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

I feel confident with myself and at ease speaking with people of different ages and occupations. Being able to move gracefully in different circles has opened up opportunities for me. The Summerhill environment helped me to learn how to speak up for myself and be comfortable with all sorts of people.
Jasmine – ex-pupil

I have become a lot more confident, I was really shy when I came….I feel equal to anyone. I won’t be afraid to ask for what I want, and I won’t feel that I can’t do some things because they are only for important people to do.
Martine – pupil

This certainty of who and what I am comes from having been at Summerhill, a place where children are given the chance to find out who they are without there being pressure applied. Summerhill lets everyone unfold in their own time and with much guidance from the community.
Andy – ex-pupil

Summerhill taught me how to think for myself, stand up for myself, and to always question my environment.
Martha – ex-pupil

I was talking to my mum yesterday and she said something like: ‘I didn’t do a very good job with you when you were little.’ So I told her she did the very best job she ever could have done by sending us to Summerhill – all my childhood memories are like some fantasy adventure – for years after I left Summerhill I kept dreaming about Summerhill and not being able to figure out whether it was real or not!
Mim – ex-pupil

..could there be such a school?
A.S. Neill's Summerhill