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Bedales School

April 25, 2024

Bedales School is a public school (co-educational private school, boarding and day) in the village of Steep, near the market town of Petersfield in Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1893 by Amy Badley and John Haden Badley in reaction to the limitations of conventional Victorian schools and has been co-educational since 1898.

Bedales School
Address
Church Road

Steep
,
Hampshire
,
GU32 2DG

England
Information
TypePrivate boarding and day school
Public school
MottoWork of Each for Weal of All
Established1893
FounderJohn Haden Badley
Department for Education URN116527 Tables
HeadmasterWill Goldsmith
GenderCo-educational
Age13 to 18
Enrolment761
Annual tuition£37,200
Websitewww.bedales.org.uk

History edit

 
John Haden Badley, co-founder of the school

The school was started in 1893 by Amy Garrett Badley and John Haden Badley. John had met Oswald B Powell when they were introduced to each other by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, whom they both knew from their Cambridge days. John said that Oswald and his wife, Winifred Powell, were as important as Amy and him.[1] A house called Bedales was rented just outside Lindfield, near Haywards Heath.[1] In 1899 Badley and Powell (the latter borrowing heavily from his father, the Vicar of Bisham) purchased a country estate near Steep and constructed a purpose-built school, including state-of-the-art electric lighting, which opened in 1900. The site has been extensively developed over the past century, including the relocation of a number of historic vernacular timber frame barns. A preparatory school, Dunhurst, was started in 1902 on Montessori principles (and was visited in 1919 by Maria Montessori herself), and a primary school, Dunannie, was added in the 1950s.

 
Amy Badley, co-founder of the school

The Badleys took a non-denominational approach to religion and the school has never had a chapel: its relatively secular teaching made it attractive in its early days to nonconformists, agnostics, Quakers, Unitarians and liberal Jews, who formed a significant element of its early intake. The school was also well known and popular in some Cambridge and Fabian intellectual circles, with connections to the Wedgwoods, Darwins, Huxleys, and Trevelyans. Books such as A quoi tient la supériorité des Anglo-Saxons? and L'Education nouvelle popularised the school on the Continent, leading to a cosmopolitan intake of Russian and other European children in the 1920s.

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 edit

  • 1893–1935 John Haden Badley
  • 1936–1946 Frederic Alfred Meier
  • 1946–1962 Hector Beaumont Jacks
  • 1962–1974 Tim Slack
  • 1974–1981 Patrick Nobes
  • 1981–1992 Euan MacAlpine
  • 1992–1994 Ian Newton
  • 1994–2001 Alison Willcocks
  • 2001–2018 Keith Budge
  • 2018–2021 Magnus Bashaarat
  • 2021–present Will Goldsmith

The campus edit

 
Memorial Library and Lupton Hall

Since 1900 the school has been located on a 120-acre (0.49 km2) estate in the village of Steep, near Petersfield, Hampshire. As well as playing fields, orchards, woodland, pasture, multiple sport pitches and a nature reserve, the campus also has two Grade I listed arts and crafts buildings designed by Ernest Gimson, the Lupton Hall (1911), which was co-designed, built and largely financed by ex-pupil Geoffrey Lupton, and the Memorial Library (1921).[2]

There are three contemporary, award-winning buildings:

Old Bedalians edit

See also: Category:People educated at Bedales School

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ a b "Amy Badley". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  2. ^ "BEDALES MEMORIAL LIBRARY, LUPTON HALL AND CORRIDOR, Steep - 1278033 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk.
  3. ^ . Bedales.org.uk. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  4. ^ Faces of the Week, BBC, 21 July 2006.
  5. ^ a b c d e "27 famous people who went to school in Hampshire". Hampshire Life. Great British Life. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Simon Anholt, Old Bedalian & Foreign Office Public Diplomacy Board". Bedales.org.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Simon Anholt". Simon Anholt. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Sebastian Bergne". Sebastian Bergne. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  9. ^ Lucinda Schmidt, Profile: Peter Hall, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 April 2010
  10. ^ "Lara Johnson-Wheeler". Bedales. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  11. ^ Sale, Jonathan (19 February 2009). "Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Roger Lloyd Pack, actor". The Independent. London. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  12. ^ . Bedales.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  13. ^ Annan, Noel; Ferguson, James (30 May 1996). "Obituary: Teresa, Lady Rothschild". The Independent. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  14. ^ Wetherell, David. "Biography – Camilla Hildegarde Wedgwood". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

References edit

See also Bibliography for John Haden Badley.

