Bedales School
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Bedales School is a co-educational independent school
situated in Hampshire
, in the south east of England
. Founded in 1893 by John Haden Badley
in reaction to the limitations of conventional Victorian
schools, today the school is one of the most expensive in the UK, charging £9,985 per term for a boarding
place and £7,850 per term for day students.
Bedales is renowned for its liberal ethos and relaxed attitude. The Tatler
Schools Guide cites Bedales as "a bohemian idyll with bite", and the Good Schools Guide states that, although the school is "less distinctive than in the past", it is "still good for 'individuals', articulate nonconformists, and people who admire such qualities".
Since 1899 the school has been located on an 120 acre (0.4856232 km²) estate in the village of Steep
, near Petersfield
, Hampshire
. As well as playing fields, orchards, woodland, pasture and a nature reserve, the campus also boasts two Grade 1 listed arts and crafts
buildings designed by Ernest Gimson
, the Lupton Hall (completed in 1911) and the Memorial Library (1921), and two contemporary award-winning buildings: the Olivier Theatre (1997) and the Orchard Building (2005).
. In 1899 Badley purchased a country estate near Steep and constructed a purpose-built school, including state of the art electric light, 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 Dr Montessori
herself), and a primary school, Dunnannie, was added in the 1950s.
Badley 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 non-conformists, 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 Trevelyan
s. Books such as A quoi tient la superiorité 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 initimate school: the 1900 buildings were designed for 150 pupils. Under a necessary 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.
, a poet killed in World War I
- and his wife moved there in 1911. In the early 1920s Stanley Spencer
made a number of drawings and paintings of activities at the school while staying with Muirhead Bone
. Other important artistic connections include Edward Barnsley, Ernest Gimson
, Alfred Hoare Powell
and Arnold Dolmetsch
.
With the more liberal society of the 1960s, the coeducational liberal arts
ethos of the school became extremely fashionable, attracting many literary and artistic parents, including Lawrence Durrell
, Simon Raven
, Robert Graves
, Cecil Day-Lewis
, Peggy Guggenheim
, Ted Hughes
, Edna O'Brien
, John
and Penelope Mortimer
, Frederick Raphael, Joseph Losey
, Peter Hall, Peter Brook
, Laurence Olivier
, Joan Plowright
, Susan Hampshire
, Jill Balcon
, Mick Jagger
, Jude Law
, Pete Townshend
, Sandie Shaw
, Trevor Nunn
, Jeremy Paxman
, A. A. Gill
, Colin Montgomerie
, Roger Waters
, Roger Meddows-Taylor
, David Gilmour
, Twiggy
, Hayley Mills
, Nick Knight
, Kirsty MacColl
and Boris Johnson
, as well as minor British and European royalty.
In September 2006 Bedales introduced 'Bedales Assessed Courses' (abbreviated to BACs), devised 'to move away from the constraints of too many externally examined courses, and to win back the freedom necessary to reflect the school’s creative ethos, and its emphasis on the individual, in our teaching and learning'. Students in Blocks 4 and 5 (Years 10 and 11) combine five or seven GCSEs - English Language, Mathematics and a Modern Language GCSE, as well as IGCSE Double Award Science, are compulsory for all students in these years - with two or three BACs. Ten BACs are offered: Ancient Civilsations, Geography, PRE (Philosophy, Religion and Ethics), English Literature, Art, Design, Dance, Classical Music, Theatre Arts and Outdoor Work.
Outdoor Work is a unique aspect of the Bedales curriculum. As well as being a BAC, it can be taken as an alternative to games. It involves a myriad of activities focussed on maintaining the school's estate, including 'building barns, making a pond and creating natural sculptures' as well as opportunities to 'make jam or chutney, plant trees and to undertake gardening and livestock management tasks'. There is also a weekly opportunity to bake bread in the traditional wood-fired bread oven.
As well as many the curricular courses Bedales offers, there are a wide range of student run activities and societies. These range from the more traditional societies, such as Debating, Philosophy, Literary, Maths, etc., to the more eccentric, such as (the ever popular) Harry Potter Society, Gem Sweater Jamboree, Tea Appreciation society (Iced Tea in the summer), Akido, Jazz Appreciation, etc.
