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{{Short description|Public school in Steep near Petersfield, Hampshire, England}}
{{Short description|Public school in Hampshire, England}}
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| enrolment = 761
| enrolment = 761
| gender = [[Mixed-sex education|Co-educational]]
| gender = [[Co-educational]]
| lower_age = 13
| lower_age = 13
| upper_age = 18
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| annual_tuition = £37,200
| annual_tuition = £43,000
| website = {{URL|http://www.bedales.org.uk/}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.bedales.org.uk/}}
}}
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'''Bedales School''' is a public school ([[co-educational]] [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private school]], boarding and day) in the village of [[Steep, Hampshire|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 era|Victorian]] schools and has been co-educational since 1898.
'''Bedales School''' is a public school ([[co-educational]] [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private school]], boarding and day) in the village of [[Steep, Hampshire|Steep]], near the [[market town]] of [[Petersfield]] in [[Hampshire]], England. It was founded in 1893 by [[Amy Garrett Badley]] and [[John Haden Badley]] in reaction to the limitations of conventional [[Victorian era|Victorian]] schools and has been co-educational since 1898.

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Since 1900 the school has been on a {{convert|120|acre|km2|adj=on}} estate in the village of [[Steep, Hampshire|Steep]], near [[Petersfield]], Hampshire. As well as playing fields, orchards, woodland, pasture, multiple sport pitches and a nature reserve, the campus also has two [[listed building|Grade I listed]] [[Arts and Crafts movement|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).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1278033|title=BEDALES MEMORIAL LIBRARY, LUPTON HALL AND CORRIDOR, Steep - 1278033 &#124; Historic England|website=historicengland.org.uk}}</ref> There are also three contemporary award-winning buildings: the Olivier Theatre (1997) designed by [[Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios]], the Orchard Building (2005) by [[Walters & Cohen]] and the Art and Design Building (2017) also by [[Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bedales.org.uk/the-campus.html |title=Bedales School Campus |publisher=Bedales.org.uk |access-date=20 March 2012 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308073757/http://www.bedales.org.uk/the-campus.html |archive-date=8 March 2012 }}</ref>


==History==
==History==
[[File:JHB.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|John Haden Badley, founder of the school]]
[[File:JHB.jpg|thumb|left|John Haden Badley, co-founder of the school]]
[[File:Bedales School, Steep. - geograph.org.uk - 2380.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Bedales School]]


The school was started in 1893 by Amy Garrett Badley and John Haden Badley. John had met Oswald B Powell after they had been 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.<ref name=spart>{{Cite web |title=Amy Badley |url=https://spartacus-educational.com/Amy_Badley.htm |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Spartacus Educational |language=en}}</ref> A house called Bedales was rented just outside Lindfield, near [[Haywards Heath]].<ref name=spart/> In 1899 Badley and Powell (the latter borrowing heavily from his father, the Vicar of Bisham) purchased a [[Estate (land)|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 architecture|vernacular]] [[timber frame]] barns. A [[Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|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.
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.<ref name=spart>{{Cite web |title=Amy Badley |url=https://spartacus-educational.com/Amy_Badley.htm |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Spartacus Educational |language=en}}</ref> A house called ''Bedales'' was rented just outside [[Lindfield, West Sussex|Lindfield]], near [[Haywards Heath]].<ref name=spart/> 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 architecture|vernacular]] [[timber frame]] barns. A [[Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|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.
[[File:Amy Badley 03.webp|left|thumb|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 [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|non-conformists]], agnostics, [[Quakers]], [[Unitarianism|Unitarians]] and [[Liberal Judaism (UK)|liberal Jews]], who formed a significant element of its early intake. The school was also well known and popular in some [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] and [[Fabian Society|Fabian]] intellectual circles with connections to the [[Darwin–Wedgwood family|Wedgwoods, Darwins]], [[Huxley family|Huxleys]], and [[Trevelyan baronets|Trevelyans]]. Books such as ''A quoi tient la supériorité des Anglo-Saxons?'' and ''L'Education nouvelle'' popularised the school on [[Continental Europe|the Continent]], leading to a cosmopolitan intake of Russian and other European children in the 1920s.
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 [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|nonconformists]], agnostics, [[Quakers]], [[Unitarianism|Unitarians]] and [[Liberal Judaism (UK)|liberal Jews]], who formed a significant element of its early intake. The school was also well known and popular in some [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] and [[Fabian Society|Fabian]] intellectual circles, with connections to the [[Darwin–Wedgwood family|Wedgwoods, Darwins]], [[Huxley family|Huxleys]], and [[Trevelyan baronets|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.
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==
==Heads==

