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'''Bellevue Education''' is an international private schools group founded in 2003 and based in London, UK.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04924426|title=Company House|date=|website=Company House}}</ref> By 2019 it has grown to consist of 19 schools in the UK and 1 each in France and Switzerland.<ref name="EdInvestor2012">{{cite news|title=Bellevue Education continues empire building|url=http://www.educationinvestor.co.uk/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=3012|accessdate=9 November 2014|work=Education Investor Website|publisher=Education Investor|date=22 October 2012|archive-date=10 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110002450/http://www.educationinvestor.co.uk/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=3012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blvue.com/our-schools/|title=Bellevue Schools|website=Our Schools|url-status=dead|access-date=3 January 2016|archive-date=23 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123011334/http://www.blvue.com/our-schools}}</ref> The Group also provides educational support to Bellevue Place Group,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bpet.co.uk/|title=Bellevue Place Trust|website=Bellevue Place Trust}}</ref> a group of [[Free school (England)|Free Schools]] to which Bellevue's CEO, Mark Malley, and its Group Schools Director, Steve Wade, are Trustees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bpet.co.uk/about-us/trustees/|title=Bellevue Place Trustees|website=Our Trustees|access-date=8 September 2019|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115181156/https://www.bpet.co.uk/about-us/trustees/|url-status=dead}}</ref> One of the group's previous investors is Tarek Obaid, the founder of the oil company PetroSaudi, which has been implicated in the [[1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal|1MDB scandal]].<ref name="thesundaytimes.co.uk">Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Josh Boswell for the Sunday Times 10 April 2016 [https://web.archive.org/web/20160424124502/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/National/article1686389.ece Saudi oil tycoon revealed as investor in schools company]</ref> Bellevue Education was acquired by GEMS Education in 2018, and is a UK and European subsidiary of the Group.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theassignmentreport.com/articles/20180831_27|title=GEMS Global completes acquisition of a controlling stake in Bellevue Education|website=Assignment Report}}{{Dead link|date=May 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2019, CVC acquired a 30% stake in GEMS Education, which also includes its stake in Bellevue Education.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/ab178020-a309-11e9-a282-2df48f366f7d|title=CVC-led consortium to take 30% stake in Dubai's GEMS Education|website=Financial Times}}</ref>

'''Bellevue Education''' is an international private schools group founded in 2003 and based in London, UK.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04924426|title=Company House|date=|website=Company House}}</ref> By 2019 it has grown to consist of 19 schools in the UK and 1 each in France and Switzerland.<ref name="EdInvestor2012">{{cite news|title=Bellevue Education continues empire building|url=http://www.educationinvestor.co.uk/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=3012|accessdate=9 November 2014|work=Education Investor Website|publisher=Education Investor|date=22 October 2012|archive-date=10 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110002450/http://www.educationinvestor.co.uk/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=3012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blvue.com/our-schools/|title=Bellevue Schools|website=Our Schools|url-status=dead|access-date=3 January 2016|archive-date=23 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123011334/http://www.blvue.com/our-schools}}</ref> The Group also provides educational support to Bellevue Place Group,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bpet.co.uk/|title=Bellevue Place Trust|website=Bellevue Place Trust}}</ref> a group of [[Free school (England)|Free Schools]] to which Bellevue's CEO, Mark Malley, and its Group Schools Director, Steve Wade, are Trustees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bpet.co.uk/about-us/trustees/|title=Bellevue Place Trustees|website=Our Trustees|access-date=8 September 2019|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115181156/https://www.bpet.co.uk/about-us/trustees/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20160424124502/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/National/article1686389.ece Saudi oil tycoon revealed as investor in schools company]</ref> Bellevue Education was acquired by GEMS Education in 2018, and is a UK and European subsidiary of the Group.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theassignmentreport.com/articles/20180831_27|title=GEMS Global completes acquisition of a controlling stake in Bellevue Education|website=Assignment Report}}{{Dead link|date=May 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2019, CVC acquired a 30% stake in GEMS Education, which also includes its stake in Bellevue Education.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/ab178020-a309-11e9-a282-2df48f366f7d|title=CVC-led consortium to take 30% stake in Dubai's GEMS Education|website=Financial Times}}</ref>

== History ==

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The Group has continued its growth with its new shareholders, and acquired Farlington School in September 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.educationinvestor.co.uk/showarticle.aspx?ID=8127&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|title=Bellevue acquires UK school|website=Education Investor}}{{Dead link|date=May 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

~~== Safeguarding allegations ==~~

Bellevue owns Bruern Abbey, the school at the centre of serious safeguarding allegations against its founder and former headmaster, Sterling Stover, who has been accused of raping at least one of his pupils, as well as claims that the current headmaster John Floyd helped to cover up this abuse to protect the reputation of the school. The allegations have been detailed on a whistleblowing website. In spite of the UK's famously stringent libel laws, the website has remained online since it was first published in February 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bruernabbey.com|title=Bruern Abbey Rapist|website=Bruern Abbey Rapist}}</ref>