  • Bedales School; A School for Boys. Outline of its aims and system. By J H Badley. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1892
  • A quoit tient la superiorité des Anglo-Saxons?. By Edmond Demolins. 1897
  • Notes and suggestions for those who join the staff at Bedales School. By J H Badley. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1922
  • Bedales: A Pioneer School. By J H Badley. London: Methuen, 1923
  • Bedales Since the War. By Geoffrey Crump. London: Chapman and Hall, 1936
  • John Haden Badley 1865–1967. By Gyles Brandreth and Sally Henry. Steep: Bedales Society, 1967
  • English Progressive Schools. By Robert Skidelsky. London: Penguin, 1969
  • The Public School Phenomenon. By Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1977
  • Irregularly Bold: A Study of Bedales School. By James Henderson. London: André Deutsch, 1978
  • Bedales 1935–1965 Memories and Reflections of Fifteen Bedalians. By H.B. Jacks. Steep: The Bedales Society, 1978
  • Bedales School – The First Hundred Years. By Roy Wake and Pennie Denton. London: Haggerston Press, 1993

External links edit

  • Bedales School
  • Profile on UK Boarding Schools

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April 25, 2024
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Bedales School is a public school co educational private school boarding and day in the village of Steep near the market town of Petersfield in Hampshire England It was founded in 1893 by Amy Badley and John Haden Badley in reaction to the limitations of conventional Victorian schools and has been co educational since 1898 Bedales SchoolAddressChurch RoadSteep Hampshire GU32 2DGEnglandInformationTypePrivate boarding and day schoolPublic schoolMottoWork of Each for Weal of AllEstablished1893FounderJohn Haden BadleyDepartment for Education URN116527 TablesHeadmasterWill GoldsmithGenderCo educationalAge13 to 18Enrolment761Annual tuition 37 200Websitewww wbr bedales wbr org wbr uk Contents 1 History 2 Heads 3 The campus 4 Old Bedalians 5 Footnotes 6 References 7 External linksHistory edit nbsp John Haden Badley co founder of the school The school was started in 1893 by Amy Garrett Badley and John Haden Badley John had met Oswald B Powell when they were introduced to each other by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson whom they both knew from their Cambridge days John said that Oswald and his wife Winifred Powell were as important as Amy and him 1 A house called Bedales was rented just outside Lindfield near Haywards Heath 1 In 1899 Badley and Powell the latter borrowing heavily from his father the Vicar of Bisham purchased a country estate near Steep and constructed a purpose built school including state of the art electric lighting which opened in 1900 The site has been extensively developed over the past century including the relocation of a number of historic vernacular timber frame barns A preparatory school Dunhurst was started in 1902 on Montessori principles and was visited in 1919 by Maria Montessori herself and a primary school Dunannie was added in the 1950s nbsp Amy Badley co founder of the school The Badleys took a non denominational approach to religion and the school has never had a chapel its relatively secular teaching made it attractive in its early days to nonconformists agnostics Quakers Unitarians and liberal Jews who formed a significant element of its early intake The school was also well known and popular in some Cambridge and Fabian intellectual circles with connections to the Wedgwoods Darwins Huxleys and Trevelyans Books such as A quoi tient la superiorite des Anglo Saxons and L Education nouvelle popularised the school on the Continent leading to a cosmopolitan intake of Russian and