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Bede's Senior School[1]

Independent · ages 13–19

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Headline results

A-level average grade
AL B+ B+ 2024/25[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
27.6 2025/26[3]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[3]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]

IGCSEs don't count towards Attainment 8, so it understates many independent schools.

Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 26.4[5] 0%[5]
2023/24 28.2[6] 0%[6]
2022/23 27.7[7] 0%[7]
2021/22 29.4[8] 0%[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B+ 2024/25[2]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
23.3% 2024/25[2]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B+[10] 23.7%[10]
2022/23 B[11] 4.8%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 13.2%[12]
2018/19 B[13] 17%[13]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
70.6% 2023/24[14]
UK higher education
46.4% 2023/24[14]
Education
47.7% 2023/24[14]
Apprenticeship
2.6% 2023/24[14]
Employment
20.3% 2023/24[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2022/23 65.8%[14] 43.7%[14] 46.2%[14] 1.3%[14] 18.4%[14]
2021/22 78%[14] 59.3%[14] 61.3%[14] 0.7%[14] 16%[14]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

For independent schools the DfE publishes destinations after 16–18 study only: no destinations after GCSEs and no university progression figures (top third, Russell Group, Oxbridge).

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[15]

ISI inspection

Inspection
February 2024[16]
Framework
Framework from September 2023[16]
Leadership and governance
Standards met[16]
Quality of education
Standards met[16]
Health and wellbeing
Standards met[16]
Social and economic education
Standards met[16]
Safeguarding
Standards met[16]

Health and wellbeing

  • ISI recommended: The school should take action to reduce behaviour by boys that is inconsiderate towards girls.

Previous ISI inspections: 2019, 2017 (2019 report, 2017 report).

ISI's page for this school

Findings of the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), restated in our own words: not ISI's wording. Read the full report on ISI's website.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Fees

Pre-prep, day
£4,840 a term 2026/27 · Reception, Years 1 and 2 · incl. VAT[17]
Prep, day
£7,000 a term 2026/27 · Years 3 and 4 · incl. VAT[17]
Senior, day
£1,010–£8,570 a term 2026/27 · Years 7 and 8; Year 10 to 11 Group: 5 hours over 2 weeks · VAT not stated[18][17]
Sixth form, day
£1,040 a term 2026/27 · Year 10 to 13 Group: 5 hours over 2 weeks · VAT not stated[18]
Day
£11,750 a term 2026/27 · Termly Tuition Fees (Day Fees · incl. VAT[17]

As published by the school on its own website for the year shown, quoted from our archived copy. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest fee the school lists for that stage. Check the school's current fees before deciding: extras (lunch, trips, exams) and bursaries are not included. Fees are never used to rank schools.

Type
Other independent school[1]
Ages
13–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
Boarding school[1]
Capacity
875[1]
Local authority
East Sussex[1]
Website
www.bedes.org[1]
Nursery classes
No Nursery Classes[15]
Special classes
No Special Classes[15]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[15]
District
Wealden[19]
Postcode
BN27 3QH[1]
URN
114657[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
802 2024/25[20]
SEN support
15.6% 2024/25[20]
EHC plan
0.4% 2024/25[20]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[20]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: 16-18 destination measures: 16-19 study leavers institution level destinations. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Independent Schools Inspectorate: School inspection report, Bede's Senior School, February 2024. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
  17. bedes.org: bedes.org — Fees. Period 2026-10-17. Archived copy; original. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (5)
    Fees from September 2026 (including VAT) are as follows: Reception, Years 1 and 2: £4,840 per term (p. 1)
    Fees from September 2026 (including VAT) are as follows: Reception, Years 1 and 2: £4,840 per term Years 3 and 4: £7,000 per term (p. 1)
    Years 5 and 6: £8,200 per term (p. 1)
    Years 7 and 8: £8,570 per term (p. 1)
    Fees and supplements from September 2026 (including VAT) are as follows: Termly Tuition Fees (Day Fees): £11,750 (p. 1)
  18. bedes.org: bedes.org document (PDF). Period 2026-10-17. Archived copy; original. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    Year 10 to 11 Group: 5 hours over 2 weeks £1,010 per term (p. 5)
    Year 10 to 13 Group: 5 hours over 2 weeks £1,040 per term (p. 5)
  19. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.