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* 1893–1935 [[John Haden Badley]]
* 1893–1935 John Haden Badley
* 1936–1946 [[F A Meier|Frederic Alfred Meier]]
* 1936–1946 [[F A Meier]]
* 1946–1962 Hector Beaumont Jacks
* 1946–1962 Hector Beaumont Jacks
* 1962–1974 Tim Slack
* 1962–1974 Tim Slack
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==Old Bedalians==
==The campus==
[[File:Bedales Memorial Library.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Memorial Library and Lupton Hall]]
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Since 1900 the school has been located on a {{convert|120|acre|km2|adj=on}} 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 [[listed building|Grade I listed]] [[Arts and Crafts movement|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).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1278033|title=BEDALES MEMORIAL LIBRARY, LUPTON HALL AND CORRIDOR, Steep – 1278033 &#124; Historic England|website=historicengland.org.uk}}</ref>

There are three contemporary, award-winning buildings:
* The Olivier Theatre (1997) by [[Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios]]
* The Orchard Building (2005) by [[Walters & Cohen]]
* The Art and Design Building (2017) by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bedales.org.uk/the-campus.html |title=Bedales School Campus |publisher=Bedales.org.uk |access-date=20 March 2012 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308073757/http://www.bedales.org.uk/the-campus.html |archive-date=8 March 2012 }}</ref>


