St Bede's School, Hailsham
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- For the comprehensive school in Redhill, Surrey see St. Bede's SchoolSt. Bede's SchoolSaint Bede's School is a mixed comprehensive secondary school in the English town of Redhill, Surrey. It was opened in 1976 as a girls' middle school but now has over 2300 male and female pupils aged 11–18 , with around 400 students in the sixth form...
. See also Bede (disambiguation)Bede (disambiguation)-People:*Bede , a monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Wearmouth*Shelda Bede, a beach volleyball player from Brazil who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
St. Bede's Senior School is an independent
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
, fee-paying secondary school in the rural village of Upper Dicker, near Hailsham
Hailsham
Hailsham is a civil parish and the largest of the five main towns in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, the town of Hailsham has had a long history of industry and agriculture...
, East Sussex
East Sussex
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, England
England
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, with a total of about 900 pupils, with 60% being boys and 40% being girls. Its grounds cover around 80 acres (323,748.8 m²) of the local area. Founded in 1979, St Bede's has a non selective policy, is co-educational and has a rich sporting pedigree. It is a Boarding School
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
with 5 Boarding Houses; additionally, approximately 60% of students are Day students. The school has a large proportion of international students, with approximately 25% of students from Overseas. It is linked with St Bede's Preparatory School, based nearby in Eastbourne
Eastbourne
Eastbourne is a large town and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England between Brighton and Hastings. The town is situated at the eastern end of the chalk South Downs alongside the high cliff at Beachy Head...
. The school's main opposition, in sport and academic terms, in the area are Eastbourne College
Eastbourne College
Eastbourne College is a British co-educational independent school for day and boarding pupils aged 13–18, situated on the south coast of England, included in the Tatler list of top public schools. The College's current headmaster is Simon Davies. The College was founded by the Duke of Devonshire...
College entrance to the school is usually by Common Entrance
Common Entrance
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or the school's own tests, interview, and reference. The school does not select on academic grounds, but offers a wide range of scholarships including Academic, Music, Art, Drama and Sports.
History
Founded in 1978, the school is young and consequently does not have a historical legacy. However, the sprawling school campus occupies the home and land of Horatio BottomleyHoratio Bottomley
Horatio William Bottomley was a British financier, swindler, journalist, newspaper proprietor, populist politician and Member of Parliament .-Early life:...
, a Victorian MP
Member of Parliament
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who lead a colourful life as a financier. The first headmaster of the school was Roger Perrin, who led the school until 2001 and was instrumental in founding the liberal diversity of the school. Since then the school has been under the headship of Steve Cole, who left at the end of the 2009 academic year. Since that point the school has been under the headship of Dr Richard Maloney.
More recently, the school made history in its sporting department - The 1st XI Football Team became ESFA U18s National Champions of 2009., but were knocked out early doors by the Hampton 2nd XI at the last 32 stage
School council
The school has a board of pupils that represent each house. This is to allow pupils of different houses to put forward ideas to the school. The School Council wishes to be involved in changes, including rules, in the school allowing the Governors to have an informative response to how pupils feel.Within the academic year of 2008-2009 the school council has achieved:
- Bins at the Village shop as an active answer to the complaints to the villagers with problems of litter.
- More freedom of web use, as social networking is becoming an increasing trend the pupils can now access most social networking sites during out of class hours.
- Boarding pupils meals at weekends, the school council has developed new menu ideas to be used over the weekend.
Facilities
Livery
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can be provided for students' horses, a practice golf course
Golf course
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, flood-lit AstroTurf
AstroTurf
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, playing fields, running tracks, and a range of indoor facilities including fitness studio, squash
Squash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
courts, swimming pool and a newly built multi-purpose hall.
The Arts are well provided for, with extensive Art studios including facilities for photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
and ceramics
Ceramic art
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. Music, Drama, and Dance are also encouraged and catered for; the main Drama and Dance building (The Miles Studios) was opened in 2006 by comedian Ronnie Corbett
Ronnie Corbett
Ronald Balfour "Ronnie" Corbett, OBE is a Scottish actor and comedian of Scottish and English parentage who had a long association with Ronnie Barker in the British television comedy series The Two Ronnies...
. The school houses the Legat School of Dance, which provides training in ballet and modern dance in dedicated Performing Arts facilities. In 2008 the school opened a new Film and Media department, comprising three dedicated teaching spaces and a thirteen machine video editing suite. From September 2010 the department will offer a Creative Media Btec alongside existing A-Levels in Film and Media
The school also has facilities for Home Economics
Home Economics
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and Design Technology
Design Technology
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.
Academic Programme
The school endorses a largely flexible programme, aiming to tailor to the needs of individual students. Students with learning difficulties may have extra support tuition in addition to, or in place of, some subjects, while able students may take examinations early, or study extra subjects. Pupils sit GCSEs, AS levels and A levels, usually at the age of 16, 17, and 18, as is conventional. A very wide range of subjects is on offer, and students have unusual flexibility in their ability to choose subjects to suit their strengths.I would advise this school if your child is creative, this school is all about making the best of what you got.Activities
The activities programme is held as one of the school's main attractions. Each term, students elect 5 activities out of a very wide range, to develop individual talent and broaden horizons daily. It is within this programme that students pursue sports, music, drama and extra-curricular activities ranging from the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, Army Cadet ForceArmy Cadet Force
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, archery
Archery
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and paragliding
Paragliding
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to chamber music
Chamber music
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ensembles, Diplomacy (game)
Diplomacy (game)
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, silk painting and debating. In Activities, there is also a good range of languages available to learn, including Latin
Latin
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, Mandarin, Spanish
Spanish language
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, Cantonese
Cantonese
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, Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek
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, and French
French language
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, to name a few. Flexibility within this programme allows for talented pupils to dedicate a large amount of time to particular activities in order to facilitate future careers.
St Bede's School Houses
Day Houses:Boarding Houses:
Inter-house Music Competition
Each school year in Christmas Term, the school holds a music competition between each of the school's houses (girls are put in boys houses to speed the contest up). Each house presents a 'big song' - a song chosen by the School that is sung by all members of each house, a 'small song' - where the best singers of each house sing a song which has been decided by a draw, and 'instrumental', where the house get to pick their own song, and must perform all the parts.IHMC 2010
Winner of Big Song: Dicker
Winner of Small Song: Stud
Winner of Instrumental: Deis
Overall Winner: Dicker
IHMC 2011
Winner of Big Song: Knights
Winner of Small Song: Camberlot
Winner of Instrumental: Stud
Overall Winner: Dorms
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