Bredon School

Pull Court, Tewkesbury, GL20 6AH

All-through school in Tewkesbury.

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Age range
7–21
Co-ed status
Mixed
Number of students
217
Day / boarding
Day & boarding
Religious affiliation
Church of England
Average fees
Day £27,700 · Boarding £48,418 (annual, inc. VAT)
Has a nursery
No

Fee profile

Pre-Reception
Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4 £17,338
Year 5 £17,338
Year 6 £17,338
Year 7 £26,302
Year 8 £26,302
Year 9 £34,477
Year 10 £34,477
Year 11 £34,477
Year 12 £34,477
Year 13 £34,477

Bursaries

Yes

Scholarships

Yes

A-level results

% A*–A6%
% A*–B56%
Subjects8

Results shown for 2025.

Subject popularity

By percentage of all A-level exams taken.

Art31%
Economics25%
Mathematics25%
History6%
Physics6%

Admissions

Bredon’s admissions process looks personal, careful and strongly focused on individual need. Families are not simply choosing a small day-and-boarding school but one with a distinctive dyslexia-friendly and learning-support profile, so discussions about fit, support and the right pathway are likely to be central. The admissions story feels bespoke rather than generic.

How the school describes itself

  • Bredon School is specialist, supportive and genuinely individual. The school emphasises dyslexia-friendly teaching, small classes, broad opportunity and helping students grow in confidence as well as competence. The school is encouraging, practical and strongly learner centred.

Parents like

  • A compelling option for families seeking a smaller school with real experience of dyslexia and related learning needs. The attraction is the promise of personalised attention, assistive technology and a curriculum that tries to play to strengths rather than expose weaknesses. It is a school designed for students who need an environment that really understands them.

Inspection snapshot

The school points families to recent inspection reporting in 2025, which matters because Bredon’s specialist proposition needs external scrutiny to carry weight. Parents considering a school for learning differences will want exactly this sort of recent evidence alongside the school’s own narrative. The public picture is of a school confident in its specialist role.

Bredon School

All-through school in Tewkesbury.

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How the school describes itself

  • Bredon School is specialist, supportive and genuinely individual. The school emphasises dyslexia-friendly teaching, small classes, broad opportunity and helping students grow in confidence as well as competence. The school is encouraging, practical and strongly learner centred.

Fee profile

Annual fees including VAT. 2025-26.

Year 4£17,338
Year 5£17,338
Year 6£17,338
Year 7£26,302
Year 8£26,302
Year 9£34,477
Year 10£34,477
Year 11£34,477
Year 12£34,477
Year 13£34,477
Year 4£38,056
Year 5£38,056
Year 6£38,056
Year 7£47,020
Year 8£47,020
Year 9£55,195
Year 10£55,195
Year 11£55,195
Year 12£55,195
Year 13£55,195

A-level results

% A*–A6%
% A*–B56%
Different A-level subjects8

Results shown for 2025.

Popular subjects

By percentage of all A-level exams taken.

Art31%
Economics25%
Mathematics25%
History6%
Physics6%

Parents like

  • A compelling option for families seeking a smaller school with real experience of dyslexia and related learning needs. The attraction is the promise of personalised attention, assistive technology and a curriculum that tries to play to strengths rather than expose weaknesses. It is a school designed for students who need an environment that really understands them.

Admissions

Bredon’s admissions process looks personal, careful and strongly focused on individual need. Families are not simply choosing a small day-and-boarding school but one with a distinctive dyslexia-friendly and learning-support profile, so discussions about fit, support and the right pathway are likely to be central. The admissions story feels bespoke rather than generic.

Scholarships

Scholarships and bursaries do appear to exist, though the stronger public story is specialist support rather than prestige awards. For many families, the real value lies in whether the school can unlock confidence and progress for pupils who may have found larger settings difficult. Access support matters, but fit is the bigger question.

Bursaries

Bredon publishes a bursary route in its fees information and says families should review the school’s means-testing criteria before applying.

  • Families should confirm the relevant day or boarding entry route directly with the school.
  • No standard remission range is published.
  • The school asks parents to contact the Bursar to apply, and says bursary decisions remain at the school’s discretion after considering the relevant financial information.

Inspection snapshot

The school points families to recent inspection reporting in 2025, which matters because Bredon’s specialist proposition needs external scrutiny to carry weight. Parents considering a school for learning differences will want exactly this sort of recent evidence alongside the school’s own narrative. The public picture is of a school confident in its specialist role.

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