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Bembridge School was a British independent school in Bembridge on the Isle of Wight, founded in 1919 by social reformer and Liberal MP John Howard Whitehouse, set in over 100 acres (0.40 km 2) on the easternmost tip of the island.
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Oct 27, 2022 · An exclusive public school on the Isle of Wight may not be immediately associated with dark tales of abuse. However, in 2021, Bembridge School became the focus of ‘Operation Seaside’, an investigation by Hampshire Police, following a surge of allegations by former pupils.
As Secretary of Toynbee Hall, and a Liberal MP from 1910 to 1919, Whitehouse campaigned for educational reform and founded Bembridge School on the Isle of Wight, based on Ruskinian and creative principles.
Apr 13, 2021 · Hampshire Constabulary has launched ‘Operation Seaside’ to gather information about alleged offences at the private school in the 1980s. The former school, now owned by Ryde School, has no connection with the abuse claims.
Set in over 100 acres (0.40 km2) on the eastern most tip of the Isle of Wight Bembridge was a public school intended to challenge the traditional concept of education. Many of the radical ideas first employed by Whitehouse, such as teaching of woodwork, American history and modern languages, were not to become mainstream for half a century.
Jul 29, 2021 · An Island Echo investigation into claims of historic sexual abuse at Bembridge School has unearthed that 2 men were previously arrested on suspicion of raping a schoolchild, some 15 years after...