(singer and songwriter), Lily Allen
(singer), Teddy Thompson
(singer/songwriter and musician), Grace Barnsley
(pottery decorator), Jamie Campbell Bower
(actor), Daniel Day-Lewis
(actor), Allan Gwynne-Jones
(painter), Iris Lemare (conductor) Harriet Logan (photographer), Gervase de Peyer
(clarinetist, pianist and conductor), Luke Pritchard (singer), Natalia Tena
(actress), Juno Temple
(actress) and Sir Peter Wright (ballet dancer and director).
Bedales (senior) School also has a 'Managing Head', whose role is to manage the 'day to day' aspects of the school and to be directly available to all members of staff. Dominic Oliver (BA, Sheffield; M.Phil, Oxon.), formerly teaching at Royal Worcester Grammar school and others, is now managing head of the senior school since September 2010.
Independent school (UK)
An independent school is a school that is not financed through the taxation system by local or national government and is instead funded by private sources, predominantly in the form of tuition charges, gifts and long-term charitable endowments, and so is not subject to the conditions imposed by...
situated in Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
, in the south east of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Founded in 1893 by John Haden Badley
John Haden Badley
John Haden Badley , author, educator, and founder of Bedales School, which claims to have become the first coeducational public boarding school in England in 1893....
in reaction to the limitations of conventional Victorian
Victorian era
The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...
schools, today the school is one of the most expensive in the UK, charging £9,985 per term for a boarding
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
place and £7,850 per term for day students.
Bedales is renowned for its liberal ethos and relaxed attitude. The Tatler
Tatler
Tatler has been the name of several British journals and magazines, each of which has viewed itself as the successor of the original literary and society journal founded by Richard Steele in 1709. The current incarnation, founded in 1901, is a glossy magazine published by Condé Nast Publications...
Schools Guide cites Bedales as "a bohemian idyll with bite", and the Good Schools Guide states that, although the school is "less distinctive than in the past", it is "still good for 'individuals', articulate nonconformists, and people who admire such qualities".
Since 1899 the school has been located on an 120 acre (0.4856232 km²) estate in the village of Steep
Steep
Steep is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is north of Petersfield, just off the A3 road.The nearest railway station is Petersfield, south of the village....
, near Petersfield
Petersfield, Hampshire
Petersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is north of Portsmouth, on the A3 road. The town has its own railway station on the Portsmouth Direct Line, the mainline rail link connecting Portsmouth and London. The town is situated on the...
, Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
. As well as playing fields, orchards, woodland, pasture and a nature reserve, the campus also boasts two Grade 1 listed arts and crafts
Arts and Crafts movement
Arts and Crafts was an international design philosophy that originated in England and flourished between 1860 and 1910 , continuing its influence until the 1930s...
buildings designed by Ernest Gimson
Ernest Gimson
Ernest William Gimson was an English furniture designer and architect. Gimson was described by the art critic Nikolaus Pevsner as "the greatest of the English architect-designers"...
, the Lupton Hall (completed in 1911) and the Memorial Library (1921), and two contemporary award-winning buildings: the Olivier Theatre (1997) and the Orchard Building (2005).
History
The school was started in 1893 by Badley and his wife in a rented house called Bedales, just outside Lindfield, near Haywards HeathHaywards Heath
-Climate:Haywards Heath experiences an oceanic climate similar to almost all of the United Kingdom.-Rail:Haywards Heath railway station is a major station on the Brighton Main Line...
. In 1899 Badley purchased a country estate near Steep and constructed a purpose-built school, including state of the art electric light, which opened in 1900. The site has been extensively developed over the past century, including the relocation of a number of historic vernacular
Vernacular architecture
Vernacular architecture is a term used to categorize methods of construction which use locally available resources and traditions to address local needs and circumstances. Vernacular architecture tends to evolve over time to reflect the environmental, cultural and historical context in which it...
timber frame
Timber framing
Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns...
barns. A preparatory school
Preparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
, Dunhurst, was started in 1902 on Montessori principles (and was visited in 1919 by Dr Montessori
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator, a noted humanitarian and devout Catholic best known for the philosophy of education which bears her name...
herself), and a primary school, Dunnannie, was added in the 1950s.
