About Bedales

The Badley Weekend

Every year the school community celebrates the educational principles of Founder John Badley through an annual event - the "Badley weekend".

Staff, students and parents from the three Bedales Schools participate in a range of events and celebrations – including working together on projects across the Bedales campus in the spirit of the school motto “Work of Each for Weal of All”; activities include tree planting, lake dredging, and a festival themed celebratory event. The classics was the theme for the 2010 celebrations and Bedalians decided to do this justice by re-enacting the battle of Troy complete with Trojan horse!

Block 4 student Georgina Ullmann created this storyboard to encapsulate the broad range of activities of the weekend and student thoughts on the experience.

View pictures of the Bedales Badley Celebration weekend 2011 (pictures taken by Block 4 students Lucy Hewett and Ellie Catton)

View pictures taken of Dunhurt's Badley weekend celebrations.

Brief History

Bedales was founded by J H Badley in 1893 to be a humane alternative to the authoritarian regimes typical of late-Victorian public schools... more

John Badley Foundation

The John Badley Foundation’s ambitious scheme is an essential part of the school’s ethos and will broaden access to our education... more