Please note that 1-2-1 meeting bookings have now closed for our Virtual Open Day on Saturday 6 February. Please email welcome@bedes.org if there is any key member of staff the you would like to talk with and we will be happy to arrange.

Astro and Sports Fields

The Astro in the heart of the school not only provides a high quality surface for sports but also provides the perfect environment for pupils to play year-round. In addition Bede’s pupils are lucky enough to play games at the The Hollow, nearby which with its clifftop location, must be one of the most stunning sports fields in the country.

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Baby and Toddler

The youngest members of the Bede’s community are catered for in our bespoke Baby and Toddler Unit, which welcomes children from three months to two and half years. The Nursery offers dedicated sleep and soft play areas as well as a lovely garden. Bede’s Nursery provides all meals and snacks for children during the day and all food is cooked on site by our catering team. In fine weather, Nursery staff take the babies out for a buggy walk along the seafront.

Dining Hall

The Dining Hall is at the heart of Bede’s Prep School, where all children and staff come together during the day for meals. All food is prepared each day on site by our catering team and children can choose from different main meal options as well as a salad bar. Meal times are closely supervised by teaching staff and afterwards children can run straight out to the astro area for playtime.

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Holywell

From around two and a half, children move across to our Holywell Nursery. The Nursery offers bespoke facilities including an outdoor classroom and play area. Holywell is also home to our Pre-School which provides the perfect preparation for moving up to the Pre-Prep.

With both Holywell and Bede’s Prep School’s facilities open to them, the Nursery children have full access to the Bede’s Prep School Swimming Pool, Library, Music Centre and Sports Hall, and they also eat in the Bede’s Prep Dining Hall, overlooking the sea. The Pre-School children also have the opportunity to catch the bus to School if parents wish them to.

Meads End Boarding

Our boarding house at Meads End provide the perfect setting for pupils to take advantage of the activities and facilities on offer at Bede’s Prep School as well as its wonderful seafront location. We offer full, weekly or flexi boarding options and a number of our day pupils opt to board as they grow older in order to build more time into their school week in which to participate in sports and other activities and spend more time with their friends.

Our international boarders join us for short stays of one or two terms through to longer stays of a year and as the perfect preparation for boarding at the Senior School. We offer a full programme of weekend activities for all full boarders.

Performing Arts

For performing arts enthusiasts Bede’s Prep offers a range of opportunities from its programme of annual productions for each age group and via its Activities Programme which allows pupils to choose from options including LAMDA, musical theatre, a range of different genres of singing and choir and drama activity. Children are also encouraged to learn an instrument.

We also offer teaching in a range of styles including ballet, contemporary, modern, jazz, tap, street, musical theatre and choreography. Children can participate from Nursery through to year 8 and all classes are taught by professional teachers.

Classroom

Bede’s Prep offers wonderful academic facilities for its pupils including seafront classrooms, science laboratories, a cookery centre and spacious artroom. Pupils in the Prep School benefit from subject specific teaching from a young age which ensures that teaching is genuinely innovative, memorable and personal to each pupil.

At Bede’s we believe that what happens outside the classroom can be as important as what happens inside it and therefore we provide a programme of academically focussed trips to places of interest across the UK and Europe. We are also fortunate to have some of Sussex’s most beautiful scenery on our doorstep which provide us with rich learning opportunities close to home.

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Sport Centre

Few Prep Schools can offer the calibre of coaching found at Bede’s Prep School with its expansive training and fixtures programme. Bede’s has a large sports hall of its own which facilitates year round training in core sports as well as activities including trampolining and climbing. Bede’s Prep pupils also make regular use of the facilities and coaches at Bede’s Senior School which ensures a seamless pathway for children of all ability levels.

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Swimming Pool

Children from Reception through to Year 6 enjoy weekly Swimming classes, with Years 7 and 8 swimming on a fortnightly timetable. In addition to our curricula swimming, we offer five swimming squad training sessions and activities such as kayaking, diving, lifesaving, snorkelling and water polo.