Badley 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 non-conformists, agnostics, Quakers, Unitarians
Unitarianism
Unitarianism is a Christian theological movement, named for its understanding of God as one person, in direct contrast to Trinitarianism which defines God as three persons coexisting consubstantially as one in being....
and liberal Jews
Liberal Judaism
Liberal Judaism , is one of the two forms of Progressive Judaism found in the United Kingdom, the other being Reform Judaism. Liberal Judaism, which developed at the beginning of the twentieth century is less conservative than UK Reform Judaism...
, who formed a significant element of its early intake. The school was also well known and popular in some Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
and Fabian
Fabian Society
The Fabian Society is a British socialist movement, whose purpose is to advance the principles of democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist, rather than revolutionary, means. It is best known for its initial ground-breaking work beginning late in the 19th century and continuing up to World...
intellectual circles with connections to the Wedgwoods, Darwins
Darwin–Wedgwood family
The Darwin–Wedgwood family is actually two interrelated English families, descended from the prominent 18th century doctor, Erasmus Darwin, and Josiah Wedgwood, founder of the pottery firm, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, the most notable member of which was Charles Darwin...
, Huxleys
Huxley family
The Huxley family is a British family of which several members have excelled in scientific, medical, artistic, and literary fields. The family also includes members who occupied senior public positions in the service of the United Kingdom....
, and Trevelyan
Trevelyan
Trevelyan is a Cornish surname derived from a Cornish place meaning "Village of Elian".-People:* Sir John Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, English MP* Sir John Trevelyan, 4th Baronet, British MP* Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, British civil servant...
s. Books such as A quoi tient la superiorité 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 initimate school: the 1900 buildings were designed for 150 pupils. Under a necessary 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.
Ethos
In the first half of 20th century the progressive movement around Bedales attracted a community of artists, craftsmen and writers to live in Steep. Edward ThomasEdward Thomas (poet)
Philip Edward Thomas was an Anglo-Welsh writer of prose and poetry. He is commonly considered a war poet, although few of his poems deal directly with his war experiences. Already an accomplished writer, Thomas turned to poetry only in 1914...
, a poet killed in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
- and his wife moved there in 1911. In the early 1920s Stanley Spencer
Stanley Spencer
Sir Stanley Spencer was an English painter. Much of his work depicts Biblical scenes, from miracles to Crucifixion, happening not in the Holy Land but in the small Thames-side village where he was born and spent most of his life...
made a number of drawings and paintings of activities at the school while staying with Muirhead Bone
Muirhead Bone
Sir Muirhead Bone was a Scottish etcher, drypoint and watercolour artist.The son of a printer, Bone was born in Glasgow and trained initially as an architect, later going on to study art at Glasgow School of Art. He began printmaking in 1898, and although his first known print was a lithograph, he...
. Other important artistic connections include Edward Barnsley, Ernest Gimson
Ernest Gimson
Ernest William Gimson was an English furniture designer and architect. Gimson was described by the art critic Nikolaus Pevsner as "the greatest of the English architect-designers"...
, Alfred Hoare Powell
Alfred Hoare Powell
Alfred Hoare Powell was an English Arts and Crafts architect, and designer and painter of pottery.-Career:Alfred Powell was born in Reading, Berkshire, on 14 April 1865 , the son of Thomas Edward Powell by Emma Corrie.He was the architectural pupil of John Dando Sedding, working in the 'crafted...
and Arnold Dolmetsch
Arnold Dolmetsch
Arnold Dolmetsch , was a French-born musician and instrument maker who spent much of his working life in England and established an instrument-making workshop in Haslemere, Surrey...
.
With the more liberal society of the 1960s, the coeducational liberal arts
Liberal arts
The term liberal arts refers to those subjects which in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free citizen to study. Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were the core liberal arts. In medieval times these subjects were extended to include mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy...
ethos of the school became extremely fashionable, attracting many literary and artistic parents, including Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence George Durrell was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer, though he resisted affiliation with Britain and preferred to be considered cosmopolitan...
, Simon Raven
Simon Raven
Simon Arthur Noël Raven was an English novelist, essayist, dramatist and raconteur who, in a writing career of forty years, caused controversy, amusement and offence...
, Robert Graves
Robert Graves
Robert von Ranke Graves 24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985 was an English poet, translator and novelist. During his long life he produced more than 140 works...
, Cecil Day-Lewis
Cecil Day-Lewis
Cecil Day-Lewis CBE was an Irish poet and the Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake...
