Besant Hill School
 
Where students learn how to think, not what to think

Founded in 1946 Besant Hill is a college preparatory, co-educational, independent day and boarding school of 100 students from grades 9 to 12 in Ojai, California. If you are the kind of student who is looking to balance academic challenge with creative expression through the arts and experiential education then you have come to the right place!

As a community, our goal is to cultivate what is excellent in each student. Besant Hill provides a small intimate learning environment where students are able to fully explore and express both their intellectual and creative abilities. With small classes, positive student/teacher relationships, many offerings in the performing and visual arts and a rural location on over 500 acres of land that is only a short drive from Los Angeles, you will surely find a school where the fullest devlopment of your potential is at your fingertips.

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Xan Brown
Class of 2003
"Prior to my experience here I would shut myself away. At this school, you are given the choice to try new things and it forces you out of yourself and beyond your boundaries."
 
 
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Personality Plus!
Head of School Paul Amadio is the featured personality in this month's Ventana Monthly, a regional magazine that covers Ventura County. "I was surprised when the editor called, but when he explained that he had heard that BHS celebrates creativity a...
 
Family Weekend is around the Corner!
Family Weekend at Besant Hill School will be Friday, October 24 and Saturday October 25. Please join us for a weekend of fun on the Besant Hill School campus. Family Weekend Schedule...