Bedales School
Bedales School
Org 1: HMC
Org 2: The Society of Heads
Org 3: IAPS
Church Road, Steep, Petersfield, Hampshire GU32 2DG
Telephone: 01730 300100
01730 711733 (Admissions)
Open events: https://www.bedales.org.uk/admissions/visit-us
Key dates: Autumn term: Sunday 31 August 2025 to Friday 12 December 2025
Half term: Friday 17 October 2025 to Sunday 2 November 2025
Spring term: Wednesday 7 January 2026 to Friday 27 March 2026
Half term: Wednesday 11 February 2026 to Sunday 22 February 2026
Summer term: Sunday 19 April 2026 to Thursday 2 July 2026
Half term: Friday 22 May 2026 to Sunday 31 May 2026
Age Range: Nursery, Pre-Prep/Infants, Prep/Junior to 13, Senior to 18
Day or Boarding: Day, Full Boarding
Gender: Co-ed
Exams offered: A Level, BTEC, GCSE, IGCSE, Pre-U
Scholarships Tick: Academic, Art, Drama, Music, Sport
Scholarships Other Types: Design
Bursaries and discounts: New entrant bursary
Scholarships and bursaries – further details
Scholarships. Personal development is central to Bedales’ desire to develop inquisitive thinkers with a love of learning who cherish independent thought. Scholarship holders access a research fund to support their individual scholarly projects. There is no reduction in fees – research grants are non means-tested with a relatively small financial value. Scholarships are available for Academic, Music, Art, Drama, Sport, Design.
Depending on their specialist subject, most scholarship holders have access to a research fund to support their individual scholarly projects. There is no reduction in school fees – research grants are non-means tested and hence have a relatively small financial value (up to £500 per year for 2022/23). The award of a scholarship is reviewed annually based on student performance.
11+ (Bedales Prep School) Academic, Music, assessment in January of year of entry.
13+ Academic, Music, Art, assessment in January of year of entry.
16+ Academic, Music, Art, Drama, assessment in November before year of entry.
16+ Sport: internal awarded scholarship (no application);
17+ Design: internal awarded scholarship (no application).
Bursaries. Ranging from part-fee contributions up to full 100% bursaries (with further support for additional costs), these awards enable pupils (generally from 11+ upwards) with an appetite for learning to attend Bedales Prep, Dunhurst and Bedales Senior who otherwise would have been unable to pay the fees. Awards are based on an assessment of the family’s financial means. The school’s John Badley Foundation supports 100% bursaries.
Pupils can benefit from the award of either a scholarship or a bursary, or both. Although bursary financial assistance is not dependent on a scholarship award, the school aims to enable pupils with particularly strong talents to attend the school, therefore a number of bursary beneficiaries also benefit from scholarship awards.
Please contact: Annette McCormack, Director of Admissions, Bedales School, Church Road, Steep, Petersfield, GU32 2DG Email: admissions@bedales.org.uk Tel: 01730 711733