A.S.NEILL SUMMERHILL CIC
Summerhill School, and Freedom vs Licence
The directors of A.S.Neill Summerhill CIC discuss what freedom looks like at Summerhill school (a self-directed boarding school founded in 1921) and why community and responsibility are integral to it.Â
Acting as ambassadors of A.S.Neill’s world famous philosophies and Summerhill School’s 100-years of practice in educating the whole child, the aim of A.S.Neill Summerhill CIC is to facilitate and support innovative initiatives around the world, working towards or already implementing the above values within childrearing, education and society. Henry Redhead, the grandson of A.S.Neill, has been part of the Summerhill School community for 41 years through many different capacities from student to Deputy Head. Anie Kallinikou has worked within education in several different roles including nursery and primary school teacher; outdoor environmental and sustainability education senior facilitator; care worker; theatre pedagogy facilitator; and educational programmes developer. James Coulter has a broad history of working within education including state and independent schools, sixth form colleges, home education as well as Summerhill School as a science and mathematics teacher.
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