East of England
Independent schools in Bedford
82 schools, 35,600 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 38.5.
Ofsted across Bedford
Good35
Outstanding2
No overall grade45
37 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 45 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Independent schools in Bedford
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Girls' SchoolOther independent school | Bedford | No grade | — |
| Bedford Greenacre Independent SchoolOther independent school | Bedford | No grade | — |
| Bedford Modern SchoolOther independent school | Bedford | No grade | — |
| Bedford SchoolOther independent school | Bedford | No grade | — |
| KWS SchoolOther independent school | Bedford | No grade | — |
| Pilgrims Pre-Preparatory SchoolOther independent school | Bedford | No grade | — |
| Polam SchoolOther independent school | Bedford | No grade | — |