other European children in the 1920s 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 edit1893 1935 John Haden Badley 1936 1946 Frederic Alfred Meier 1946 1962 Hector Beaumont Jacks 1962 1974 Tim Slack 1974 1981 Patrick Nobes 1981 1992 Euan MacAlpine 1992 1994 Ian Newton 1994 2001 Alison Willcocks 2001 2018 Keith Budge 2018 2021 Magnus Bashaarat 2021 present Will GoldsmithThe campus edit nbsp Memorial Library and Lupton Hall Since 1900 the school has been located on a 120 acre 0 49 km2 estate in the village of Steep near Petersfield Hampshire As well as playing fields orchards woodland pasture multiple sport pitches and a nature reserve the campus also has two Grade I listed arts and crafts buildings designed by Ernest Gimson the Lupton Hall 1911 which was co designed built and largely financed by ex pupil Geoffrey Lupton and the Memorial Library 1921 2 There are three contemporary award winning buildings The Olivier Theatre 1997 by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios The Orchard Building 2005 by Walters amp Cohen The Art and Design Building 2017 by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios 3 Old Bedalians editSee also Category People educated at Bedales School Ben Adams born 1981 singer songwriter Margaret Allan 1909 1998 racing driver and journalist Lily Allen born 1985 singer 4 5 Marjory Allen Lady Allen of Hurtwood 1897 1976 landscape architect and child welfare promoter Kirstie Allsopp born 1971 TV presenter 5 Simon Anholt 6 born c 1961 independent policy advisor author and researcher 7 Diana Armfield born 1920 artist and Royal Academician David Armstrong Jones 2nd Earl of Snowdon born 1961 cabinet maker Tom Arnold born 1947 politician 5 Grace Barnsley 1896 1975 pottery decorator Jacques Benoist Mechin 1901 1983 French intellectual writer political figure Ferenc Bekassy 1893 1915 Hungarian poet Hugh Hale Bellot FRHS 1890 1969 professor of American History and Vice Chancellor of the University of London Sebastian Bergne born 1966 industrial designer 8 Robert Dudley Best 1892 1984 lighting designer manufacturer author Dame Helen Blaxland 1907 1989 writer Remy Blumenfeld born 1965 TV producer and entrepreneur Stephen Bone 1904 1958 artist Sadie Bonnell 1888 1993 First Aid Nursing Yeomanry ambulance driver and Military Medal recipient Bertha Brewster 1887 1959 peace activist and suffragette Jamie Campbell Bower born 1988 actor singer Gyles Brandreth born 1948 journalist television presenter Conservative MP City of Chester William Bridges Adams 1889 1965 theatre director and director Jocelyn Brooke 1908 1966 writer and naturalist Jeremy Browne born 1970 Liberal Democrat MP Taunton Deane Lois Bulley 1901 1995 county councillor philanthropist and political activist Selina Cadell born 1953 actress Simon Cadell 1950 1996 actor Vice Admiral Alfred Carpenter 1881 1955 Victoria Cross recipient Zeebrugge Raid Charles Cecil born 1962 video game designer Pat Chapman 1940 2022 author and broadcaster founder of The Curry Club Clancy Chassay journalist Lady Sarah Chatto born 1964 painter Ruth Collet 1909 2001 artist Sir Laurence Collier 1890 1976 Ambassador to Norway Tom Conway 1904 1967 actor Esme Creed Miles born 2000 actress Sophie Dahl born 1977 model and author Henry Danowski born 1984 musician Daniel Day Lewis born 1957 Oscar winning actor Tamasin Day Lewis born 1953 chef food critic and author Cara Delevingne born 1992 model and actress Poppy Delevingne born 1986 model Alice Dellal born 1987 model Minnie Driver born 1970 actress Yolande Du Bois 1900 1961 teacher and activist Peter Eckersley 1892 1963 broadcasting and Chief Engineer BBC Thomas Eckersley 1886 1959 theoretical physicist and electrical engineer Alice Eve born 1982 actress Johnny Flynn born 1983 folk