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Bedales School. 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.
The school is named after the house in which it began, in Haywards Heath. Bedales moved to its rural Hampshire site in 1900. Bedales Prep (for children aged 8-13), was founded in 1902 and moved to its present site in 1905, and the Pre-prep (for children aged 3-8) in 1953. The three schools are located in 120 acres of farmland, woods, orchards ...
John Haden Badley. John Haden Badley, at the age of 56, from the painting by Fred Yates. John Haden Badley (21 February 1865 – 6 March 1967) was an English author, educator, and founder of Bedales School, which claims to have become the first coeducational public boarding school in England in 1893.
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The school is named after the house in which it began, in Haywards Heath. Bedales moved to its rural Hampshire site in Steep, near Petersfield, in 1900. Bedales Prep (8-13 years) was founded in 1902, and the Pre-prep (3-8 years) opened in 1953. The school is located in 120 acres of farmland, woods, orchards and playing fields in the South Downs ...
Sep 8, 2023 · This ritual still takes place at Bedales School, albeit with vastly more students, and, similarly, the Sunday evening ‘Jaw’ remains a feature of school life. John Badley’s vision of a co-education boarding school educating both sexes together was finally realised in 1898 when a girls’ boarding house was established in Scaynes Hill.
The first girls are admitted to Bedales "The year 1898 is an immensely important one in the history of Bedales for it was the year that the Badleys were, at last, able to realise their original plan that the school should be for girls as well as boys" (Bedales School: The First 100 Years, p37).
