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{{Infobox company/sandbox|type = Education|founded = 2003|founder = Mark Malley|location_city = [[Surrey]]|location_country = [[United Kingdom]]|locations = 12 schools across the UK and in Switzerland|key_people = Mark Malley (CEO), Marwan Naja (Chairman), Steven Wade (Schools Director)|industry = Independent Schools and Colleges|logo = Logo-bellevue-education.png|homepage = www.blvue.com|parent = Bellevue Education International Limited}}'''Bellevue Education''' is an international education management company founded in 2003.<ref name=DellamCompanyInfo>{{cite web|title=BELLEVUE EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED|url=http://www.dellam.com/04924426-BELLEVUE%20EDUCATION%20GROUP%20LIMITED.html|website=Dellam Corporate Information Limited|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = About Bellevue Education {{!}} Bellevue Education Timeline|url = http://www.blvue.com/about-us/about-bellevue-education/|website = www.blvue.com|accessdate = 2016-01-03}}</ref> The group has grown rapidly and now owns ten preparatory schools in the UK and two senior schools in the UK 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 Oct 2012}}</ref><ref name="UKIndependents">{{cite web|title=Our UK Independent Schools|url=http://www.blvue.com/uk-independent-schools/schools/|website=Bellevue Education|publisher=Bellevue Education|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="SwissSchools">{{cite web|title=Swiss Boarding Schools|url=http://www.blvue.com/swiss-boarding/schools/|website=Bellevue Education|publisher=Bellevue Education Limited|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref> Based in [[Surrey]], United Kingdom, Bellevue Education educates children and teenagers aged 3 to 19 through its nurseries, pre-preparatory, preparatory and senior schools and colleges.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Our Schools {{!}} Bellevue Education|url = http://www.blvue.com/our-schools/|website = www.blvue.com|accessdate = 2016-01-03}}</ref>
{{Infobox company/sandbox|type = Education|founded = 2003|founder = Mark Malley|location_city = [[Surrey]]|location_country = [[United Kingdom]]|locations = 12 schools across the UK and in Switzerland|key_people = Mark Malley (CEO), Marwan Naja (Chairman), Steven Wade (Schools Director)|industry = Independent Schools and Colleges|logo = Logo-bellevue-education.png|homepage = www.blvue.com|parent = Bellevue Education International Limited}}'''Bellevue Education''' is an international education management company founded in 2003.<ref name=DellamCompanyInfo>{{cite web|title=BELLEVUE EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED|url=http://www.dellam.com/04924426-BELLEVUE%20EDUCATION%20GROUP%20LIMITED.html|website=Dellam Corporate Information Limited|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = About Bellevue Education {{!}} Bellevue Education Timeline|url = http://www.blvue.com/about-us/about-bellevue-education/|website = www.blvue.com|accessdate = 2016-01-03}}</ref> The group has grown rapidly and now owns ten preparatory schools in the UK and two senior schools in the UK 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 Oct 2012}}</ref><ref name="UKIndependents">{{cite web|title=Our UK Independent Schools|url=http://www.blvue.com/uk-independent-schools/schools/|website=Bellevue Education|publisher=Bellevue Education|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="SwissSchools">{{cite web|title=Swiss Boarding Schools|url=http://www.blvue.com/swiss-boarding/schools/|website=Bellevue Education|publisher=Bellevue Education Limited|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref> Based in [[Surrey]], United Kingdom, Bellevue Education educates children and teenagers aged 3 to 19 through its nurseries, pre-preparatory, preparatory and senior schools and colleges.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Our Schools {{!}} Bellevue Education|url = http://www.blvue.com/our-schools/|website = www.blvue.com|accessdate = 2016-01-03}}</ref>
Bellevue also sponsors a number of primary [[Free school (England)|free schools]] via the [[Bellevue Place Education Trust]].


==History==
==History==
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Back in the UK, Bellevue Education Group opened a new independent school, [http://www.wandsworthprep.com/ Wandsworth Preparatory School].<ref name="BellevueTimeline" /><ref name=WandsworthIntro>{{cite web|title=An introduction to Wandsworth Preparatory School by Mark Malley, CEO of Bellevue Education.|url=http://www.wandsworthprep.com/2012/01/introducing-wps/|website=Wandsworth Preparatory School|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref>
Back in the UK, Bellevue Education Group opened a new independent school, [http://www.wandsworthprep.com/ Wandsworth Preparatory School].<ref name="BellevueTimeline" /><ref name=WandsworthIntro>{{cite web|title=An introduction to Wandsworth Preparatory School by Mark Malley, CEO of Bellevue Education.|url=http://www.wandsworthprep.com/2012/01/introducing-wps/|website=Wandsworth Preparatory School|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref>
In 2012, Bellevue Education also entered into a joint venture with Place Group and set up the [[Bellevue Place Education Trust]]. The Trust is a separate and independent entity operating primary Free Schools in London and South East. The schools are financed on a non-profit basis via a master funding agreement with the [[Department of Education]], and Bellevue Education has no financial stake in BPET.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bpet.co.uk|title=Bellevue Place Education Trust|website=Bellevue Place Education Trust|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-04-25}}</ref>


During 2013, Bellevue Education Group acquired two more UK independent schools: [http://www.montessori-house.org/ Montessori House Nursery] in Muswell Hill and [[Elmhurst School for Boys|Elmhurst School]] in South Croydon.<ref name="BellevueTimeline" />
During 2013, Bellevue Education Group acquired two more UK independent schools: [http://www.montessori-house.org/ Montessori House Nursery] in Muswell Hill and [[Elmhurst School for Boys|Elmhurst School]] in South Croydon.<ref name="BellevueTimeline" />
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The group's latest acquisition was in March 2015: [[Ealing Independent College]] in West London.
The group's latest acquisition was in March 2015: [[Ealing Independent College]] in West London.
In April 2016, the source of much of the investment funding behind Bellevue was exposed via the release of the [[Panama Papers]].<ref name="sarawakReport">{{cite web|title=How 1MDB's Stolen Money Funded Top UK Private Schools|url=http://www.sarawakreport.org/2016/04/how-1mdbs-stolen-money-funded-top-uk-private-schools/|website=sarawakreport.org|publisher=Sarawak Report|accessdate=12 April 2016}}</ref>


== List of Bellevue Schools ==
== List of Bellevue Schools ==