musician and actor Alys Fowler born 1978 author gardener and broadcaster Gardener s World Charis Frankenburg 1892 1985 educationalist and psychologist Margaret Gardiner 1904 2005 art collector and philanthropist Rolf Gardiner 1902 1971 ecological campaigner and youth leader Fiona Godlee born 1961 physician and editor Tabitha Goldstaub born 1985 entrepreneur Michael J C Gordon born 1948 computer scientist Tomas Graves born 1953 writer musician and designer Barbara Greg 1900 1983 artist Battiscombe Gunn 1883 1950 Professor of Egyptology University of Oxford Allan Gwynne Jones 1892 1982 painter Marika Hackman born 1991 singer songwriter Christopher Hall born 1957 producer Peter Hall born 1960 Australian financier and animal welfare philanthropist 9 John Pennington Harman 1914 1944 posthumous Victoria Cross recipient Battle of Kohima Rebecca Harris born 1967 Conservative MP for Castle Point Vivian Beynon Harris 1906 1987 writer Michael Harris Caine 1927 1999 businessman Douglas Hartree 1897 1958 academic Robin Hill 1899 1991 plant biochemist Judith Herrin born 1942 archaeologist and author Ivon Hitchens 1893 1979 painter John Hitchens born 1940 painter Frieda Hughes born 1960 poet and artist Edward Impey born 1962 historian archaeologist and museum curator Lara Johnson Wheeler born 1993 arts and fashion journalist 10 Anna Keay born 1974 architectural historian and author broadcaster director The Landmark Trust Michael Kidner 1917 2009 op artist John Layard 1891 1974 anthropologist and psychologist Richard Leacock 1921 2011 documentary film director Lydia Leonard born 1981 actress 5 Alan Jay Lerner 1918 1986 lyricist Richard Livsey Baron Livsey of Talgarth 1935 2010 politician Roger Lloyd Pack 1944 2014 actor Only Fools and Horses 11 Tom Lodge 12 1936 2012 author and radio broadcaster Geoffrey Lupton 1882 1949 Arts and Crafts architect and designer Ella Marchment born 1992 opera and theatre director Malcolm MacDonald 1901 1981 politician Marne Maitland 1914 1992 actor Joan Malleson 1899 1956 physician Nimmy March born 1962 actress Jane Mayer born 1955 American journalist and writer Mary Medd nee Crowley 1907 2005 architect Kathleen Merritt 1901 1985 musician and conductor Abigail Morris born 1999 lead singer of The Last Dinner Party Charlie Muirhead born 1975 entrepreneur Nina Murdoch born 1970 painter Edward Murphy 1921 2020 first class cricketer Paul Nizan 1905 1940 philosopher Roxanna Panufnik born 1968 composer Bas Pease 1922 2004 physicist Gervase de Peyer 1926 2017 clarinetist Barnaby Phillips born 1968 correspondent Al Jazeera Ben Polak born 1961 Provost of Yale University Roger Powell 1896 1990 bookbinder Frances Partridge 1900 2004 writer and diarist Luke Pritchard musician The Kooks 5 Lettice Ramsey 1898 1985 psychologist and photographer Sarah Raphael 1960 2001 painter Jacques Raverat 1885 1925 painter Dorothy Rayner 1912 2003 palaeontologist and academic geologist Sir Frank Roberts 1907 1998 politician Eric M Rogers 1902 1990 physicist Lucinda Rogers born 1966 artist citation needed Sir John Rothenstein 1901 1992 art historian and director Tate Gallery Teresa Rothschild 1915 1996 counter intelligence officer and magistrate 13 Mike Sadler 1920 2024 founding member of the SAS MI6 officer Raphael Salaman 1906 1993 engineer and tool collector Samuel Isidore Salmon 1900 1980 chairman of J Lyons and Co member of Members of the Greater London Council George Sanders 1906 1972 actor and Academy Award winner All About Eve Sir Selwyn Selwyn Clarke 1893 1976 Governor of the Seychelles Mary Ann Sieghart born 1961 journalist and radio presenter Wilfred Talbot Smith 1885 1957 occultist and ceremonial magician Arthur Snell born 1975 British High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago Alix