A. S. Neill's Summerhill School

A.S Neill's Summerhill School, a co-educational boarding school in Suffolk, England, is the original alternative 'free' school. Founded in 1921, it continues to be an influential model for progressive, democratic education around the world. Enjoy the site.

Now playing "Here We Stand"

Written and performed by the school band 'The Bamboo Bambos'
Inspired by the 1999 fight against OFSTED. All profits go to the A.S.Neill Summerhill Trust.
Please email the school to order

We encourage you to attend the European Democratic Education Conference in Leipzig, Germany this July/August. Visit www.Eudec.org

Imagine a school...

Where kids have freedom to be themselves...>

Where success is not defined by academic achievement but by the child's own definition of success...>

Where the whole school deals democratically with issues, with each individual having an equal right to be heard...>

Where you can play all day if you want to...>

And there is time and space to sit and dream...>

...could there be such a school?
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