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Find sources: "Bedales School" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Bedales School Location Church Road Steep , Hampshire , GU32 2DG England Information Type Private boarding and day school Public school Motto Work of Each for Weal of All Established 1893 Founder John Haden Badley Department for Education URN 116527 Tables Headmaster William Goldsmith [1] Gender Co-educational Age 3 to 18 Enrolment 761 Website www.bedales.org.uk **Bedales School** is a [coeducational](/source/Mixed-sex_education) [boarding](/source/Boarding_school) and [day](/source/Day_school) [public school](/source/Public_school_(United_Kingdom)), in the village of [Steep](/source/Steep%2C_Hampshire), near the [market town](/source/Market_town) of [Petersfield](/source/Petersfield) in [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire), England. It was founded in 1893 by [Amy Garrett Badley](/source/Amy_Garrett_Badley) and [John Haden Badley](/source/John_Haden_Badley) in reaction to the limitations of conventional [Victorian](/source/Victorian_era) schools and has been co-educational since 1898. ## History 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](/source/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.[2] A house called *Bedales* was rented just outside [Lindfield](/source/Lindfield%2C_West_Sussex), near [Haywards Heath](/source/Haywards_Heath).[2] In 1899 Badley and Powell (the latter borrowing heavily from his father, the Vicar of [Bisham](/source/Bisham)) purchased a [country estate](/source/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](/source/Vernacular_architecture) [timber frame](/source/Timber_frame) barns. A [preparatory school](/source/Preparatory_school_(United_Kingdom)), Dunhurst, was started in 1902 on [Montessori](/source/Montessori) principles (and was visited in 1919 by [Maria Montessori](/source/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](/source/Nonconformist_(Protestantism)), agnostics, [Quakers](/source/Quakers), [Unitarians](/source/Unitarianism) and [liberal Jews](/source/Liberal_Judaism_(UK)), who formed a significant element of its early intake. The school was also well known and popular in some [Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge) and [Fabian](/source/Fabian_Society) intellectual circles, with connections to the [Wedgwoods, Darwins](/source/Darwin%E2%80%93Wedgwood_family), [Huxleys](/source/Huxley_family), and [Trevelyans](/source/Trevelyan_baronets). Books such as *A quoi tient la supériorité des Anglo-Saxons?* and *L'Education nouvelle* popularised the school on [the Continent](/source/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 - 1893–1935 John Haden Badley[3] - 1936–1946 [F A Meier](/source/F_A_Meier)[3] - 1946–1962 Hector Beaumont Jacks[3] - 1962–1974 Tim Slack[3] - 1974–1981 Patrick Nobes[3] - 1981–1992 Euan MacAlpine[3] - 1992–1994 Ian Newton[3] - 1994–2001 Alison Willcocks[4] - 2001–2018 Keith Budge[5] - 2018–2021 Magnus Bashaarat[5][6] - 2021–present Will Goldsmith[7] ## The campus 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](/source/Listed_building) [arts and crafts](/source/Arts_and_Crafts_movement) buildings designed by [Ernest Gimson](/source/Ernest_Gimson), the Lupton Hall (1911), which was co-designed, built and largely financed by ex-pupil [Geoffrey Lupton](/source/Geoffrey_Lupton), and the Memorial Library (1921).[8] There are three contemporary, award-winning buildings: - The Olivier Theatre (1997) by [Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios](/source/Feilden_Clegg_Bradley_Studios) - The Orchard Building (2005) by [Walters & Cohen](/source/Walters_%26_Cohen) - The Art and Design Building (2017) by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios[9] ## Notable Bedalians See also: [Category:People educated at Bedales School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_educated_at_Bedales_School) - [Thomas Eckersley](/source/Thomas_Eckersley) (1886–1959), theoretical physicist and engineer - [Robin Hill](/source/Robin_Hill_(biochemist)) (1899–1991), plant biochemist - [Kathleen Merritt](/source/Kathleen_Merritt) (1901–1985), musician and conductor - [Malcolm MacDonald](/source/Malcolm_MacDonald) (1901–1981), politician - [John Wyndham](/source/John_Wyndham) (1903–1969), novelist - [George Sanders](/source/George_Sanders) (1906–1972), actor and Academy Award winner - [Frank Roberts](/source/Frank_Roberts_(diplomat)) (1907-1998), diplomat - [Mike Sadler](/source/Mike_Sadler) (1920–2024), "founding" member of the SAS, MI6 officer - [Sir Peter