==Old Bedalians==
{{See also|Category:People educated at Bedales School}}
{{See also|Category:People educated at Bedales School}}
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*[[Ben Adams]] (born 1981), singer–songwriter
*[[Ben Adams]] (born 1981), singer–songwriter
*[[Margaret Allan (racing driver)|Margaret Allan]] (1909–1998), racing driver and journalist
*[[Margaret Allan (racing driver)|Margaret Allan]] (1909–1998), racing driver and journalist
*[[Lily Allen]] (born 1985), singer<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5202534.stm Faces of the Week], BBC, 21 July 2006.</ref>
*[[Lily Allen]] (born 1985), singer<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5202534.stm Faces of the Week], BBC, 21 July 2006.</ref><ref name=famous/>
*[[Marjory Allen, Lady Allen of Hurtwood]] (1897–1976), landscape architect and child welfare promoter
*[[Marjory Allen, Baroness Allen of Hurtwood]] (1897–1976), landscape architect and child welfare promoter
*[[Kirstie Allsopp]] (born 1971), TV presenter
*[[Kirstie Allsopp]] (born 1971), TV presenter<ref name=famous/>
* [[Simon Anholt]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bedales.org.uk/simon-anholt/ |title=Simon Anholt, Old Bedalian & Foreign Office Public Diplomacy Board |publisher=Bedales.org.uk |access-date=20 March 2012}}</ref> (born c.1961), independent policy advisor, author, and researcher<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.simonanholt.com/ |title=Simon Anholt |publisher=Simon Anholt |access-date=20 March 2012}}</ref>
* [[Simon Anholt]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bedales.org.uk/simon-anholt/ |title=Simon Anholt, Old Bedalian & Foreign Office Public Diplomacy Board |publisher=Bedales.org.uk |access-date=20 March 2012}}</ref> (born c.1961), independent policy advisor, author, and researcher<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.simonanholt.com/ |title=Simon Anholt |publisher=Simon Anholt |access-date=20 March 2012}}</ref>
*[[Diana Armfield]] (born 1920), artist and [[Royal Academician]]
*[[Diana Armfield]] (born 1920), artist and [[Royal Academician]]
*[[David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon]] (born 1961), cabinet-maker
*[[David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon]] (born 1961), cabinet-maker
*[[Tom Arnold (politician)|Tom Arnold]] (born 1947), politician
*[[Tom Arnold (politician)|Tom Arnold]] (born 1947), politician<ref name=famous/>
*[[Grace Barnsley]] (1896–1975), pottery decorator
*[[Grace Barnsley]] (1896–1975), pottery decorator
*[[Jacques Benoist-Méchin]] (1901–1983), French intellectual, writer, political figure
*[[Jacques Benoist-Méchin]] (1901–1983), French intellectual, writer, political figure
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*[[Jamie Campbell Bower]] (born 1988), actor, singer
*[[Jamie Campbell Bower]] (born 1988), actor, singer
*[[Gyles Brandreth]] (born 1948), journalist, television presenter, [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP ([[City of Chester (UK Parliament constituency)|City of Chester]])
*[[Gyles Brandreth]] (born 1948), journalist, television presenter, [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP ([[City of Chester (UK Parliament constituency)|City of Chester]])
*[[William Bridges-Adams (Theatre director)|William Bridges-Adams]] (1889–1965), theatre director, and Director
*[[William Bridges-Adams]] (1889–1965), theatre director and director
*[[Jocelyn Brooke]] (1908–1966), writer and naturalist
*[[Jocelyn Brooke]] (1908–1966), writer and naturalist
*[[Jeremy Browne]] (born 1970), [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] MP ([[Taunton Deane (UK Parliament constituency)|Taunton Deane]])
*[[Jeremy Browne]] (born 1970), [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] MP ([[Taunton Deane (UK Parliament constituency)|Taunton Deane]])
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*Vice-Admiral [[Alfred Carpenter]] (1881–1955), [[Victoria Cross]] recipient ([[Zeebrugge Raid]])
*Vice-Admiral [[Alfred Carpenter]] (1881–1955), [[Victoria Cross]] recipient ([[Zeebrugge Raid]])
*[[Charles Cecil]] (born 1962), video game designer
*[[Charles Cecil]] (born 1962), video game designer
*[[Pat Chapman]] (born 1940), author and broadcaster, founder of [[The Curry Club]]
*[[Pat Chapman]] (1940–2022), author and broadcaster, founder of [[The Curry Club]]
*[[Clancy Chassay]], journalist
*[[Clancy Chassay]], journalist
*[[Sarah Chatto|Lady Sarah Chatto]] (born 1964)
*[[Lady Sarah Chatto]] (born 1964), painter
*[[Ruth Collet]] (1909–2001), artist
*[[Ruth Collet]] (1909–2001), artist
*[[Laurence Collier|Sir Laurence Collier]] (1890–1976), [[List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Norway|Ambassador to Norway]]
