Bedford Modern School
Bedford Modern School | |
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Manton Lane , , MK41 7NT England | |
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Typ | Public School and Independent day school |
Motto | Floreat Bedfordia (May Bedford Flourish) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Interdenominational |
Established | 1566 |
Department for Education URN | 109728 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headmaster | Michael Hall |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 7 to 18 |
Enrollment | 1207 |
Houses | Oatley, Mobbs, Tilden, Farrar, Rose, Bell |
Colour(s) | Black and Red |
Publication | The Eagle/ The Sports Eagle/ The Eaglet |
Former pupils | Old Bedford Modernians http://www.obmclub.co.uk |
Head Boy | Perry Liu |
Head Girl | Isobel White |
Website | http://www.bedmod.co.uk |
- Bedford Modern School should not be confused with Bedford School.
Bedford Modern School (often called BMS) is an HMC independent school located in the county town of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.[1] BMS comprises a junior school (years 6-11) and a senior school (years 11-18).[1]
History
Bedford Modern School has its origins in The Harpur Trust, born from the endowments left by Sir William Harpur in the sixteenth century.[2] Since the separation of Bedford School and BMS in 1764, the School has had four names – the Writing School, the English School, the Commercial School and finally Bedford Modern School, the last change being made in 1873 to reflect the School's modern curriculum, providing an education for the professions.[3] BMS provided education not only for the locality but also for colonial and military personnel seeking good education for their young families.[3]
In 1834 BMS moved to buildings designed by Edward Blore in Harpur Square, Bedford.[3] The successful growth of the school meant that the buildings became increasingly cramped and in 1974 the school moved to new premises in Bedford.[3] The Foundation Stone for the new building was laid by Margaret Thatcher.[3] On 11 May 1976, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a commemorative panel at the new school building during her visit with H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh.[3]
BMS became a coeducational day school in 2003. In 2014, BMS celebrated the 250th anniversary of the separation of Bedford School and BMS.[4]
School houses
Following a tradition of over a hundred years the Senior School Houses of BMS were: North, South, East, West, County and United Boarders.[3] This last comprised the combined boarding houses: Culver, Shakespeare, and School House.[3] The day boy houses often, though not always, reflected the parts of the town or county from which the boys hailed and were mentioned in the chorus of the school song.[3]
A decision was made in October 1997 for the House system to play a more central role in the School and to reinvigorate internal competition whilst upholding its fine traditions.[4] Six Heads of House were appointed from the staff under the direction of a Senior Head of House, with the brief to establish a modern House system to be integrated into a new school structure and working week, beginning in September 1998.[4] A competition was launched to establish the new house names. The Houses were named in honour of six Old Bedford Modernians who had gained national or international recognition in their field.[4]
Oatley, Mobbs, Tilden, Farrar, Rose, Bell
Each house has its own tie which consists of stripes of the three school colours and their own house colour.[4] Inter-house sports cover all major and minor sports run by the school, at both Junior and Senior level, and range from rugby and hockey (major sports) to shooting and fencing (minor sports).[4] There are also non-sporting events such as quizzes and Music and Drama competitions.[4] Students take leadership roles as House Captain or House Deputies.[4]
Monitors
Year 13 Students have the option of becoming Monitors (prefects) for their final year.[4] Each team of monitors works with a specific year group, and are led by two Senior Monitors, appointed by the Head Master.[4] Senior Monitors have a red trim on their blazer.[4]
Uniform
Boys in years 7 to 11 wear their house tie and school blazer alongside black trousers and a white shirt.[4] Girls may wear the school shirt or black trousers with the school blazer (girls' blazers have a red and black braid). Sixth form students wear a business suit.[4]
Coeducation
Until 2003, BMS was a day and boarding school for boys.[4] Following 12 years of discussions, Bedford Modern School closed its boarding houses and became coeducational in September 2003.[4] In 2013, BMS celebrated 10 years of coeducation, with a play written by Mark Burgess commissioned to celebrate the event.
Sport
Bedford Modern has a strong sporting tradition with many former students going on to compete at national and international levels including two former Captains of the England Rugby Team and a former Captain of the England Cricket Team.
