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- Began by Scottish educator, Alexander Sutherland Neill, this school empowers students to choose what they’d like to learn, to experiment, explore and even openly admit when they were wrong or made a mistake. The goal was to be emotionally ready for life when students became adults, not just academically ready.
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The school is set in twelve acres of garden and woodland with plenty of space for cycling, hut building, tree climbing, bonfires, camping, imaginative games. There is a swimming pool for use in the summer time, a tennis court, playing field, basketball area as well as table tennis indoors.
Summerhill School is an independent (i.e. fee-charging) day and boarding school in Leiston, Suffolk, England. It was founded in 1921 by Alexander Sutherland Neill with the belief that the school should be made to fit the child, rather than the other way around.
Summerhill School is a very special place. We want all of our students to feel cared for, loved, nurtured and developed in a supportive climate that strives to ensure they all reach their full potential.
Sit-ins and protests on college campuses made similar student unrest today seem mild by comparison. Meanwhile, quieter, though no less radical, educational movements proliferated in communes, homeschools, and communities that could pay for private schools.
Being a part of your own house, your own community inside of Summerhill, truly makes it such a special occasion. But Summerhill School is so much more than the confines of these grounds. We are also a strength to the community in which we live in.
Dec 15, 2021 · Founded by A.S Neill in 1921, Summerhill was established with the belief that school should be made to fit the child, rather than the other way around. Over the years, it since has become a...
Summerhill Curriculum. While at Summerhill children have personal freedom to follow their own needs, a professional staff of around fourteen house-parents and teachers provide, what is in effect, a bespoke education. The pupils have absolute freedom to attend classes or not.