*[[Laurence Collier|Sir Laurence Collier]] (1890–1976), [[List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Norway|Ambassador to Norway]]
*[[Tom Conway]] (1904–1967), actor
*[[Tom Conway]] (1904–1967), actor
*[[Esmé Creed-Miles]] (born 2000), actress
*[[Esmé Creed-Miles]] (born 2000), actress
*[[Sophie Dahl]] (born 1977), model, author and chef
*[[Sophie Dahl]] (born 1977), model and author
*[[Tellison|Henry Danowski]] (born 1984), musician
*[[Tellison|Henry Danowski]] (born 1984), musician
*[[Daniel Day-Lewis]] (born 1957), Oscar-winning actor
*[[Daniel Day-Lewis]] (born 1957), Oscar-winning actor
*[[Tamasin Day-Lewis]] (born 1953)
*[[Tamasin Day-Lewis]] (born 1953), chef, food critic and author
*[[Cara Delevingne]] (born 1992), model and actress
*[[Cara Delevingne]] (born 1992), model and actress
*[[Poppy Delevingne]] (born 1986), model
*[[Poppy Delevingne]] (born 1986), model
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*[[Thomas Eckersley]] (1886–1959), theoretical physicist and electrical engineer
*[[Thomas Eckersley]] (1886–1959), theoretical physicist and electrical engineer
*[[Alice Eve]] (born 1982), actress
*[[Alice Eve]] (born 1982), actress
*[[Johnny Flynn (musician)|Johnny Flynn]] (born 1983), folk musician and actor
*[[Johnny Flynn]] (born 1983), folk musician and actor
*[[Alys Fowler]] (born 1978), author, gardener, and broadcaster ([''[[Gardener's World]]'')
*[[Alys Fowler]] (born 1978), author, gardener, and broadcaster (''[[Gardeners' World]]'')
*[[Charis Frankenburg]] (1892–1985), educationalist and psychologist
*[[Charis Frankenburg]] (1892–1985), educationalist and psychologist
*[[Margaret Gardiner (art collector)|Margaret Gardiner]] (1904–2005), art collector and philanthropist
*[[Margaret Gardiner (art collector)|Margaret Gardiner]] (1904–2005), art collector and philanthropist
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*[[Tabitha Goldstaub]] (born 1985), entrepreneur
*[[Tabitha Goldstaub]] (born 1985), entrepreneur
*[[Michael J. C. Gordon]] (born 1948), computer scientist
*[[Michael J. C. Gordon]] (born 1948), computer scientist
*[[Tomás Graves]] (born 1953), son of Robert Graves, writer, musician and designer
*[[Tomás Graves]] (born 1953), writer, musician and designer
*[[Barbara Greg]] (1900–1983), artist
*[[Barbara Greg]] (1900–1983), artist
*[[Battiscombe Gunn]] (1883–1950), Professor of Egyptology ([[University of Oxford]])
*[[Battiscombe Gunn]] (1883–1950), Professor of Egyptology ([[University of Oxford]])
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*[[Christopher Hall (producer)|Christopher Hall]] (born 1957), producer
*[[Christopher Hall (producer)|Christopher Hall]] (born 1957), producer
*[[Peter Hall (financier)|Peter Hall]] (born 1960), Australian financier and animal welfare philanthropist<ref name="smhpeterhall">Lucinda Schmidt, [http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/money/investment/profile-peter-hall/2010/04/07/1270374213418.html Profile: Peter Hall], ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 7 April 2010</ref>
*[[Peter Hall (financier)|Peter Hall]] (born 1960), Australian financier and animal welfare philanthropist<ref name="smhpeterhall">Lucinda Schmidt, [http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/money/investment/profile-peter-hall/2010/04/07/1270374213418.html Profile: Peter Hall], ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 7 April 2010</ref>
*[[Joanna Hardy]], gemologist on the [[Antique Roadshow]]<ref name=hardy>{{Cite web |title=Joanna Hardy {{!}} Bedales School |url=https://www.bedales.org.uk/jhardy |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=www.bedales.org.uk}}</ref>
*[[John Pennington Harman]] (1914–1944), posthumous [[Victoria Cross]] recipient ([[Battle of Kohima]])
*[[John Pennington Harman]] (1914–1944), posthumous [[Victoria Cross]] recipient ([[Battle of Kohima]])
*[[Rebecca Harris]] (born 1967), Conservative MP for [[Castle Point (UK Parliament constituency)|Castle Point]]
*[[Rebecca Harris]] (born 1967), Conservative MP for [[Castle Point (UK Parliament constituency)|Castle Point]]
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*[[Edward Impey]] (born 1962), historian, archaeologist, and museum curator
*[[Edward Impey]] (born 1962), historian, archaeologist, and museum curator
*[[Lara Johnson-Wheeler]] (born 1993), arts and fashion journalist<ref>{{cite web |title=Lara Johnson-Wheeler |url=https://www.bedales.org.uk/alumni/lara-johnson-wheeler |website=Bedales |access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[Lara Johnson-Wheeler]] (born 1993), arts and fashion journalist<ref>{{cite web |title=Lara Johnson-Wheeler |url=https://www.bedales.org.uk/alumni/lara-johnson-wheeler |website=Bedales |access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[Anna Keay]] (born 1974), architectural historian and author, broadcaster, director ([[The Landmark Trust]])
