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- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 13 to 18. Boarding: Yes Local authority: Hampshire Pupils: 470; sixth formers: 196
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Bedales was originally a small and intimate school: the 1900 buildings were designed for 150 pupils. Under a programme of expansion and modernisation in the 1960s and 1970s under the headmastership of Tim Slack, the senior school grew from 240 pupils in 1966 to 340, thereafter increasing to some 465. Heads.
Sep 8, 2023 · In 1899 John Badley acquired a 120 acre estate at Steep, near Petersfield, Hampshire, and set about building a purpose-built school. After seven successful years in Scaynes Hill, the school and its nearly 50 pupils moved in 1900 to its new home, retaining the Bedales name.
It name comes from the first house it was established in called ‘Bedales’ in Steep, near Haywards Heath, West Sussex. As the numbers of pupils increased, and girls also joined the school, other nearby properties had to be rented to accommodate them.
Sep 19, 2023 · And, channeling the educational vision of Bedales founder and ongoing icon John Badley, who opened the co-educational school in 1898, Bedales does not think exams like GCSEs actually get...
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Bedales was founded by J H Badley in 1893 to be a humane alternative to the authoritarian regimes typical of late-Victorian public schools, read on to find out more about our history. 1893. John Haden Badley, aged 28, opened Bedales School in a rented house at Lindfield, near Haywards Heath.
Oct 8, 2024 · Whilst Bedales has day pupils, they are treated identically to boarders, and Bedales recognises itself to that end as fundamentally a Boarding School. 10% of pupils come from overseas. Entry is at 13 or 16.
Bedales comprises three co-educational boarding and day schools located in 120 acres of South Downs National Park in Petersfield, Hampshire: Bedales Pre-prep (3-8 years) Bedales Prep (8-13 years) Bedales Senior (13-18 years) Our ethos.