- England Rugby Caps: Horace Finlinson, WB Thomson, Edgar Mobbs (Captain), Arthur Gilbert Bull, Dick Stafford, Harold Day, Dickie Jeeps CBE (Captain) and Lionel Edward Weston
- England Cricketers: Arthur Jones (Captain), Geoff Millman, Monty Panesar
- Olympic Medallists: Major-General Charles Howard Foulkes CB CMG DSO (Field Hockey Bronze), John Yallop (Rowing Silver), Tim Foster MBE (Rowing Gold)
- Boat Race Oarsmen: Sir Archibald Dennis Flower Kt, William Poole, Sir George Edward Godber GCB, David Leadley, Joseph Kinsella, Tim Foster MBE, David Gillard
The school was selected as an official training site for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. The Maldives National Olympic Committee based its competing athletes in Bedford, while Paralympic athletes from Angola, the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, The Gambia, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Jamaica, Lesotho, Morocco, Niger, Pakistan, Senegal, Tunisia and Uganda were also based in the area.[5] With the exception of Weymouth (which hosted various sailing events) Bedford accommodated more Olympic teams in 2012 than any other town or borough in the UK.[5]
Notable Old Bedford Modernians
Academia
- Sir William Augustus Tilden FRS (1842–1926), Chemist & Dean, Royal College of Science, London
- Professor William Hillhouse FLS (1850-1910), first Professor of Botany at the University of Birmingham
- Edward Mann Langley (1851-1933), founder of the Mathematical Gazette and creator of Langley's Adventitious Angles
- William Robert Bousfield FRS (1854-1943), Fellow of the Royal Society
- Dr John Holland Rose FBA (1855–1942), Professor of Naval History, University of Cambridge (1919–1933)
- Professor Richard John Durley MBE (1868-1948), Professor of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University (1901–12)
- Professor Henry Payne FRAeS M.Inst.C.E. (1871-1945), Professor of Engineering at the University of Melbourne
- Jannion Steele Elliott (1871–1942), ornithologist
- Captain Aeneas Lionel Acton Mackintosh (1879–1916), Antarctic explorer, commander of the Ross Sea party expedition
- Dr Eric Temple Bell, (1883–1960), mathematician who specialised in number theory and formulated the Bell series
- Sir Charles Oatley OBE, FRS FREng (1904–1996), Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge
- Professor William Francis Grimes CBE (1905–1988), Professor of Archaeology, University of London (1956–1973)
- Jack Naisbitt King MBE (1928-2007), Bursar and Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge
- Professor John Richard Anthony Pearson FRS FIMMM MIChemE (born 1930), pioneer in fluid mechanics
- Professor David John Bartholomew FBA (born 1931), Professor of Statistics at the LSE (1973–96)
- Professor George Richard Pickett FRS (born 1939), Professor of Low Temperature Physics at Lancaster University
- Professor Richard Hugh Britnell FBA (1944-2013), Professor of History at Durham University
- Dr Vaughan Southgate DL FRSM FLS FSB (born 1944), British medical parasitologist
- Sir Peter Knight Kt FRS (born 1947), Professor of Quantum Optics at Imperial College London
- Professor Stephen Wildman (born 1951), Professor of the History of Art at Lancaster University
- Professor Richard Charles Murray Janko (born 1955), Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan
- Jonathan William James Gillespie FRSA (born 1966), Headmaster of Lancing College (2006–14)
- Dr Peter David Wothers MBE FRSC (born 1969), chemist and Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
The Armed Forces
- Brigadier-General Sir Arthur Long KBE CB CMG DSO (1866-1941)
- Commander Willoughby Baynes Huddleston CMG (1866-1953), Commander in the Royal Indian Navy
- Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Leycester Haymes DSO (1870-1942)