Strachey 1892 1973 translator of Sigmund Freud s works Zoe Strimpel born 1982 journalist writer and historian Kate Summerscale born 1965 author Juno Temple born 1989 actress Natalia Tena born 1984 actress and musician Teddy Thompson born 1976 singer songwriter and musician Kami Thompson born 1983 singer songwriter Ceawlin Thynn 8th Marquess of Bath born 1974 business owner Julian Trevelyan 1910 1988 painter and printmaker William Topley born 1964 musician Ethlie Ann Vare born 1953 writer and journalist John Vincent 1937 2021 historian Valentine Warner born 1972 chef and presenter E L Grant Watson 1885 1970 writer and scientist Camilla Wedgwood 1901 1955 anthropologist 14 Josiah Wedgwood V 1899 1968 managing director of Wedgwood Gabriel Weston born 1970 surgeon and author Lancelot Law Whyte 1896 1972 physicist engineer entrepreneur Patrick Wolf born 1983 singer songwriter Sir Peter Wright born 1926 ballet dancer and director John Wyndham 1903 1969 novelist Konni Zilliacus 1894 1967 writer and politician Marijne van der Vlugt born 1965 musician and TV presenterFootnotes edit a b Amy Badley Spartacus Educational Retrieved 13 July 2023 BEDALES MEMORIAL LIBRARY LUPTON HALL AND CORRIDOR Steep 1278033 Historic England historicengland org uk Bedales School Campus Bedales org uk Archived from the original on 8 March 2012 Retrieved 20 March 2012 Faces of the Week BBC 21 July 2006 a b c d e 27 famous people who went to school in Hampshire Hampshire Life Great British Life Retrieved 25 April 2024 Simon Anholt Old Bedalian amp Foreign Office Public Diplomacy Board Bedales org uk Retrieved 20 March 2012 Simon Anholt Simon Anholt Retrieved 20 March 2012 Sebastian Bergne Sebastian Bergne Retrieved 20 March 2012 Lucinda Schmidt Profile Peter Hall Sydney Morning Herald 7 April 2010 Lara Johnson Wheeler Bedales Retrieved 27 July 2021 Sale Jonathan 19 February 2009 Passed Failed An education in the life of Roger Lloyd Pack actor The Independent London Retrieved 30 December 2012 Tom Lodge Old Bedalian and Zen Master Bedales org uk Archived from the original on 23 February 2012 Retrieved 20 March 2012 Annan Noel Ferguson James 30 May 1996 Obituary Teresa Lady Rothschild The Independent Retrieved 28 November 2017 Wetherell David Biography Camilla Hildegarde Wedgwood Australian Dictionary of Biography Retrieved 15 July 2012 References editSee also Bibliography for John Haden Badley Bedales School A School for Boys Outline of its aims and system By J H Badley Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1892 A quoit tient la superiorite des Anglo Saxons By Edmond Demolins 1897 Notes and suggestions for those who join the staff at Bedales School By J H Badley Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1922 Bedales A Pioneer School By J H Badley London Methuen 1923 Bedales Since the War By Geoffrey Crump London Chapman and Hall 1936 John Haden Badley 1865 1967 By Gyles Brandreth and Sally Henry Steep Bedales Society 1967 English Progressive Schools By Robert Skidelsky London Penguin 1969 The Public School Phenomenon By Jonathan Gathorne Hardy London Hodder amp Stoughton 1977 Irregularly Bold A Study of Bedales School By James Henderson London Andre Deutsch 1978 Bedales 1935 1965 Memories and Reflections of Fifteen Bedalians By H B Jacks Steep The Bedales Society 1978 Bedales School The First Hundred Years By Roy Wake and Pennie Denton London Haggerston Press 1993External links editBedales School Profile on UK Boarding Schools Profile at the Good Schools Guide 51 1 13 N 0 56 32 W 51 02028 N 0 94222 W 51 02028 0 94222 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bedales School amp oldid 1220669140, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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