Bedford School
Upper School Key Academic Dates 2021-22 Term Dates
Start of Term Exeat Half Term Exeat End of Term Monday 6 Saturday 25 – Saturday 20 September 2021 Friday 15 October Autumn Sunday 26 – Sunday 21 Friday 10 Term 2021 (New Boy Day – Monday 1 September November December 2021 Friday 3 November 2021 2021 2021 September 2021) Saturday Saturday 22 – Friday 11 February Wednesday 5 12– Sunday Friday 25 March Spring Sunday 23 – Monday 21 Term 2022 January 2022 13 March 2022 January 2022 February 2022 2022 Saturday 30 Friday 27 May – Summer Tuesday 19 April April – Saturday 9 July Monday 6 June - Term 2022 2022 Monday 2 2022 May 2022 2022
Parents’ Evenings & Other Academic Events
Date Event Attendees Venue Sixth Form Saturday 18 September Erskine May Fifth Form Information Morning 2021 10.30 a.m. Parents & Boys Hall & (IB & A Level) Departments Parents’ Evening Tuesday 2 November Online by video Fourth Form with Subject Parents & boys 2021 5.30 p.m. conferencing Teachers (online) Parents’ Evening Monday 22 November Remove Form with Subject Great Hall* 2021 5.30 p.m. Parents & boys Teachers
Monday 17 January Fourth Form GCSE Options Parents & boys Great Hall & 2022 6.30 p.m. Evening Departments Parents’ Evening Monday 31 January with Subject Parents & boys Great Hall* Fifth Form 2022 5.30 p.m. Teachers
Wednesday 9 February Lower Sixth Higher Education Parents & boys Erskine May Hall 2022 6.30 p.m. Evening Parents’ Evening Tuesday 22 February with Subject Parents & boys Great Hall* Upper Sixth 2022 6.30 p.m. Teachers Parents’ Evening Parents & boys Online by video Lower Sixth Monday 28 February with Subject (online) conferencing 2022 6.30 p.m. Teachers Music Parents’ All boys Monday 7 March Evening with learning musical Parents & boys Great Hall 2022 6.30 p.m. Instrumental instruments Teachers Revision Seminar Online by video All Years Tuesday 8 March Parents & boys 2022 6.00 p.m. (optional event) conferencing * A limited number of video conferencing appointments will be available for international families School Internal Exam Dates N.B. Start and end dates will be confirmed nearer the time
Date Exams Venue Monday 1 – Thursday 4 GCSE Progress Tests Great Hall/Classrooms November 2021 Fifth Form Wednesday 5 – Saturday GCSE Trial Exams Great Hall/Classrooms 15 January 2022 Wednesday 5 – Saturday IB & A Level Old Theatre Upper Sixth 15 January 2022 Trial Exams Memorial Hall Monday 6 – Saturday 11 Fourth Form Great Hall/Recital Fourth Form June 2022 End of Year Exams Hall/EMH/Old Theatre Monday 6 – Saturday 11 Remove Form Great Hall/Recital Remove Form June 2022 End of Year Exams Hall/EMH/Old Theatre Lower Sixth Monday 6 – Tuesday 14 IB & A Level Great Hall/Recital (A Level & IB) June 2022 End of Year Exams Hall/EMH/Old Theatre
Public Examination Results’ Days
Results’ Day Upper Sixth Tuesday 5 July 2022 (IB2) Upper Sixth tbc (A Level) Fifth Form tbc (GCSE)
Reporting Cycle Details of when parents can expect to receive Grade Cards, Full Reports & Trial Exam Results for their son(s) can be found on Firefly here under Upper School > Supporting Learning > Reports
Timetable Changes (for internal School use)
Saturday Morning Timetables Friday 15 October 2021 Tuesday 7 December 2021 Thursday 20 January 2022 Monday 21 March 2022 Wednesday 25 May 2022 Citizenship Mornings Wednesday 22 September 2021 Thursday 18 November 2021 Tuesday 8 February 2022 Friday 4 March 2022 Thursday 16 June 2022
S Baldock Deputy Head (Academic) Updated June 2021