, Peggy Guggenheim
Peggy Guggenheim
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, Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes
Edward James Hughes OM , more commonly known as Ted Hughes, was an English poet and children's writer. Critics routinely rank him as one of the best poets of his generation. Hughes was British Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death.Hughes was married to American poet Sylvia Plath, from 1956 until...
, Edna O'Brien
Edna O'Brien
Edna O'Brien is an Irish novelist and short story writer whose works often revolve around the inner feelings of women, and their problems in relating to men and to society as a whole.-Life and career:...
, John
John Mortimer
Sir John Clifford Mortimer, CBE, QC was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author.-Early life:...
and Penelope Mortimer
Penelope Mortimer
Penelope Ruth Mortimer , was a British journalist, biographer and novelist.-Early life:...
, Frederick Raphael, Joseph Losey
Joseph Losey
Joseph Walton Losey was an American theater and film director. After studying in Germany with Bertolt Brecht, Losey returned to the United States, eventually making his way to Hollywood...
, Peter Hall, Peter Brook
Peter Brook
Peter Stephen Paul Brook CH, CBE is an English theatre and film director and innovator, who has been based in France since the early 1970s.-Life:...
, Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to fellow actors Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright...
, Joan Plowright
Joan Plowright
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, Susan Hampshire
Susan Hampshire
Susan Hampshire, Lady Kulukundis, OBE is an English actress, best-known for her many television and film roles.-Early life:Susan Hampshire was born in Kensington, London, the youngest of four children. She had two sisters and one brother...
, Jill Balcon
Jill Balcon
Jill Angela Henriette Balcon was an English film and radio actress. She made her film debut in Nicholas Nickleby , though she was best known for her stage, television, and radio work....
, Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
, Jude Law
Jude Law
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, Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend
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, Sandie Shaw
Sandie Shaw
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, Trevor Nunn
Trevor Nunn
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, Jeremy Paxman
Jeremy Paxman
Jeremy Dickson Paxman is a British journalist, author and television presenter. He has worked for the BBC since 1977. He is noted for a forthright and abrasive interviewing style, particularly when interrogating politicians...
, A. A. Gill
A. A. Gill
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, Colin Montgomerie
Colin Montgomerie
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, Roger Waters
Roger Waters
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, Roger Meddows-Taylor
Roger Meddows-Taylor
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, David Gilmour
David Gilmour
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, Twiggy
Twiggy
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, Hayley Mills
Hayley Mills
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, Nick Knight
Nick Knight (photographer)
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, Kirsty MacColl
Kirsty MacColl
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and Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson
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, as well as minor British and European royalty.
Co-education
Bedales has educated boys and girls together since 1898. The school's particular emphasis on arts, crafts and drama can be seen as a direct and deliberate legacy of this early co-education theory, as explained by one of the school's most influential masters, Geoffrey Crump, in his book Bedales Since the War (1936):- "It is not enough to preach self controlSelf controlSelf control is the ability to control one's emotions, behavior and desires in order to obtain some reward later. In psychology it is sometimes called self-regulation...
to a girl of fifteen who is just beginning to realise her power over the other sex, or to a boy of seventeen who is seriously disturbed by a girl of his own age. They don't want to be self-controlled. But one of the most valuable things that psychology has taught us is the importance of sublimationSublimation (psychology)In psychology, sublimation is a mature type of defence mechanism where socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are consciously transformed into socially acceptable actions or behaviour, possibly converting the initial impulse in the long term...
, and here is our chance. Adolescence is a time when it is natural to be active, and it is also an awakening to the power of beauty, beauty of all kinds - in colour form, movement, sound and spiritual aspiration. The boy and girl see these first in their human counterparts, and if left to themselves will hardly look anywhere else. But it is now that they are ready for the beauty of poetry, music, painting, drawing, and above all the earth around them, and these they must be given without stint...The tendency of modern civilisation is to hurry on the awakening of sexual consciousness - a fact that is much to be deplored, and that makes the tasks of all schoolmasters and schoolmistresses far more difficult. Children now see erotic films and posters and read erotic books at an age when we had not thought about such things. They hear erotic dance-music, with its imbecile sentimental words, wherever they go. The attitude of a city-bred boy of fourteen to a city-bred girl of fourteen is quite different from what it was ten years ago."
