Welcome
Bedales comprises three co-educational boarding and day schools located in 120 acres of South Downs National Park in Hampshire: Bedales Pre-prep for 3–8 years; Bedales Prep for 8–13 years and Bedales Senior for 13–18 years.
In search of a better education
Learning to live in a changing world
Bedales was founded by John Badley in 1893 as a humane alternative to the authoritarian regimes typical of late‑Victorian public schools.
The School became fully co-educational in 1898, against the prevailing trend. This breadth of vision and willingness to buck convention continues undiminished, as we shape our work to meet the challenges of the day.
The world young people enter at 18 can be turbulent, complex and demanding. We work together to ensure that every student leaves us having discovered their own talents, passions and identities, with a powerful sense of responsibility to others. Life at Bedales is lived both for its own sake – pupils enjoy coming to school – and in anticipation of that to come.
We remain progressively liberal in our approach, not for the sake of being different, but because we believe it is important for a properly rounded and relevant education.