Education
There are two lower schools in Queens Park - Queens Park Academy which is situated over two sites on Chestnut Avenue and Marlborough Road, and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Lower School located on Chester Road. Also on Chester Road is Westfield Middle School which educates Queens Park's 9-13 year olds. For older children the area is in the catchment for Biddenham Upper School which is located just to the north of Queens Park.
Enterprise House (located on Old Ford End Road) is a small adult education centre operated by Bedford College. The centre offers a range of part-time courses for the Queens Park community, covering a range of subjects from child care and computing to English language skills and maths.
Barnfield College also offers education and training at its campus on Westbourne Road in Queens Park. The campus is for students from all over Bedford as well as Queens Park, and offers a range of further education courses.
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