Awards, Inspections and Reviews
The awards, inspections and reviews that follow are a reflection of our commitment to helping every pupil flourish. Bedford is a place where young people explore widely, commit deeply and grow the confidence to make thoughtful choices about who they are and what matters to them. We are proud that pupils leave us grounded in their values, secure in themselves and ready to take their place in the world.
That each become more.
Independent Boys’ School of the Year 2025
Bedford School is proud to be a finalist in the 2025 Independent School of the Year Awards, for Independent Boys’ School of the Year. The school was a previous winner of this award in 2021 and was a finalist in 2023.
Fortune World Leading Boarding School
Bedford School is proud to have named among Fortune’s ‘World’s Leading Boarding Schools’. We were awarded five stars, placing us not just in the top 250 schools covered by the report, but in the global top 100.
Top School for Sport 2024
Bedford School is proudly ranked 18th in the 2024 School Sport Magazine’s Top 200 Sports Schools list, placing us in the top 0.5% of schools for sport nationwide – a strong reflection of our ongoing commitment to sporting excellence across a wide range of sporting disciplines.
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ISI Inspection
We were delighted to receive a hugely positive report from the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), the body responsible for the inspection of independent schools, when they inspected us in October 2023 to confirm all standards were met.
The framework, which has been in place since September 2023, focuses on how schools promote the wellbeing of their pupils. ISI determine this through close scrutiny of schools’ leadership, education, recreation and safeguarding arrangements, as well as pupil mental and physical health, and social, emotional and economic wellbeing.