Curriculum
The early Bedalian curriculum provided sound coverage of English and modern languages, science and design, while gardening, crafts, drama and nature walks also took place. Academic standards in the early years oscillated through many phases of experimental syllabus.In September 2006 Bedales introduced 'Bedales Assessed Courses' (abbreviated to BACs), devised 'to move away from the constraints of too many externally examined courses, and to win back the freedom necessary to reflect the school’s creative ethos, and its emphasis on the individual, in our teaching and learning'. Students in Blocks 4 and 5 (Years 10 and 11) combine five or seven GCSEs - English Language, Mathematics and a Modern Language GCSE, as well as IGCSE Double Award Science, are compulsory for all students in these years - with two or three BACs. Ten BACs are offered: Ancient Civilsations, Geography, PRE (Philosophy, Religion and Ethics), English Literature, Art, Design, Dance, Classical Music, Theatre Arts and Outdoor Work.
Outdoor Work is a unique aspect of the Bedales curriculum. As well as being a BAC, it can be taken as an alternative to games. It involves a myriad of activities focussed on maintaining the school's estate, including 'building barns, making a pond and creating natural sculptures' as well as opportunities to 'make jam or chutney, plant trees and to undertake gardening and livestock management tasks'. There is also a weekly opportunity to bake bread in the traditional wood-fired bread oven.
As well as many the curricular courses Bedales offers, there are a wide range of student run activities and societies. These range from the more traditional societies, such as Debating, Philosophy, Literary, Maths, etc., to the more eccentric, such as (the ever popular) Harry Potter Society, Gem Sweater Jamboree, Tea Appreciation society (Iced Tea in the summer), Akido, Jazz Appreciation, etc.
Musicality and artistic traits
Bedales School has always had a wide and varied curriculum. An area of particular notability, however, is its musical and artistic focus which has been the bedrock for the careers of many successful instrumentalists, artists, designers, photographers, actors and singers. They include Ben AdamsBen Adams
Ben Adams is an English singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the boy band, a1.-Early life:...
(singer and songwriter), Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper , better known as Lily Allen, is an English recording artist and fashion designer. She is the daughter of actor and musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. In her teenage years, her musical tastes evolved from glam rock to alternative...
(singer), Teddy Thompson
Teddy Thompson
Teddy Thompson is a British folk and rock musician. He is the son of folk-rock musicians Richard and Linda Thompson and brother of singer Kamila Thompson...
(singer/songwriter and musician), Grace Barnsley
Grace Barnsley
Emily Grace Barnsley , known as Grace Barnsley or by her married name, Grace Davies, was an English pottery decorator....
(pottery decorator), Jamie Campbell Bower
Jamie Campbell Bower
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(actor), Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is an English actor with both British and Irish citizenship. His portrayals of Christy Brown in My Left Foot and Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood won Academy and BAFTA Awards for Best Actor, and Screen Actors Guild as well as Golden Globe Awards for the latter...
(actor), Allan Gwynne-Jones
Allan Gwynne-Jones
Allan Gwynne-Jones CBE DSO RA was an English painter.Gwynne-Jones was born in Richmond, Surrey. He was educated at Bedales School and then qualified as a solicitor, but never practised. He instead developed a love of art and began painting watercolours...
(painter), Iris Lemare (conductor) Harriet Logan (photographer), Gervase de Peyer
Gervase de Peyer
Gervase Alan de Peyer is an English clarinetist and conductor.-Professional career:Gervase de Peyer was born in London and attended Bedales School. He was awarded a scholarship to the Royal College of Music where he studied clarinet with Frederick Thurston and piano with Arthur Alexander...
(clarinetist, pianist and conductor), Luke Pritchard (singer), Natalia Tena
Natalia Tena
Natalia Gastiain Tena is a British actress and musician. She sings and plays the accordion in the band Molotov Jukebox. In her acting career, Tena is best known for playing Nymphadora Tonks in the Harry Potter film series, and Ellie in the movie About a Boy.-Life and career:Tena was born in...
(actress), Juno Temple
Juno Temple
-Early life:Juno Temple was born in London, and is the daughter of producer Amanda Pirie and film director Julien Temple. She grew up in Somerset, England and attended Enmore Primary School, Bedales School, and King's College, Taunton...
(actress) and Sir Peter Wright (ballet dancer and director).
