Bedales School

Bedales students have achieved excellent A Level results for 2012 with 39% of all grades at A* - A. They have secured places at universities including Oxford, Exeter, Edinburgh, London, Bristol, art colleges and international institutions.

At the end of term, Bedales held its first combined fundraising Summer Party in a marquee in the grounds for parents across its three schools: Dunannie, Dunhurst and Bedales.

Bedales School was fortunate recently to host the CAA Art Bus, a mobile work of art designed by Sir Peter Blake which is also a mobile art gallery. The visit of the bus marked the retirement of George Hatton after 34 years as Bedales Head of Art.

Before leaving for their summer holidays, students from the three Bedales schools (Dunhurst, Dunannie and Bedales Senior School) filled and buried three time capsules under the floors of three new staff houses being built within the school grounds.

To celebrate the Olympics, Bedales Prep and Pre-prep Schools, Dunhurst and Dunannie, went Olympic crazy during their last two weeks of term. Dunhurst held their own “Little London” Olympic event, while Dunannie held three Olympic-themed days.

In the penultimate week of term, 67 pupils from Bedales Prep School, Dunhurst - comprising the entire block of Year 8 pupils - spent a day helping businesses across Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex as part of the school’s annual work shadowing day.

Throughout the school year, children at Bedales Pre-prep, Dunannie, have raised over £4,800 from various events for their two chosen charities: Petersfield based Hounds for Heroes and Big Brother Mouse, a child literacy charity based in Laos.

Five students from Bedales recently competed for the South East region at the Hampshire Schools Athletics Finals held at the Aldershot Military Stadium.

The playground at Bedales Prep school, Dunhurst, was transformed recently as students took to the stage for the annual Dunhurst Rock Show.

Over 50 students from Bedales recently competed in the annual South East Hampshire Athletics competition at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth with many of the students who took part gaining personal bests in their athletic disciplines.