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Our school environment aims to encourage and foster diversity at every level, valuing difference as a strength, and supporting all students. A doubling of our provision for full bursaries will strengthen our social mission and contribution to the wider community.

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We will build on our links with like-minded educators around the world to drive educational improvements through our advocacy and engagement at national and international levels.

By mobilising the Bedales community in the widest sense, we will support our young people, helping them navigate their post-Bedales pathways. We will celebrate the many Bedalian contributions to society, harnessing the power of the diverse and inspirational role models in our community.

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“As a student, the fact that we can work so closely together with staff and feel like we can voice our opinions is something that I don’t think you get in many schools. And it is something very special that I have really appreciated.”
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Fostering a diverse and integrated community within and beyond Bedales

Inspired by the generosity of parents and Old Bedalians, we will double the number of fully funded bursaries offered; this will increase access to a transformational education for more young people not available elsewhere in the state or independent sectors. In tandem, we will provide additional bespoke support for beneficiaries to help them and their families navigate a successful course through our school.

The newly formed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee will lead EDI improvements with particular attention to the curriculum, staff recruitment and admissions.

We will focus on more collaborations across the whole school to support student mentoring, particularly around transitions into Group 1 (Year 4) and Block 3 (Year 9), and to increase collaborative staff training for Pre-prep, Prep and Senior teachers to optimise the 3-18 learning journey and progressions through our schools.

We plan to further draw on the willingness of our parent and alumni bodies to support current students in exploring their options beyond Bedales. Parents and Old Bedalians provide rich experiences and useful perspectives to help students with their career and education choices and we will make these more readily accessible to our young people.

We will continue to develop local relationships that give back to the Petersfield community, finding more ways to share our facilities and expertise with local children and adults.

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Influencing education thinking and practice

We aim to open a new ‘Bedales Centre for Progressive Education’ to build on our strong heritage in innovating and driving educational reform. The Centre will make available materials and documentary evidence of our distinctive heritage and approaches to education. It will become a natural source of support and inspiration for any individual or institution interested in progressive education, locally, nationally and internationally.

Looking further afield, we will develop our global network of state and independent schools who share our values and approaches to progressive education, while continuing to seek mutually beneficial educational partnerships that provide students with different cultural experiences unavailable elsewhere.

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