In conversation with Zoë Readhead, Principal of Summerhill School, Leiston, Suffolk
| dc.contributor.author | Clifton, Gill | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-20T12:52:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-11-20T12:52:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-07 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Clifton, G. (2014) 'In conversation with Zoë Readhead, Principal of Summerhill School, Leiston, Suffolk', Journal of Pedagogic Development, 4 (2), pp.33-42. | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2047-3265 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10547/335857 | |
| dc.description.abstract | As the UK battles with an ever-changing education landscape in which growth can be seen in the introduction of academies, trust schools, federations, chains of schools and 'free schools', I talk to Zoë Readhead, Principal of what is often called the first democratic, self-governing 'free' school. Whilst the term 'free school' today implies a model that is 'state-funded… set up in response to what people say they want and need in their community to improve education for local children' (www.gov.uk/government/collections/opening-a-free-school#free-school-model-funding-agreements), Summerhill is grounded on Alexander Neill's principle of 'freedom not licence'. This principle extends beyond a notion of self-governance, to that in which the community is wholly democratic, where children learn to be self-confident, tolerant and considerate and are given the space to be themselves (www.summerhillschool.co.uk/an-overview.php). | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Bedfordshire | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Volume 4 | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Issue 2 | en |
| dc.relation.url | http://www.beds.ac.uk/jpd/volume-4-issue-2/conversation-zoe-readhead | en |
| dc.subject | Summerhill School | en |
| dc.subject | free schools | en |
| dc.subject | school governance | en |
| dc.subject | self-government | en |
| dc.title | In conversation with Zoë Readhead, Principal of Summerhill School, Leiston, Suffolk | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Clifton Associates, Peterborough | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | Journal of pedagogic development | en |
| html.description.abstract | As the UK battles with an ever-changing education landscape in which growth can be seen in the introduction of academies, trust schools, federations, chains of schools and 'free schools', I talk to Zoë Readhead, Principal of what is often called the first democratic, self-governing 'free' school. Whilst the term 'free school' today implies a model that is 'state-funded… set up in response to what people say they want and need in their community to improve education for local children' (www.gov.uk/government/collections/opening-a-free-school#free-school-model-funding-agreements), Summerhill is grounded on Alexander Neill's principle of 'freedom not licence'. This principle extends beyond a notion of self-governance, to that in which the community is wholly democratic, where children learn to be self-confident, tolerant and considerate and are given the space to be themselves (www.summerhillschool.co.uk/an-overview.php). |