Current management
The term 'Bedales Schools' incorporates Bedales itself (for ages 13–18), as well as Dunhurst (7-13) and Dunnannie (3-7). Since September 2009, Keith Budge, having formerly been Headmaster of Bedales School, has held the title of 'Head of Bedales Schools', although each of the junior schools has a separate Head as well. His role involves overseeing management and direct the long term future and ethos of the school.Bedales (senior) School also has a 'Managing Head', whose role is to manage the 'day to day' aspects of the school and to be directly available to all members of staff. Dominic Oliver (BA, Sheffield; M.Phil, Oxon.), formerly teaching at Royal Worcester Grammar school and others, is now managing head of the senior school since September 2010.
Headmasters
- 1893-1935 John Haden BadleyJohn Haden BadleyJohn Haden Badley , author, educator, and founder of Bedales School, which claims to have become the first coeducational public boarding school in England in 1893....
- 1936-1946 Frederick Alfred Meier
- 1946-1962 Hector Beaumont Jacks
- 1962-1974 Tim Slack
- 1974- Charles Nobes
- 1981-1992 Euan MacAlpine
- 1992-1994 Ian Newton
- 1994-2001 Alison Willcocks
- 2001- Keith Budge
Notable Old Bedalians (alphabetical by surname)
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(born 1971), TV presenter best known for presenting Channel 4 property programme, Location, Location, Location - Daisy Bayliss (born 1989), Model
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(born 1961), cabinet-maker, son of Princess Margaret - Tom ArnoldTom Arnold (politician)Sir Thomas Richard Arnold , known as Tom Arnold, is a British politician who was the Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party in 1983.- Biography :...
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born 1965, TV producer and entrepreneur - Stephen Bone (1904–1958), artist, writer and broadcaster
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(born 1948), journalist, television presenter and former Conservative MP (City of Chester) - William Bridges-AdamsWilliam Bridges-Adams (Theatre director)William Bridges-Adams was an English theatre director and designer, associated closely with the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, from 1919 until 1934.-Early years:...
(1889–1965), theatre director, and Director, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1919–1934 - Jocelyn BrookeJocelyn BrookeJocelyn Brooke was an English author born in Kent. He wrote several unusual and semi-autobiographical novels as well as some poetry...
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(born 1953), actress - Simon CadellSimon CadellSimon John Cadell was an English actor.Born in London, he was the grandson of the Scottish character actor Jean Cadell, the brother of the actress Selina Cadell, and the cousin of the actor Guy Siner. He was educated at Bedales School at Petersfield where his close friends included Gyles...
(1950–1996), actor - Sir Michael Harris Caine (1927–1999), Chief Executive, Booker Bros. McConnell, 1975–1984, and promoter of Booker Prize
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(1881–1955), World War I Victoria Cross recipient - Charles CecilCharles CecilCharles Cecil MBE has worked in the interactive entertainment industry for 25 years. He is currently operating as Managing Director for UK based company Revolution Software which has released such critical and commercial hits as Beneath a Steel Sky and the Broken Sword series...
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(born 1940), founder The Curry Club, author 36 books and broadcaster - Clancy ChassayClancy ChassayClancy Chassay is an English freelance journalist and filmmaker, who writes for various British newspapers, including the British news magazine The Economist and the newspapers The Independent, The Sunday Telegraph and The Guardian...
(1993–1996), journalist - Lady Sarah Chatto (born 1964), daughter of Princess Margaret
- Denise Cheetham, artist and lawyer
- Julian Chichester (born 1950) English barrister and amateur photographer
- John Clapham (1908–1992), musicologist
- Sir Laurence CollierLaurence CollierSir Laurence Collier KCMG was the British ambassador to Norway between 1939 and 1950, including the period when Norway's government was in exile in London during the Second World War....
(1890–1976), Ambassador to Norway, 1939–1950 - Sophie DahlSophie DahlSophie Dahl , born Sophie Holloway, is an English author and former model. She was born in London, the daughter of actor Julian Holloway and writer Tessa Dahl. Her maternal grandparents were author Roald Dahl and actress Patricia Neal. Her paternal grandparents were actor Stanley Holloway and...
(born 1977), model, author and chef - Daniel Day-LewisDaniel Day-LewisDaniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is an English actor with both British and Irish citizenship. His portrayals of Christy Brown in My Left Foot and Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood won Academy and BAFTA Awards for Best Actor, and Screen Actors Guild as well as Golden Globe Awards for the latter...
