BSB accepts children from 2 years to 11 years old. Children are initially placed into classes according to their age on the 31st of August of the year of entry.
Foundation Stage
Nursery / Pre prep 2-3 years
Early Years 3-4 years
Reception 4-5 years
Key Stage 1 (KS1)
Year 1 5-6 years
Year 2 6-7 years
Key Stage 2 (KS2)
Year 3 7-8 years
Year 4 8-9 years
Year 5 9-10 years
Year 6 10-11 years
Class size
BSB believes that quality teaching is greatly improved when the child to teacher ratio is low giving the teacher more time to spend on small group and individual child teaching. Class sizes are kept small to ensure this. The staff to child ratio is 1:6 in the Nursery, 1:8 in Early Years, 1:9 in Reception, 1:10 in KS 1 and 1:12 in KS 2