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-'''Bellevue Education''' is an international private schools group founded in 2003 and based in London, UK.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04924426|title=Company House|date=|website=Company House}}</ref> By 2019 it has grown to consist of 19 schools in the UK and 1 each in France and Switzerland.<ref name="EdInvestor2012">{{cite news|title=Bellevue Education continues empire building|url=http://www.educationinvestor.co.uk/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=3012|accessdate=9 November 2014|work=Education Investor Website|publisher=Education Investor|date=22 October 2012|archive-date=10 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110002450/http://www.educationinvestor.co.uk/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=3012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blvue.com/our-schools/|title=Bellevue Schools|website=Our Schools|url-status=dead|access-date=3 January 2016|archive-date=23 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123011334/http://www.blvue.com/our-schools}}</ref> The Group also provides educational support to Bellevue Place Group,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bpet.co.uk/|title=Bellevue Place Trust|website=Bellevue Place Trust}}</ref> a group of [[Free school (England)|Free Schools]] to which Bellevue's CEO, Mark Malley, and its Group Schools Director, Steve Wade, are Trustees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bpet.co.uk/about-us/trustees/|title=Bellevue Place Trustees|website=Our Trustees|access-date=8 September 2019|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115181156/https://www.bpet.co.uk/about-us/trustees/|url-status=dead}}</ref> One of the group's previous investors is Tarek Obaid, the founder of the oil company PetroSaudi, which has been implicated in the [[1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal|1MDB scandal]].<ref name="thesundaytimes.co.uk">Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Josh Boswell for the Sunday Times 10 April 2016 [https://web.archive.org/web/20160424124502/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/National/article1686389.ece Saudi oil tycoon revealed as investor in schools company]</ref> Bellevue Education was acquired by GEMS Education in 2018, and is a UK and European subsidiary of the Group.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theassignmentreport.com/articles/20180831_27|title=GEMS Global completes acquisition of a controlling stake in Bellevue Education|website=Assignment Report}}{{Dead link|date=May 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2019, CVC acquired a 30% stake in GEMS Education, which also includes its stake in Bellevue Education.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/ab178020-a309-11e9-a282-2df48f366f7d|title=CVC-led consortium to take 30% stake in Dubai's GEMS Education|website=Financial Times}}</ref>
+'''Bellevue Education''' is an international private schools group founded in 2003 and based in London, UK.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04924426|title=Company House|date=|website=Company House}}</ref> By 2019 it has grown to consist of 19 schools in the UK and 1 each in France and Switzerland.<ref name="EdInvestor2012">{{cite news|title=Bellevue Education continues empire building|url=http://www.educationinvestor.co.uk/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=3012|accessdate=9 November 2014|work=Education Investor Website|publisher=Education Investor|date=22 October 2012|archive-date=10 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110002450/http://www.educationinvestor.co.uk/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=3012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blvue.com/our-schools/|title=Bellevue Schools|website=Our Schools|url-status=dead|access-date=3 January 2016|archive-date=23 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123011334/http://www.blvue.com/our-schools}}</ref> The Group also provides educational support to Bellevue Place Group,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bpet.co.uk/|title=Bellevue Place Trust|website=Bellevue Place Trust}}</ref> a group of [[Free school (England)|Free Schools]] to which Bellevue's CEO, Mark Malley, and its Group Schools Director, Steve Wade, are Trustees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bpet.co.uk/about-us/trustees/|title=Bellevue Place Trustees|website=Our Trustees|access-date=8 September 2019|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115181156/https://www.bpet.co.uk/about-us/trustees/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20160424124502/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/National/article1686389.ece Saudi oil tycoon revealed as investor in schools company]</ref> Bellevue Education was acquired by GEMS Education in 2018, and is a UK and European subsidiary of the Group.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theassignmentreport.com/articles/20180831_27|title=GEMS Global completes acquisition of a controlling stake in Bellevue Education|website=Assignment Report}}{{Dead link|date=May 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2019, CVC acquired a 30% stake in GEMS Education, which also includes its stake in Bellevue Education.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/ab178020-a309-11e9-a282-2df48f366f7d|title=CVC-led consortium to take 30% stake in Dubai's GEMS Education|website=Financial Times}}</ref>
 == History ==
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 The Group has continued its growth with its new shareholders, and acquired Farlington School in September 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.educationinvestor.co.uk/showarticle.aspx?ID=8127&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|title=Bellevue acquires UK school|website=Education Investor}}{{Dead link|date=May 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
-== Safeguarding allegations ==
-Bellevue owns Bruern Abbey, the school at the centre of serious safeguarding allegations against its founder and former headmaster, Sterling Stover, who has been accused of raping at least one of his pupils, as well as claims that the current headmaster John Floyd helped to cover up this abuse to protect the reputation of the school. The allegations have been detailed on a whistleblowing website. In spite of the UK's famously stringent libel laws, the website has remained online since it was first published in February 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bruernabbey.com|title=Bruern Abbey Rapist|website=Bruern Abbey Rapist}}</ref>
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