*[[Anna Keay]] (born 1974), architectural historian and author, broadcaster, director (The [[Landmark Trust]])
*[[Michael Kidner]] (born 1917–2009), op artist
*[[Michael Kidner]] (1917–2009), op artist
*[[John Layard]] (1891–1974), anthropologist and psychologist
*[[John Layard]] (1891–1974), anthropologist and psychologist
*[[Richard Leacock]] (born 1921), documentary film director
*[[Richard Leacock]] (1921–2011), documentary film director
*[[Lydia Leonard]] (born 1981), actress<ref>{{cite web |title=27 famous people who went to school in Hampshire |url=https://www.hampshire-life.co.uk/people/27-famous-people-who-went-to-school-in-hampshire-1-3423661 |website=Hampshire |access-date=15 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Lydia Leonard]] (born 1981), actress<ref name=famous>{{cite web |title=27 famous people who went to school in Hampshire |url= https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/hampshire/22580784.27-famous-people-went-school-hampshire/ |website=Hampshire Life| publisher= Great British Life|access-date=25 April 2024 |language=en| archive-url= }}</ref>
*[[Alan Jay Lerner]] (1918–1986), lyricist
*[[Alan Jay Lerner]] (1918–1986), lyricist
*[[Richard Livsey, Baron Livsey of Talgarth]] (1935–2010), politician
*[[Richard Livsey, Baron Livsey of Talgarth]] (1935–2010), politician
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*[[Joan Malleson]] (1899–1956), physician
*[[Joan Malleson]] (1899–1956), physician
*[[Nimmy March]] (born 1962), actress
*[[Nimmy March]] (born 1962), actress
*[[Monica Maurice]] (1908–1995), engineer
*[[Jane Mayer]] (born 1955), American journalist and writer
*[[Jane Mayer]] (born 1955), American journalist and writer
*[[Mary Medd]] (née Crowley) (1907–2005), architect
*[[Mary Medd]] (née Crowley) (1907–2005), architect
*[[Kathleen Merritt]] (1901–1985), musician and conductor
*Abigail Morris (born 1999), lead singer of [[The Last Dinner Party]]<ref name="bedales-Newsletter-2019">{{cite web |title=BEDALES ASSOCIATION & OLD BEDALIAN NEWSLETTER |url=https://www.bedales.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/2020-04/OB%20Newsletter%202019%20-%20web.pdf |website=Bedales School |access-date=3 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703023843/https://www.bedales.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/2020-04/OB%20Newsletter%202019%20-%20web.pdf |archive-date=3 July 2024 |date=2019}}</ref>
*[[Charlie Muirhead]] (born 1975), entrepreneur
*[[Charlie Muirhead]] (born 1975), entrepreneur
*[[Nina Murdoch (artist)|Nina Murdoch]] (born 1970), painter
*[[Nina Murdoch (artist)|Nina Murdoch]] (born 1970), painter
*[[Edward Murphy (cricketer)|Edward Murphy]] (born 1921), [[first-class cricket]]er
*[[Edward Murphy (cricketer)|Edward Murphy]] (1921–2020), [[first-class cricket]]er
*[[Paul Nizan]] (born 1905), philosopher
*[[Paul Nizan]] (1905–1940), philosopher
*[[Roxanna Panufnik]] (born 1968), composer
*[[Roxanna Panufnik]] (born 1968), composer
*[[Bas Pease]] (1922–2004), physicist
*[[Bas Pease]] (1922–2004), physicist
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*[[Roger Powell (bookbinder)|Roger Powell]] (1896–1990), bookbinder
*[[Roger Powell (bookbinder)|Roger Powell]] (1896–1990), bookbinder
*[[Frances Partridge]] (1900–2004), writer and diarist
*[[Frances Partridge]] (1900–2004), writer and diarist
*[[Luke Pritchard]], musician ([[The Kooks]])
*[[Luke Pritchard]], musician ([[The Kooks]])<ref name=famous/>
*[[Lettice Ramsey]] (1898–1985), psychologist and photographer
*[[Lettice Ramsey]] (1898–1985), psychologist and photographer
* [[Sarah Raphael]] (1960–2001), painter
* [[Sarah Raphael]] (1960–2001), painter
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* [[Eric M. Rogers]] (1902–1990), physicist
* [[Eric M. Rogers]] (1902–1990), physicist
* [[Lucinda Rogers]] (born 1966), artist{{citation needed|reason=attendance|date=June 2020}}
* [[Lucinda Rogers]] (born 1966), artist{{citation needed|reason=attendance|date=June 2020}}
* [[John Rothenstein|Sir John Rothenstein]] (1901–1992), art historian and director ([[Tate Gallery]])
* [[Sir John Rothenstein]] (1901–1992), art historian and director ([[Tate Gallery]])
* [[Teresa Rothschild]] (1915–1996), counter-intelligence officer and magistrate<ref name="Independent">{{cite news|last1=Annan|first1=Noel|last2=Ferguson|first2=James|title=Obituary: Teresa, Lady Rothschild|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-teresa-lady-rothschild-5613796.html|access-date=28 November 2017|work=The Independent|date=30 May 1996}}</ref>
