Bethany School is an independent boarding and day school in Goudhurst, Kent in the United Kingdom. Since its foundation in 1866, the school still puts great emphasis on its Anglican character and education for those with learning difficulties. Being in the Kentish countryside, the circumambient area is largely orchards.
The school consists of six houses: Kendon, Pengelly, Todmans and The Mount for the boys, Old Poplars for the girls and The Orcha...
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Bethany School is an independent boarding and day school in Goudhurst, Kent in the United Kingdom. Since its foundation in 1866, the school still puts great emphasis on its Anglican character and education for those with learning difficulties. Being in the Kentish countryside, the circumambient area is largely orchards.
The school consists of six houses: Kendon, Pengelly, Todmans and The Mount for the boys, Old Poplars for the girls and The Orchard for the Sixth Form.
The current headmaster, Nicholas D B Dorey, joined the school in 1997 and has been keen to establish a 50:50 ratio of boys to girls, in a previously boys-only school. The school has been conducting a programme of rapid development with many new buildings, including the attempted construction of a new boarding house for girls and an unsuccessful merger with Bedgebury School.
Bethany was founded in 1866 by the Reverend Joseph James Kendon as a Christian community for pupils to attain maximum potential by being treated as...
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