pupils or their parents are able to...
Hello everybody! We'd like to use this group to keep everyone updated on upcoming events, opportunities and occasionally to beg for help. If there's...
