Upcoming Events 2025
Throughout the year we have pleasure inviting our alumnae community to join us at school for a number of events including Open Days, music concerts, networking events and significant sports fixtures, as well as bespoke alumnae events, held both at BGS and other venues. Dates will appear in the calendar when details are available. We look forward to welcoming you.
Alumnae Super Sporting Sunday, Sunday 23rd March 2025, 9.00am-3.00pm
An action packed day of netball, hockey and lacrosse with a sports lunch served. The hockey and netball matches are held in memory of alumna and former sports teacher Sarah Raven (née Fisher, BHS ) and the lacrosse match is held in memory of former Head of PE, Miss Joan Gibson (BHS).
London Drinks - Thursday 24th April 2025
Details to follow shortly
159th Bedford Regatta, Saturday 10th May 2025
An annual event in the rowing calendar. Please come and visit The Alumnae tent where we will be offering refreshments throughout the day and cheer on the BGS rowers.
Dame Alice Harpur School 1973 Reunion, Saturday 17th May 2025
This year's gathering takes place at Haddenham, Aylesbury.
Alumnae Speaker Series - Eleanor Vendrell - Wednesday 21st May 2025, 7.00-9.00pm
Writing under the pen name of Eleanor Vendrell (Southern-Wilkins, DAHS 2012), alumna Eleanor is a writer and researcher interested in the easy topics of love, relationships, identity and the meaning of it all. A lifelong reader of books that make you laugh and sob, she enjoys nothing more than earnest discussions about the importance of joyful fiction and books that include kissing.
A spark for creative writing was ignited during her English Literature A Levels classes and Eleanor has continued writing for pleasure ever since. 2025 marks the launch of her debut novel, 'The Great Orchid Heist'. The book is now available as an ebook and in paperback from 13th March.
As part of our 'Alumnae Speaker Series', Eleanor will be joining us on Wednesday 21st May 2025 to talk about her creative journey. The evening will begin at 7.00pm and there will be an opportunity to buy a copy of Eleanor’s book.
Tickets are priced at £2 per person to include light refreshments. To book your place https://lnkd.in/e2fg9BhY
www.eleanorvendrell.co.uk
Bedford High School Reunion for all eras, Friday 20th June 2025
An opportunity for all Bedford High School students to get together over drinks. Venue TBC.
Work The Room, June 2025, 6.00-7.00pm
Our annual networking event for Year 12 students supported by our alumnae community.
Visit The Farm - Thursday 26th June 2025, 10.00am-12.00pm
We are delighted to invite you to a private visit to Whizz Middleton’s (née Shaw, BHS 1998) farm in Lilley on Thursday 26th June 2025, at 10:00 am.
Whizz will lead a guided walk around her family’s picturesque 500 acre farm, nestled in the Barton Hills. She will share insights into the daily operations of a busy working farm, the topography of the land, and the different crops grown, most notably rapeseed. The farm has been in Whizz’s family since 1982, and in 2012, she launched Mrs Middleton’s Oils, an award-winning offshoot of the business.
The morning will conclude with tea, coffee, and biscuits, followed by a short presentation from Whizz on Mrs Middleton’s Oils.
There is no charge to join the event but there will be a collection on the day for the East Anglian Air Ambulance, in recognition of the life-saving support they provided on the farm a few years ago.
Please book to secure your place—we hope you can join us for this special visit!
BGS Culture Fest, Saturday 28th June 2025
This wonderful event returns to celebrate the wonderful rich heritage and culture that makes BGS so special.
Alumnae Tennis - Monday 7th July 2025, from 1.30pm
An afternoon 'Round-Robin!' style event.
Alumnae Rowing - Tuesday 8th July 2025
An opportunity to get back on the Great Ouse for some light-hearted competition! Light refreshments will be served.
Class of 2024 Reunion Drinks - Friday 5th September 2025, 5.30-7.30pm
Late summer drinks and nibbles in the beautiful setting of the Sensory Garden.
DAHSA Reunion for all eras - Saturday 13th September 2025, 2.00-5.00pm
A lovely occasion for all former students to get together over tea, cake and tours of the school.
Alumnae Speaker Series - Alice McIlroy, Wednesday 19th November 2025, 7.00-9.00pm
Alumna, Alice McIlroy (previously Coubrough, DAHS 2006), has recently released her debut novel, 'The Glass Woman', a psychological thriller and cautionary tale about a female scientist who trials a pioneering AI brain implant. It explores themes of autonomy, memory and identity. The novel has been well received and has been reviewed in The Guardian, New Scientist and Irish Times.
Following school, Alice read English at the University of Exeter, before completing a postgraduate in Law and the Faber Academy’s novel writing programme. Her writing has been longlisted for the Stylist Prize for Feminist Fiction and Grindstone International Novel Prize, and her articles have been published in BookBrunch, The Author, CrimeReads and Shots Magazine. She teaches creative writing and works for a literary scout.
Alice will be joining us on the evening of Wednesday 19th November 2025 as part of our 'Alumnae Speaker Series', to talk about her book and journey into writing. Tickets will be available to book from the start of the autumn term.
www.alicemcilroy.com
For further information and to book your place on to any of these events please contact Emma MacKenzie in The Alumnae Office.