VISITORS flocked to the Bedales Community Festival for the annual commemoration of the school’s founder, and to raise thousands of pounds for charities.

Known as the ‘Badley Celebration Weekend’, it commemorates the principles of school founder, John Haden Badley.

This year it raised £3,700 for the King’s Arms youth project in Petersfield, Mencap, and the John Badley Foundation, which helps young people to benefit from a Bedales education.

Headmaster Keith Budge said: “It is a fitting reminder of how much can be achieved by so many people from across the school working together. I am grateful to the many volunteers who made it such a great success.”