The Bedford Sixth Form

The Bedford Sixth Form
Logo of the Sixth Form
Type	Further education
Established	2012
Principal	Paul Clarkson
Location	Bedford, Bedfordshire England
Website	www.bedfordsixthform.ac.uk

The Bedford Sixth Form is a state sixth form located in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. It is the only institution in Bedford solely dedicated to sixth form choices.

History

The Bedford Sixth Form opened in September 2012. Part of Bedford College, the sixth form centre derives from the college’s existing sixth form provision. A-Levels and Technical Diplomas were previously offered at the college’s main site. In the summer of 2012, Bedford College leased the old Bedford High School site on Bromham Road, after the school had closed. The Bedford Sixth Form has operated from the site ever since. In March 2014, Bedford College purchased the site including the old main school buildings, Trinity Church, and the Sports and Performing Arts (SPA) complex from owners, the Harpur Trust.^[1]

The Bedford Sixth Form

In August 2014 the first students to complete a two-year programme at The Bedford Sixth Form received their A-Level results, receiving a 100 per cent pass rate in 24 out of 30 A-Level subjects.^[2]

The Bedford Sixth Form today

The Bedford Sixth Form offers a range of GCSEs, A-Levels and Technical Diplomas to 16- to 18-year-olds.^[3] The previous SPA complex is managed by Bedford College Services Ltd. trading as Trinity Arts & Leisure - a community facility consisting of a 25-metre six-lane swimming pool, gym and theatre used by local film club and acting groups.

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Schools in Bedfordshire¹

Middle	Alban Ashton Beauchamp Etonbury Goldington Harrold St Gregory's RC Westfield

Secondary	All Saints Academy Ashcroft High School Bedford Academy Bedford Free School Biddenham International School Cardinal Newman RC School Castle Newnham School Cedars Upper School The Chalk Hills Academy Challney High School for Boys Challney High School for Girls Denbigh High School Harlington Upper School Hastingsbury Business and Enterprise College Houghton Regis Academy Icknield High School Lealands High School Lea Manor High School Manshead School Mark Rutherford School Putteridge High School Queensbury Academy Redborne Upper School St Thomas More RC School Samuel Whitbread Academy Sandy Upper School Sharnbrook Upper School Stockwood Park Academy Stopsley High School Stratton Upper School The Studio School Luton UTC Central Bedfordshire Vandyke Upper School Wootton Upper School

Independent	Bedford Girls' School Bedford Modern School Bedford Preparatory School Bedford School Rabia School Rushmoor School St Andrew's School

Special	The Chiltern School Grange Academy Ivel Valley School Oak Bank School Ridgeway School St John's School Weatherfield Academy Woodlands Secondary School

Sixth form and FE colleges	Barnfield College Bedford College Central Bedfordshire College Kimberley College Luton Sixth Form College Shuttleworth College Stella Mann College

Former	Bedford High School Dame Alice Harpur School Dunstable Grammar School

¹includes schools in Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton.

Universities and colleges in the East of England

Universities	Anglia Ruskin Bedfordshire BPP Cambridge Cranfield East Anglia Essex Hertfordshire Norwich Suffolk

Other higher education	University Centre Peterborough

Further Education colleges	Barnfield Bedford Braintree Cambridge Central Bedfordshire Chelmsford Colchester Easton & Otley Epping Forest Great Yarmouth Harlow Hertford Huntingdonshire Lowestoft North Hertfordshire Norwich Oaklands Peterborough SEEVIC Shuttleworth South Essex Suffolk New West Anglia West Herts West Suffolk

Sixth form colleges	Braintree Colchester Dereham East Norfolk Hills Road Kimberley Long Road Lowestoft Luton Palmer's Paston Sir Isaac Newton One

Coordinates: 52°07′59″N 0°28′02″W / 52.13315°N 0.46726°W / 52.13315; -0.46726

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