Wright](/source/Sir_Peter_Wright) (born 1926), ballet dancer and director - [Michael Harris Caine](/source/Michael_Harris_Caine) (1927–1999), businessman - [Judith Herrin](/source/Judith_Herrin) (born 1942), archaeologist and author - [Gyles Brandreth](/source/Gyles_Brandreth) (born 1948), journalist, television presenter, politician - [Bias Boshell](/source/Bias_Boshell) (born 1950), songwriter and musician - [Daniel Day-Lewis](/source/Daniel_Day-Lewis) (born 1957), Oscar-winning actor - [Mary Ann Sieghart](/source/Mary_Ann_Sieghart) (born 1961), journalist and radio presenter - [David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon](/source/David_Armstrong-Jones%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Snowdon) (born 1961), member of the royal family - [Lady Sarah Chatto](/source/Lady_Sarah_Chatto) (born 1964), member of the royal family - [Minnie Driver](/source/Minnie_Driver) (born 1970), actress - [Kirstie Allsopp](/source/Kirstie_Allsopp) (born 1971), TV presenter - [Ceawlin Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath](/source/Ceawlin_Thynn%2C_8th_Marquess_of_Bath) (born 1974), business owner - [Jonathan Rowland](/source/Jonathan_Rowland) (born 1975), businessman - [Natalia Tena](/source/Natalia_Tena) (born 1984), actress and musician - [Lily Allen](/source/Lily_Allen) (born 1985), singer - [Cara Delevingne](/source/Cara_Delevingne) (born 1992), model and actress - [Abigail Morris](/source/Abigail_Morris_(musician)) (born 1999), musician ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [https://www.bedales.org.uk/journal/news/bedales-announces-new-head-0](https://www.bedales.org.uk/journal/news/bedales-announces-new-head-0) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-spart_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-spart_2-1) ["Amy Badley"](https://spartacus-educational.com/Amy_Badley.htm). *Spartacus Educational*. Retrieved 13 July 2023. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Wake_Appendix4_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Wake_Appendix4_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Wake_Appendix4_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Wake_Appendix4_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Wake_Appendix4_3-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Wake_Appendix4_3-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-Wake_Appendix4_3-6) Wake, Denton 1993, p. 315 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Obituatry - Alison Willcocks"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1480942/Alison-Willcocks.html). *The Daily Telegraph*. 12 January 2005. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Petersfield2017_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Petersfield2017_5-1) ["Change at the top for Bedales next summer"](https://www.petersfieldpost.co.uk/news/education/change-at-the-top-for-bedales-next-summer-304718). *Petersfield Post*. 31 July 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Maida Vale School – in conversation with Magnus Bashaarat"](https://absolutely-education.co.uk/maida-vale-school-in-conversation-with-magnus-bashaarat/). Absolutely Education. 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Bedales announces new Head"](https://www.thesocietyofheads.org.uk/news-and-gallery/news/bedales-announces-new-head). The Society of Heads. 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["BEDALES MEMORIAL LIBRARY, LUPTON HALL AND CORRIDOR, Steep – 1278033 | Historic England"](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1278033). *historicengland.org.uk*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Bedales School Campus"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120308073757/http://www.bedales.org.uk/the-campus.html). Bedales.org.uk. Archived from [the original](http://www.bedales.org.uk/the-campus.html) on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012. ## Further reading See also [John Haden Badley bibliography](/source/John_Haden_Badley#Bibliography). - *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](/source/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](/source/Robert_Skidelsky). London: Penguin, 1969 - *The Public School Phenomenon*. By [Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy](/source/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 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1869812107](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1869812107) ## External links - [Bedales School](http://www.bedales.org.uk/) - [Profile on UK Boarding