* [[Teresa Rothschild]] (1915–1996), counter-intelligence officer and magistrate<ref name="Independent">{{cite news|last1=Annan|first1=Noel|last2=Ferguson|first2=James|title=Obituary: Teresa, Lady Rothschild|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-teresa-lady-rothschild-5613796.html|access-date=28 November 2017|work=The Independent|date=30 May 1996}}</ref>
* [[Mike Sadler]] (1920–2024), "founding" member of the SAS, MI6 officer
* [[Raphael Salaman]] (1906–1993), engineer and tool collector
* [[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]]
* [[Samuel Isidore Salmon]] (1900–1980), chairman of [[J. Lyons and Co.]], member of [[Members of the Greater London Council]]
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*[[Natalia Tena]] (born 1984), actress and musician
*[[Natalia Tena]] (born 1984), actress and musician
*[[Teddy Thompson]] (born 1976), singer/songwriter and musician
*[[Teddy Thompson]] (born 1976), singer/songwriter and musician
*[[Kamila Thompson]] (born 1983), singer/songwriter
*[[Ceawlin Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath]] (born 1974)
*[[Ceawlin Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath]] (born 1974), business owner
*[[Julian Trevelyan]] (1910–1988), painter and printmaker
*[[Julian Trevelyan]] (1910–1988), painter and printmaker
*[[William Topley (musician)|William Topley]] (born 1964), musician
*[[William Topley (musician)|William Topley]] (born 1964), musician
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*[[Lancelot Law Whyte]] (1896–1972), physicist, engineer, entrepreneur
*[[Lancelot Law Whyte]] (1896–1972), physicist, engineer, entrepreneur
*[[Patrick Wolf]] (born 1983), singer/songwriter
*[[Patrick Wolf]] (born 1983), singer/songwriter
*[[Peter Wright (ballet)|Sir Peter Wright]] (born 1926), ballet dancer and director
*[[Sir Peter Wright]] (born 1926), ballet dancer and director
*[[John Wyndham (writer)|John Wyndham]] (1903–1969), novelist
*[[John Wyndham]] (1903–1969), novelist
*[[Konni Zilliacus]] (1894–1967), writer and politician
*[[Konni Zilliacus]] (1894–1967), writer and politician
*[[Marijne van der Vlugt]] (born 1965), musician and TV presenter
*[[Marijne van der Vlugt]] (born 1965), musician and TV presenter
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==References==
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{{Reflist}}
See also Bibliography for [[John Haden Badley]].

==Further reading==
See also [[John Haden Badley#Bibliography|John Haden Badley bibliography]].


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


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Bedales School
Address
Map
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£43,000
Websitewww.bedales.org.uk

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 Garrett Badley and John Haden Badley in reaction to the limitations of conventional Victorian schools and has been co-educational since 1898.

History

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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

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  • 1893–1935 John Haden Badley
  • 1936–1946 F A 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

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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

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See also: Category:People educated at Bedales School

References

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  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 School Campus". 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. ^ "Joanna Hardy | Bedales School". www.bedales.org.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Lara Johnson-Wheeler". Bedales. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  12. ^ Sale, Jonathan (19 February 2009). "Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Roger Lloyd Pack, actor". The Independent. London. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  13. ^ "Tom Lodge, Old Bedalian and Zen Master". Bedales.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  14. ^ "BEDALES ASSOCIATION & OLD BEDALIAN NEWSLETTER" (PDF). Bedales School. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  15. ^ Annan, Noel; Ferguson, James (30 May 1996). "Obituary: Teresa, Lady Rothschild". The Independent. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  16. ^ Wetherell, David. "Biography – Camilla Hildegarde Wedgwood". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

Further reading

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See also 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. 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
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