Bedales > Sport > Introduction

A varied, well-coached sports' programme is an essential element of a Bedales education. Unusually, there are timetabled physical education lessons for all students except those in their final year. Here traditional elements such as gymnastics are combined with life-saving, multigym and dance to provide an experience which is challenging, educational and fun for all abilities and tastes.

In addition, there is a wide range of sporting
activities available in the afternoon. Good levels of success are achieved in inter-school and county competitions in major team sports. Boys play football, hockey, cricket and tennis; girls play hockey, netball and tennis. Recent investment has resulted in a refurbished swimming pool and a new changing room complex, enhancing the existing sports hall, fitness centre, floodlit artificial pitch and seventeen acres of playing fields.