- Major George Godfrey Massy Wheeler VC (1873-1915), was a recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Colonel Arthur Charles Rothery Nutt DSO (1873–1946), inventor of the Artillery Miniature Range
- Sir Ernest Whiteside Huddleston KCIE, CBE, RIN (1874–1959), Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India
- Major-General Charles Howard Foulkes CB CMG DSO (1875-1969), Britain's chief adviser on gas warfare
- Brigadier-General Herbert Cecil Potter CB CMG DSO (1875–1964)
- Brigadier-General Arthur Turner CB CMG DSO (1878-1952), was an English cricketer, rugby union player and soldier
- Brigadier-General Percy Robert Clifford Groves CB CMG DSO (1878-1959), Air Strategist
- Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Cecil Prescott CMG CIE (1882-1960), Inspector of Police in Iraq
- Brigadier Harold Evelyn William Bell Kingsley CIE DSO (1885-1970), Aide-de-Camp to King George VI
- Lieut-Col Charles HGH Harvey-Kelly DSO (1885-1982) was Military Governor in Jerusalem after Allenby’s entry in 1917
- Lieutenant-General Reginald Dawson Hopcraft Lough DSO OBE (1886-1958), Aide-de-Camp to King George VI
- Air Vice-Marshal Robert Dickinson Oxland CB CBE (1889-1959), Group Commander in Bomber Command (1943–44)
- Commander Herbert Roff Newton, OBE, DL (1900-1973), Royal Navy Commander. Deputy Lieutenant of Bedfordshire
- Brigadier Ernest Dynes CBE (1903-1968) was Aide-de-Camp to HM Queen Elizabeth II (1955–57)
- Rear-Admiral Jack Kenneth Highton CB CBE (1904-1988), Aide-de-Camp to Queen Elizabeth II
- Brigadier Thomas Henry Scott Galletly DSO (1905-1972), recipient of the Military Cross (1941)
- Major-General Reginald Booth Stockdale OBE (1908-1979)
- Captain Richard Howe MC (born 1916), Escape Officer Oflag IV-C (Colditz Castle) (1942–1945)
- Sir Ted Horlick KBE (born 1925), Vice-Admiral
- Major-General Keith Burch CB CBE (1931-2013)
The Arts
- William Hale White (1831-1913), known by his pseudonym Mark Rutherford, was a British writer
- Josiah Conder (1852-1920) was a British architect who designed the Rokumeikan and other public buildings in Tokyo
- Sir Archibald Dennis Flower Kt (1865-1950). Chairman of the Trustees and Guardians of Shakespeare’s birthplace
- Henry John Sylvester Stannard RBA FRSA (1870–1951) was a British watercolour artist
- Hugh Patrick Guarin Maule DSO MC FRIBA (1873-1940), architect (Royal Veterinary College in London)
- George Loraine Stampa (1875-1951), British artist. Contributor to Punch and other illustrated papers and magazines
- Sir Henry Howarth Bashford (1880–1961), author of Augustus Carp, Esq. and several other satirical novels
- Eric Temple Bell, (1883–1960), mathematician and science fiction author (as John Taine)
- Richard Capell OBE (1885–1954), music critic for the Daily Mail (1911–1933) and the Daily Telegraph (1933-1954)
- Gillie Potter (1887–1975), comedian and broadcaster
- Captain Reginald Cheyne Berkeley MC (1890–1935), playwright and screenwriter in Hollywood
- Arthur Hugh Chaplin CB (1905-1996), Principal Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum
- Albert Scott Daniell (1906-1965), author. Wrote a novel based on his time at BMS entitled Young English
- Christopher Fry (1907–2005). Poet and playwright. Awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1962
- Robert Luff CBE (1914-2009), theatrical agent and producer (The Black and White Minstrel Show)
- George Matthews (1917–2005), leading communist and editor of the Daily Worker/Morning Star from 1959–1974
- Gordon Langford (born 1930 as Gordon Colman), brass band and orchestral music composer, arranger and performer
- Dennis Sharp (1933-2010), was a British architect, professor, curator, historian, author and editor
- Gordon Thomas (born 1933) is a Welsh author
- John Andrews (born 1936) crime and antiques writer
- Sir Nicholas Lloyd Kt (born 1942), newspaper editor, News of the World (1984) and the Daily Express (1986–95)
- Tim Souster (1943-1994) wrote music for film and television, including music for The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
