BEDFORD SCHOOL

Explore Bedford School! Practice reading skills with facts on its history, costs, and facilities.

Read the text. A Bedford School is an independent boarding and day school for boys aged 7 to 18 years. The school is located in the country town of Bedford just 50 miles north of London. It was founded by Edward VI in 1552. There are about 1.100 students, of whom approximately a third are boarders.B Bedford is a private school and it’s rather expensive. It costs more than 21.000 pounds a year to study in a boarding school and more than 12.000 pounds a year to study in a day school.C Bedford School is surrounded by 50 acres of beautiful gardens. There are a lot of classrooms, science labs, ICT rooms and music rooms, a 290-seat theatre, a gym a school observatory, a tennis and squash courts, playing fields in the school. Bedford has got about 120 teachers. That’s one teacher for nine students.D Sport is very important at Bedford School. Students can do 40 different sports, including rugby, cricket, bandy (Russian hockey), rowing and others. All the students do sport every day.E Most students stay at the school until they are 18 years old. 78 per cent of boys went to Russell Group Universities such as Oxford and Cambridge in 2017. Match the paragraphs with the paragraph titles. A general information about the school B how much it costs to study at Bedford C the buildings and facilities D sport at Bedford E what students do when they leave Bedford school Read the text again. Write the dates and numbers next to the ideas from the text. 1. Bedford School was founded in 1552.2. it costs 21.000 pounds a year to study in a boarding school3. it costs 12.000 pounds a year to study in a day school4. a 290-seat theatre5. 78 per cent of students went to study at Russell Group Universities6. 120 teachers work at Bedford School7. 1.100 students study at the School8. 40 different sports9. one teacher for nine students Decide if the sentences are True or False. True You have to pay a lot of money to go to Bedford School. Students at Bedford School can live at the school. There is a school observatory at Bedford School. False The school is located just 50 miles south of London. Both boys and girls can go to Bedford School. Only famous people can go to Bedford School.