Bedstone College – Co-Educational Independent Day and Boarding School in Shropshire

The College enjoys an outstanding reputation for its pastoral care. The whole College community is seen as an extended family and all relationships are modelled on that. Every student is cared for by both a houseparent and a tutor. Prior to the third form (national Curriculum Year 9) that tutor is the form tutor; from the third form onwards, each student has a personal tutor with whom they have weekly meetings to discuss every aspect of their life at school and beyond. In addition to the boarding houses each student is placed into one of three competitive houses named after the local castles – Hopton, Stokesay and Wigmore.

Each of the four boarding houses is cared for by resident houseparents, nearly all of whom have young families of their own and provide an outstanding level of care for their charges. Non-resident house tutors assist in the running of the houses and every member of the academic staff is either a resident or non-resident house tutor.

Education is a partnership between parents and school.  At Bedstone the staff, students and parents get to know each other very well, and the Headmaster, Deputy Headmaster, Houseparents and tutors are always available for consultation. We are only ever a telephone call away.

The single-sex boarding houses cater for a small range of year groups, arranged according to the different stages of a child’s development. The boarding houses are comfortable, well-equipped and homely. There is a mixture of small dormitories and study bedrooms depending upon the age of the students and the geography of the individual house. Each house has its own common room with television, video and DVD, and a kitchenette so that snacks can be made when feeling peckish!

There are four boarding houses:

• Bedstone House – for junior girls
• Wilson House – for senior girls
• Rutter House – for junior boys
• Pearson House – for senior boys

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