Schools](http://www.ukboardingschools.com/school/bedales-school-including-dunhurst-and-dunannie.html) - [Profile at the Good Schools Guide](https://web.archive.org/web/20100112082658/http://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/school/bedales-school.html) v t e Schools in Hampshire (including Portsmouth and Southampton) v t e Primary schools in Hampshire Alderwood School Brockenhurst CE Primary School Mayfield School Oakley Church of England Junior School St Mark's CE School The Westgate School v t e Secondary schools in Hampshire Hampshire LEA Alderwood School Aldworth School Amery Hill School Applemore College The Arnewood School Bay House School Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School Bohunt School Bridgemary School Brighton Hill Community School Brookfield Community School Brune Park Community School The Burgate School Calthorpe Park School Cams Hill School Clere School The Costello School Court Moor School Cove School The Cowplain School Cranbourne School Crestwood Community School Crofton School Crookhorn College Eggar's School Everest Community Academy Fareham Academy Fernhill School Frogmore Community College Hamble School Harrow Way Community School Havant Academy The Hayling College Henry Beaufort School The Henry Cort Community College Horndean Technology College Hounsdown School The Hurst School John Hanson Community School Kings' School The Mountbatten School New Forest Academy Noadswood School Oaklands Catholic School Oakmoor School Park Community School Perins School The Petersfield School Portchester Community School Priestlands School Purbrook Park School Ringwood School Robert May's School The Romsey School Swanmore College Test Valley School Testbourne Community School Testwood School Thornden School Toynbee School The Vyne Community School Warblington School The Wavell School The Westgate School Wildern School Winton Community Academy Wyvern College Yateley School Portsmouth LEA Admiral Lord Nelson School Ark Charter Academy Castle View Academy Mayfield School Miltoncross Academy Portsmouth Academy Priory School St Edmund's Catholic School Springfield School Trafalgar School UTC Portsmouth Southampton LEA Bitterne Park School Cantell School Oasis Academy Lord's Hill Oasis Academy Mayfield Oasis Academy Sholing Redbridge Community School Regents Park Community College St Anne's Catholic School St George Catholic College St Mark's CE School Upper Shirley High School Weston Secondary School Woodlands Community College v t e Further education colleges in Hampshire Hampshire Alton College Andover College Barton Peveril College Basingstoke College of Technology Brockenhurst College Eastleigh College Fareham College Farnborough College of Technology The Sixth Form College, Farnborough Havant and South Downs College Peter Symonds College Queen Mary's College St Vincent College Sparsholt College Hampshire Totton College Portsmouth Highbury College Portsmouth College Southampton Itchen College Taunton's College v t e Special schools in Hampshire Baycroft School Coppice Spring Academy Henry Tyndale School Lakeside School The Loddon School Mary Rose Academy Osborne School Rowhill School Southlands School Treloar School v t e Private schools in Hampshire Preparatory Cheam School Farleigh School Horris Hill School The Pilgrims' School Twyford School Walhampton School West Hill Park School Senior Churcher's College Farnborough Hill The Gregg School King Edward VI School Lord Wandsworth College The Portsmouth Grammar School St John's College Salesian College Winchester College All ages Alton School Ballard School Bedales School Ditcham Park School Embley Hurst Lodge School The King's School, Fair Oak Mayville High School Meoncross School Portsmouth High School Rookwood School St Nicholas' School St Swithun's School Sherfield School Special The Loddon School Southlands School Treloar School v t e Former schools in Hampshire Hampshire LEA Burnham Copse Infant School Fort Hill Community School Queen Mary's School for Boys Quilley School Southampton LEA Grove Park Business and Enterprise College Inspire Enterprise Academy Millbrook Community School Oaklands Community School Woolston School Private The Atherley School Burney's Academy Eastman's Royal Naval Academy Hyde Abbey School North Foreland Lodge Queenwood College Redrice School St Mary's Independent School Stanbridge Earls School Stubbington House School West Downs School Wixenford School Wykeham House School Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF National United States Other Yale LUX [51°1′13″N 0°56′32″W / 51.02028°N 0.94222°W / 51.02028; 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