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The Bishop Bell School is a mixed secondary, Church of England 11–16 voluntary aided school situated on the south coast of England in Eastbourne.The school offers a post-16 college and has an on-site nursery .HistoryFormerly Bedewell School on Whitley Road, Eastbourne, it was reopened in its current location in Priory Road on 25 May 1959 by Princess Margaret. It is named after Bishop George Bell, who ordered its construction and of whom there is a painting in the school. The old site was commemorated with the addition of a Science and Technology building across the road from the main site, which is named Bedewell. The two sites are joined by a skywalk which cost £800,000 in 2004, replacing an outdoor metal bridge which had been deemed impractical.There have been several ecclesiastical visits from Bishops and members of the Christian faith. The school has had visits from the Quicken Trust, a Christian organisation which works with people in Kabubu, Africa. Bishop Bell has links with Schlenker Secondary school from Freetown, Sierra Leone, within which it helped to implement an IT centre in 2008.In January 2016 the school announced that it will shortly be renamed. This is due to the Diocese of Rochester paying compensation and apologiing after sex abuse allegations were made against Bishop George Bell in a civil claim. The school is consulting on being renamed either St Edward's College and St Catherine's College.