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Schools and school education

Schools education information

School education - school term and holiday dates until 2013
School admissions - lower school admissions, middle school admissions and upper schools admissions
Schools pupil support, travel to school and school governors

Schools and school education advice

Schools and school education in Central Bedfordshire

Schools education is a three tier system.

Children begin their school education in Lower School in Year R and transfer to Middle School at the end of Year 4 and then transfer to Upper School at the end of Year 8.

Lower Schools: Year R - Year 4
Middle Schools: Year 5 - Year 8
Upper Schools: Year 9 - Year 13

School holidays - school term and holiday dates

School education - pupil support

Schools - reducing your carbon footprint

School and Central Bedfordshire Facts and Figures

School Organisation and Capital Planning Team

Schools and school education - school uniform clothing costs

From April 2011 the local authority is unable to offer discretionary grants toward help with school uniforms. Parents are advised to contact schools directly to see if they have any schemes in place to offer support or advice as where to obtain reasonably priced school uniforms.

Schools and school education - school closures due to bad weather

Schools and school education - get email updates on our schools closure system

We help:

children and young people to achieve more
to protect children, keep them safe and reduce child poverty (intervening as early as we can)
to improve children's emotional and physical health. We support the most vulnerable and the least well off.