(born 1957), Oscar winning actor - Tamasin Day-LewisTamasin Day-LewisLydia Tamasin Day-Lewis, better known as Tamasin Day-Lewis, is an English television chef, daughter of the poet Cecil Day-Lewis and actress Jill Balcon, and sister of the actor Daniel Day-Lewis.-Biography:...
- Poppy Delevigne, model
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(born 1987), model - Charles Warren Hancock (born 1988), economist, philanthropist and entrepreneur
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(born 1970), actress - Peter Eckersley (1892–1963), broadcasting engineer, and Chief Engineer, BBC, 1923–1929
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(born 1982), actress - Johnny FlynnJohnny FlynnJohnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit are an English folk rock band signed to Transgressive Records. They are fronted by Johnny Flynn , an actor, poet and songwriter who cites W.B. Yeats and Shakespeare among his influences...
, folk musician (with his band The Sussex Wit) - Margaret GardinerMargaret Gardiner (artist)Margaret Gardiner was a radical modern British artist and resident of Hampstead, London, from 1932, where she was also a left wing political activist. She was also for a time the partner of Professor John Desmond Bernal the eminent scientist and political activist...
(1904–2005), artist - Rolf GardinerRolf GardinerHenry Rolf Gardiner was an English rural revivalist and sympathizer with Nazism. He was founder of groups significant in the British history of organic farming, as well being a participant in inter-war far right politics.-Early life:...
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(born 1961), physician and editor - Tomás GravesTomás GravesTomás Graves , is a graphic designer, printer, musician and writer. He is the son of poet Robert Graves and Beryl Graves ....
(1953-), son of Robert Graves, writer, musician and designer - Battiscombe GunnBattiscombe GunnBattiscombe "Jack" George Gunn was an English Egyptologist and philologist. He published his first translation from Egyptian in 1906. He translated inscriptions for many important excavations and sites, including Fayum, Saqqara, Amarna, Giza and Luxor...
(1883–1950), Professor of Egyptology, University of Oxford, 1934–1950 - Allan Gwynne-JonesAllan Gwynne-JonesAllan Gwynne-Jones CBE DSO RA was an English painter.Gwynne-Jones was born in Richmond, Surrey. He was educated at Bedales School and then qualified as a solicitor, but never practised. He instead developed a love of art and began painting watercolours...
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(1897–1958), Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Manchester, 1929–1937; Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Manchester, 1937–1945, and Professor of Mathematical Physics, University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, 1946–1958 - Robin HillRobin Hill (biochemist)Robert Hill FRS , known as Robin Hill, was a British plant biochemist who, in 1939, demonstrated the 'Hill reaction' of photosynthesis, proving that oxygen is evolved during the light requiring steps of photosynthesis...
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(1893–1979), painter - Simon Hitchens (born 1967), sculptor
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(born 1935), politician - Tom LodgeTom LodgeTom Lodge is an English author and radio broadcaster.-Early life:Lodge was a figure in British radio of the 1960s. He was a disc jockey on Radio Caroline. Caroline and other pirates forced the government to deregulate radio, hitherto a monopoly of the BBC...
(born 1936), author and radio broadcaster - Harriet Logan, photographer
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(born 1955), American journalist and writer (attended Bedales as exchange student, 1972–73) - Jazz MellorJazz MellorJazz Domino Holly Mellor is the founding member and President of the Shoreditch Sisters Women's Institute.-Early life:...
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(born 1970), painter - Bas PeaseBas PeaseRendel Sebastian "Bas" Pease FRS was a British physicist.Pease's father was the geneticist Michael Pease, son of Edward Reynolds Pease. His mother was Helen Bowen Wedgwood, daughter of Josiah Wedgwood IV...
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(1896–1990), bookbinderBookbindingBookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from a number of folded or unfolded sheets of paper or other material. It usually involves attaching covers to the resulting text-block.-Origins of the book:... - Luke Pritchard, lead singer of The Kooks
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(1901–1992), art historian, and Director, Tate GalleryTate GalleryThe Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British Art, and International Modern and Contemporary Art...
, 1938–1964 - Tess Rothschild (1915–1996), MI5 officer and penal reformer
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. - Rupert H. Russell (born 1985), film producer and son of filmmaker Ken RussellKen RussellHenry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell was an English film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. He attracted criticism as being obsessed with sexuality and the church...
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