Bedales students are celebrating after receiving their GCSE and Bedales Assessed Course (BAC) results with more than two thirds of grades 9-7 (equivalent to A*-A). 

Twenty-seven per cent of students achieved at least nine grades 9-7 with 10 per cent achieving a clean sweep of at least nine grades 9-8 (equivalent to A*). Of these high performing students, 11 attended Bedales Prep or Pre-prep prior to progressing to Bedales Senior.  

Bedales’ curriculum means that students currently take a combination of the School’s own BACs combined with GCSEs in five core subjects. 

Head of Bedales, Will Goldsmith commented: “Congratulations to our students on these impressive results. I am delighted that their hard work has paid off. Our students have shown high levels of performance in both their GCSE and BAC subjects.

“As a school we do question the purpose of high stakes assessments in Year 11 which is why we are introducing more of our own courses to better serve the interests of our students and prepare them for A Level study. With many educationalists calling for change, Bedales is leading the way in showing what’s possible.”  

Bedales has announced that it is further reducing the number of GCSEs taken by students down to two in Maths and English Language. BACs are offered as an alternative to GCSE for increased depth, more active learning and stimulating material.

With less prescriptive syllabuses and a wider range of assessments including group and individual projects, presentations, essays and portfolios in addition to written examinations.