Bedford School Study Centre offers preparation courses for overseas students wishing to join mainstream boarding schools in the United Kingdom.
We offer three 10-week and two 3-week courses per year. 10-week terms consist of 18 lessons per week English and 18 lessons Science, Maths and Computing. Courses are intensive and highly structured.
There are three levels of study at BSSC. Each level is called a module. Each module takes one term (10 weeks) to complete. Each module ends with an exam in all subjects. Students must pass one module before progressing to the next.
We test all students on arrival to enable us to decide which module they need to study. Where possible, we test students before their arrival at the Study Centre.
Module 1 is the minimum requirement for a student to leave the Study Centre and join mainstream school in year 6, 7 or 8 (age 10-12). Module 2 is the minimum requirement for students joining mainstream years 9 or 10 (age 13-15). Module 3 is for students of 16+ planning entry into Year 12 (the Lower Sixth form at age 16-17) in mainstream schools.
The Study Centre occupies a pleasant building on a quiet, tree-lined avenue near the town centre and on the Bedford School estate. A maximum of 36 boys and girls live here, sharing a common room and students' kitchens, all but the youngest students accommodated in a single or double study bedroom. There is a friendly, family atmosphere, close supervision and pastoral care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our students have social events and outings as well as educational trips. Our classrooms, including computer and science laboratories and a library, are here, too. We join Bedford School and Bedford Preparatory school for meals every day and assemblies twice a week. We use Bedford School's excellent sports facilities too.
We do not prepare students only for Bedford School. Many students come to us before moving on to other leading independent schools in Britain, often having been offered places there before coming to us.
