Inspection reports

Pupils achieve well overall across subjects, including public examinations.

The curriculum in the senior school offers a suitable range of GCSE, IGCSE and Bedales Assessed Course (BAC) options to cater for pupils' interests, preferred assessment framework and aspirations.

Teaching enables pupils across the school, including in the early years, to make good progress. Lessons are well planned by teachers and learning is matched to pupils' ages and prior attainment.

Pupils are encouraged to develop their speaking and listening skills across the curriculum, to express their views, present ideas and ask searching questions.

Across the school there is a high level of participation in sport and competitive games fixtures.

Pupils demonstrate an understanding of the need for tolerance and respect for people with diverse beliefs, faiths and cultures.

Pupils demonstrate an understanding of the need for tolerance and respect for people with diverse beliefs, faiths and cultures.

The school has a clear behaviour policy and effective anti-bullying strategy.

The 'Outdoor Work' programme enables pupils to develop a diverse range of vocational and physical skills. It enables them to develop a a sophisticated understanding of crafts that support the natural world and of the need for sustainability.

In the early years, mutual respect is seen in action through the interactions of the children with both their peers and their teachers.

Pupils engage with real-world business scenarios from production to selling and reinvestment.

Leaders are effective in promoting pupils' wellbeing. Leaders demonstrate thorough knowledge, skills and understanding and fulfil their responsibilities. They carry out rigorous self-evaluation and keep the school's aims and ethos at the centre of their decision making.

Governors ensure that leaders utilise good knowledge and skills so that they fulfil their responsibilities to promote the wellbeing of pupils effectively and ensure that all of the Standards are met.