- Russell Ash (born 1946), author of The Top 10 of Everything
- John Sessions (born 1953), actor, comedian and broadcaster
- Paul Christison Edwards (born 1955) is an English organist and composer of music for the Anglican Church
- Timothy Toni (born 1956), award-winning television producer
- Michael Hext (born 1961), inaugural winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition
- Toby Litt (born 1968), novelist and short story writer
- Russell Barnes (born 1968) is a British television producer and director
- Ben Anderson (born 1975), television reporter and writer
- David Jubb (born 1970), theatre director and chief executive of the Battersea Arts Centre
- Leon Parris (born 1981) is a British writer, composer, musician and actor
- Jeremy Irvine (born 1990), actor (War Horse, Now Is Good, Great Expectations, The Railway Man)
- Don Broco, band
Industry & Commerce
- John Howard (1791-1878), English industrialist, inventor of agricultural equipment and four times Mayor of Bedford
- James Howard (1821–1889), industrialist and inventor of agricultural equipment. MP for Bedford
- Sir Frederick Howard Kt JP DL (1828-1915), British industrialist
- Sir George Herbert Farrar Bt (1859–1915), mining magnate, politician and soldier
- Sir Noel Mobbs KCVO OBE (1878-1959), founder of Slough Estates and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
- Wilfrid Thomas Reid FRAeS (1887-1968), aircraft designer and a pioneer of the Canadian aircraft industry
- Francis Coulson MBE (1919-1998), British chef and hotelier
- Dr Harry Brünjes (born 1954), Chairman of Premier Medical Group, Governor Lancing College, former Governor BMS
- Graham Clive Watts OBE MCMI FRSA FRIBA (born 1956), Chief Executive of the Construction Industry Council
Medicine
- Major-General Harold Percy Waller Barrow CB, CMG, DSO, OBE (1856-1957), Honorary Surgeon to King George V
- Major-General George Francis Angelo Harris CSI FRCP (1856-1931), Professor at the Calcutta Medical School
- Rickard William Lloyd MRCS LRCPEd (1859-1933), Consulting Anaesthetist and author
- Frank Atcherley Rose FRCS (1873-1935), surgeon at St Bartholomew’s Hospital (1928–31)
- Major-General Harold Rothery Nutt FRCS (1876-1953), Honorary Surgeon to the Viceroy of India and King George V
- Cyril Arthur Bennett Horsford FRCS (1876-1953), Laryngologist to the Royal College of Music
- John Wycliffe Linnell FRCP (1878-1967), Consulting Physician
- Sir Henry Howarth Bashford Kt (1880–1961), Honorary Physician to King George VI
- Sir Adolphe Abrahams Kt OBE (1883-1967), Olympic Medical Officer from 1912
- Sir George Edward Godber, GCB (1908-2009), Chief Medical Officer for HM Government in England (1960–73)
- Professor Joseph Graeme Humble CVO FRCP (1913-1980), Professor of Haematology at Westminster Hospital
Public Office in Church and State (Home)
- William Robert Bousfield KC FRS (1854-1943), Conservative MP & Lawyer
- Arthur Pedley CB (1859-1943), British Civil Servant
- Arthur Sheppard MVO (1862-1944), Private Secretary to the (Archbishop of Canterbury (1902-1928))
- Colonel John Alfred Lawrence Billingham CBE FRICS (1868-1955), Chief Inspector of Works, War Office (1928–33)
- Edmund Dene Morel (1873–1924), Labour MP for Dundee (1922–24)
- Sir Ralph Endersby Harwood KCB, KCVO, CB, CVO, CBE (1883-1951). Financial Secretary to King George V
- Davenport Fabian Cartwright Blunt CB (1888-1965), Under-Secretary at HM Treasury (1946–48)
- Reginald Berkeley (1890–1935), Liberal MP
- Sir Clement Thornton Hallam Kt (1891-1965), Solicitor to the General Post Office
- Sir Laurence George Gale Kt CB OBE (1905-1969). Controller, Royal Ordnance Factories
- Sir Henry Cecil Johnson Kt CBE (1906–1988), chairman of the British Railways Board (1968–71)
- John Percival Morton, CMG, OBE (1911-1985). Assistant Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Defence (1968–71)
