Bedales School

Bedales School is a public school with a progressive ethos located in the village of Steep, near Petersfield, Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1893 by John Haden Badley. It has been coeducational since 1898 and it was the first coeducational independent school in England. Its school emblem is a Tudor rose with a bee at the centre. The school motto is "Work of each for weal of all".

Bedales is noted for its beautiful arts and crafts library, and its grounding in the arts and crafts movement. Bedales school is also renowned for its liberal ethos and relaxed attitude, which has been the subject of controversy in recent years.

Bedales is one of the most expensive schools in the UK. These fees have risen in recent years due to building projects, which have included a new PE department and a new academic block.

The school has established a reputation for high quality arts teaching and a dedication to drama, art and music. Bedales has an environmental award winning theatre which is also used by the local community.

The current headmaster of Bedales is Keith Budge.

Notable Old Bedalians

• Vice-Admiral Alfred Carpenter (1881–1955), World War I Victoria Cross recipient
• Battiscombe Gunn (1883–1950), Professor of Egyptology, University of Oxford, 1934–1950
• E. L. Grant Watson (1885–1970), writer and scientist
• Thomas Eckersley (1886–1959), theoretical physicist and electrical engineer
• Sadie Bonnell (1888–1993), World War I FANY ambulance driver, and first woman to win the Military Medal
• William Bridges-Adams (1889–1965), theatre director, and Director, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1919–1934
• Sir Laurence Collier (1890–1976), Ambassador to Norway, 1939–1950
• John Layard (1891–1974), anthropologist and psychologist
• Peter Eckersley (1892–1963), broadcasting engineer, and Chief Engineer, BBC, 1923–1929
• Allan Gwynne-Jones (1892–1982), painter
• Noel Olivier (1892–1969), an early female doctor; engaged to Rupert Brooke
• Alix Strachey (1892–1973), translator of Sigmund Freud's works
• Sir Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke (1893–1976), Director of Medical Services, Hong Kong, 1937–1943, and Governor of the Seychelles, 1947–1951
• Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979), painter
• Konni Zilliacus (1894–1967), writer and politician
• Grace Barnsley (1896–1975), pottery decorator
• Marjory Allen, Lady Allen of Hurtwood (1897–1976), landscape architect and child welfare promoter
• Roger Powell (1896–1990), bookbinder
• Douglas Hartree (1897–1958), Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Manchester, 1929–1937, Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Manchester, 1937–1945, and Plummer Professor of Mathematical Physics, University of Cambridge, 1946–1958
• Robin Hill (1899–1991), plant biochemist
• Joan Malleson (1899–1956), physician
• Josiah Wedgwood V (1899–1968), Managing Director, Wedgwoods, 1930–1961
• Edward Barnsley (1900–1987), designer and craftsman in wood
• Malcolm MacDonald (1901–1981), Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, 1935–1939, Minister of Health, 1940–1941, High Commissioner to Canada, 1941–1946, Governor-General of Malaya, 1946–1955, High Commissioner to India, 1955–1960, Governor of Kenya, 1963–1964, and High Commissioner to Kenya, 1964–1965
• Sir John Rothenstein (1901–1992), art historian, and Director, Tate Gallery, 1938–1964
• Camilla Wedgwood (1901–1955), anthropologist
• Bertram Bulmer (1902–1983), cider manufacturer
• Rolf Gardiner (1902–1971), ecological campaigner and youth leader
• Iris Lemare (1902–1997), conductor and concert organiser
• John Wyndham (1903–1969), novelist
• Stephen Bone (1904–1958), artist, writer and broadcaster
• Tom Conway (1904–1967), actor
• Raphael Salaman (1906–1993), engineer and tool collector
• George Sanders (1906–1972), actor
• Sir Frank Roberts (1907–1998), Minister Plenipotentiary to the Soviet Union, 1945–1947, Private Secretary to Ernest Bevin, 1947–1949, Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1954–1957, Ambassador to NATO, 1957–1960, Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1960–1962, and Ambassador to West Germany, 1963–1968
• Jocelyn Brooke (1908–1966), writer and naturalist
• John Clapham (1908–1992), musicologist
• Julian Trevelyan (1910–1988), painter and printmaker
• Tess Rothschild (1915–1996), MI5 officer and penal reformer
• Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986), lyricist
• Esmond Romilly (1918–1941), writer, husband of Jessica Mitford
• Richard Leacock (born 1921), documentary film director
• Bas Pease (1922–2004), physicist
• Sir Peter Wright, ballet dancer and director, Director, Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, 1977–1990, and Director, Birmingham Royal Ballet, 1990–1999
• Gervase de Peyer (born 1926), clarinettist
• Sir Michael Harris Caine (1927–1999), Chief Executive, Booker Bros. McConnell, 1975–1984, and promoter of Booker Prize
• Bruce Bernard (1928–2000), photographer and picture editor
• Michael Wishart (1928–1996), painter
• Richard Livsey, Baron Livsey of Talgarth (born 1935), politician
• Sir Thomas Arnold (born 1947), politician
• Gyles Brandreth (born 1948), journalist, television presenter and former Conservative MP (City of Chester)
• Simon Cadell (1950–1996), actor
• Daniel Day-Lewis (born 1957), actor
• Amanda Craig (born 1959), novelist and journalist
• Frieda Hughes (born 1960), poet and artist
• Sarah Raphael (1960–2001), painter
• David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (born 1961), cabinet-maker, son of Princess Margaret
• Lady Sarah Chatto (born 1964), daughter of Princess Margaret
• Sebastian Bergne (born 1966), industrial designer
• Simon Hitchens (born 1967), sculptor
• Dominic Shiach, film director
• Minnie Driver (born 1970), actress
• Nina Murdoch (born 1970), painter
• Kirstie Allsopp (born 1971), TV presenter best known for presenting Channel 4 property programme Location, Location, Location
• Sophie Dahl (born 1977), model
• Bill Dunster, architect
• Alexis Rowell, BBC journalist
• Alice Eve (born 1982), actress
• Natalia Tena (born 1984), actress
• Luke Pritchard, lead singer of The Kooks
• Lily Allen (born 1985), singer

External link

• Bedales School