Even Professor Kate Jacques, pro-vice chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire and a long-time advocate of the two tier system admits: "Parents like middle schools. It means their children can be in a primary school environment for longer. And pupil
The move proposed by Bedford County Council to a limited two tier structure looks innocuous. It covers just 21 schools in the Bedford and Kempston area.
It is not yet known whether the rest of the county could follow suit later.
The switch would m
Bedfordshire County Council (BCC) has confirmed it has no power to close schoools under arrangements governing the transition to the new Bedford Unitary Authority. Some have taken this to mean that the introduction of two tier schools for Bedford and Ke
The proposal to abandon the three-tier schools in Bedford and Kempston and return to a two-tier system has been characterised as "a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change education in the town".
That's not true. Education in the town was changed fr
We received a glowing testimonial today for one of our members The Bedford Chiropractic Clinic in De Parys Avenue. This is one of a number of very positive testimonials that we have received in the few months that Dr Sandhu and his team have been member
July see's the first issue of thebestofbedford handy little blue book. This is an A5 magazine which features a collection of tried and tested businesses and will be posted to approximately 7000 businesses throughout the Bedford area in July.
This sma
I read an article today on the Invest in Bedford Website which talks about the decline in crime in the Bedford town centre which has been proven to have dropped by 70% in the last 3 years. This decline, according to the Bedford development agency is dir
Did you see the Beds on Sunday this week? Page 29 features our first full page advert highlighting 9 of our best businesses. This is the first of a series of newspaper adds that will be in BOS over the next few months.
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