- Arthur Jones (1915-1991), Conservative MP. Mayor of Bedford
- Rowland Thomas Lovell Lee (1920-2005), Recorder of the Crown Court (1979–92)
- Edgar William Boyles (1921-2001), Under-Secretary at the Inland Revenue (1975–81)
- Reverend Noel Stanton (1926-2009), founder of the Jesus Army
- Brian Ernest Maitland Prophet OBE TD DL (1928-2004)
- Sir Stanley John Odell Kt (born 1929), former Chairman of the National Union of Conservative Constituency Associations
- Sir Herbert Keith Speed Kt DL (born 1934), Conservative MP. Undersecretary of State for Defence (1979–81)
- Jeffery John Mumford Speed CBE FRSA (born 1936) was Director of Fundraising at Conservative Central Office
- Stephen John Wooler CB (born 1948), HM Chief Inspector to the Crown Prosecution Service (1999-2010)
- Reverend Jeffrey James West OBE FRSA (born 1950), Inspector of Historic Buildings, English Heritage (1983–86)
- Patrick Hall (born 1951), Labour MP for Bedford and Kempston (1997-2010)
- Michael Crowther (born 1952), wildlife conservationist and founder of the Indianapolis Prize
- The Rt Revd Anthony William Robinson (born 1956), Bishop of Pontefract
- Nick Hawkins, (born 1957) former Conservative MP for Blackpool South and Surrey Heath
- Andy Gilchrist (born 1960), former head of the FBU (Fire Brigades Union)
- Nicolas John "Nick" Gibb (born 1960), Conservative MP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- Richard Fuller (born 1962), Conservative MP for Bedford and Kempston
Public Office in Church and State (Overseas)
- Sir William Morgan KCMG (1828-1883), Premier of South Australia (1878-81)
- Sir William Tudball Kt (1866-1943). Puisne Judge of the High Court of Allahabad (1909-1922)
- Sir Ernest Colville Collins Wilton KCMG (1870-1952), President of the Commission for the Government of the Saar Basin
- Sir William Pell Barton KCIE (1871-1956). Resident in Baroda (1919), Mysore (1920–25) and Hyderabad (1925–30)
- William McKinnell (1873-1939), politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, Canada (1920–36)
- Sir Robert Daniel Richmond KCIE (1878-1948), Chief Conservator, Indian Woods and Forests
- Sir Francis Moncrieff Kerr-Jarrett Kt (1885-1968), Custos Rotulorum of St James’s, Jamaica
- Sir Sidney Abrahams Kt KC (1885-1957), Chief Justice of Tanganyika and Ceylon; Privy Councillor
- Stanley Wyatt Smith (1887-1958), Consul-General of Manila (1938–42) and Honolulu (1943-44)
- Major-General Ronald Okeden Alexander CB DSO (1888-1949), Inspector General, Central Canada (1942–46)
- Frederick Williamson (1891-1935), Consul-General of Kashgar (1927–30)
- Walter Ian James Wallace CMG OBE (1905-1993), Assistant Undersecretary of State at the Colonial Office (1962–66)
- Sir Arthur Mooring KCMG (1908–1969), British Resident in Zanzibar (1959–1963)
- Cyril Herbert Williams CMG OBE (1908-1983) was Provincial Commissioner of the Nyanza Province of Kenya (1951–56)
- William Edward Lancaster CBE AM (1910-2003) was Chief Executive of the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia
- Malcolm Geoffrey Hilson OBE (born 1942), High Commissioner of Vanuatu (1997-2000)
- Paul Reddicliffe OBE (born 1945), British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia (1994-1997)
Sport
- Sir Archibald Dennis Flower Kt (1865-1950), rowed for Cambridge in the 1886 Boat Race
- Horace William Finlinson (1871-1956), England Rugby International
- Wardlaw Brown Thomson (1871-1921), England Rugby International
- William Mansfield Poole (1871-1946), rowed for Oxford in the 1891 Boat Race
- Arthur Jones (1872-1914), Captained the England Cricket Team. Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1900
- Charles Howard Foulkes CB CMG DSO (1875-1969), field hockey player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Arthur Jervois Turner (1878-1952) was an English Cricketer and rugby union player
