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At Bedales Senior, there are three community days per year: Badley Day, in the Autumn term; Powell Day, in the Spring term; and Garrett Day, in the Summer term. On these 'all-in' days, all students and staff come together to celebrate key figures in the founding of the school and the current Bedales community with a 'whole school effort'. This ...
Bedales Prep is a community with our founder John Badley's vision to educate 'head, hand and heart' at the very heart of it. From the outset, Badley was determined to shape the school around what was considered best for the individual child’s educational welfare and happiness.We believe that happy children work hard and achieve, and we have a wellbeing toolkit on hand to ensure that your ...
The Putney School in Vermont, USA is a four-year co-educational boarding and day school. It was founded in 1935 on the principles of the great education reformer John Dewey – making it one of the most interesting schools in the US. Putney shares a lot of the same values and ideas as Bedales, but they go even further – being based on a 500 ...
2 de dic. de 2022 · Bedales Senior. Head Students Kipp and Nate, together with Will Goldsmith, Head of Bedales Schools, have featured in a BBC Radio 4 documentary about the public school boarding system in a global context. Presenter Nels Abbey looks at how this model was driven by the building of Empire and the legacy of educational colonialism in former colonies.
11 de mar. de 2024 · Storytelling was at the heart of Bedales’ World Book Day celebrations, highlighting the power of shared narratives and collaboration across the school community. The Memorial Library became a creative sanctuary for the afternoon, bringing together Block 4 (Year 10) and Block 2 (Year 8) students to share their original written compositions in an inspiring exchange of ideas.
Confessions of a House Master. 14/02/2020. Bedales Senior. The job of a boarding housemaster or mistress is exhausting, all-consuming and not for the faint-hearted, writes Peter Thackrey, Bedales Head of Boarding, in an article for School House Magazine. However, he also considers his job a joy and a privilege.
How long have you been at Bedales, and how did you get here? Amazingly I started at Bedales back in 2008 – it only feels like yesterday when I started. As there is so much variety to life at the school, time flies by. I was previously working in the Cabinet Office, when living locally in Hambledon at the time, I had got to know a near neighbour and former Bedales head, Tim Slack, from whom I ...