- Thomas Edgar Hammond (1878-1945) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Sir Robert Daniel Richmond (1878-1948) played cricket for Jamaica
- Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar Mobbs DSO (1882–1917), Captained the England Rugby Team and Northampton
- Sir Sidney Abrahams KC (1885-1957), competed in the Long jump at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Arthur Gilbert Bull (1890-1963), England Rugby International
- Dick Stafford (1893–1912), England Rugby International
- Basil Rogers (1896–1975), Cricketer
- Harold Lindsay Vernon Day (1898-1972), England Rugby International who also played first class cricket for Hampshire
- Ernest Dynes CBE (1903-1968) was an English Cricketer
- Sir George Edward Godber GCB, rowed for Oxford in the 1928 and 1929 Boat Races
- Ian Mantle (1920–2010), engineer and rally driver
- David Anthony Terence Leadley (born 1928), rowed for Cambridge in the 1953 Boat Race
- Richard Eric Gautrey Jeeps CBE (born 1930), Captained the England Rugby Team and the British Lions
- Bob Gale (born 1933), Middlesex Cricketer
- Geoff Millman (1934-2005), England Cricketer
- Peter David Watts (born 1938), English Cricketer
- Hamilton ("Tony") Pierre Matt Milton (born 1938), swimmer at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Peter Kippax (born 1940) was an English Cricketer who played for Yorkshire
- Lionel Edward Weston (born 1947), England Rugby International
- Peter George Knapp (born 1949) is a British rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics
- John Yallop (born 1949), British rower who won a Silver Medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
- Neil Alexander Keron (born 1953) is a British rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Harold James Plaskett (born 1960), British Chess Champion in 1990
- Alan Fordham (born 1964) is a former English Cricketer
- Joseph Dominic Kinsella (born 1966), rowed for Cambridge in the 1984 Boat Race
- Andrew Trott (born 1968), English Cricketer
- Paul Owen (born 1969) played cricket for Canada
- Tim Foster MBE (born 1970), British rower who won a Gold Medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
- David Gillard (born 1971), rowed for Cambridge in the 1991, 1992 and 1993 Boat Races
- Mark Denney (born 1975), former rugby union footballer who played at centre for Bristol, Castres and Wasps
- Kelvin Locke (born 1980) is an English Cricketer
- Oliver Clayson (born 1980) is an English Cricketer
- Jamie Wade (born 1981) is an English Cricketer
- Monty Panesar (born 1982), England Cricketer. Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2007
- Richard King (born 1984) is a former English Cricketer
List of headmasters
- 2010– Michael Hall
- 1996–2009 Stephen Smith
- 1977–1996 Peter John Squire
- 1965–1977 Brian Kemball-Cook
- 1946–1965 Rev. John Edward Taylor
- 1922–1946 Henry Weddell Liddle
- 1917–1922 Arnold Powell, later head of Epsom College
- 1901–1916 Cecil William Kaye
- 1877-1900 Robert Burton Poole
- 1860-1877 Wilkinson Finlinson
- 1831-1860 John Moore
- 1821-1831 William Henry White
- 1814-1820 William Massey
- 1809-1814 James Ruffhead
- 1799-1809 John Whitehouse
- 1765-1799 George Jackson
- 1764-1765 John Whitehouse
Other masters
- John Moore, footballer
References
- ^ a b Bedford Modern School Official Website
- ^ The Harpur Trust 1552-1973 by Joyce Godber 1973
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Bedford Modern School of the Black And Red", Andrew Underwood, 1981
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "School Of The Black And Red" by Andrew Underwood 1981, reset and updated by Peter Boon, Paul Middleton and Richard Wildman in 2010
- ^ a b http://www.bedford.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/council_news/archived_news/february_2012/on_your_marks.aspx
- Underwood, Andrew (1981). Bedford Modern School of the Black and Red. Bedford Modern School. ISBN 0-9507608-1-1.