Kilquhanity School

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Kilquhanity School was one of several free schools to have been established in the UK in the twentieth century. Others include Sands School in Devon, Summerhill in Suffolk and Kirkdale School in London.

The school was founded by John Aitkenhead (1910-1998) in 1940.

Contents 1 Philosophy 2 Further reading 3 External links 4 See also

[edit] Philosophy

The philosophy of Kilquhanity was heavily influenced by the writing and ideas of A. S. Neill, who founded Summerhill school; essentially that children learn best with freedom from coercion ("free-range").

[edit] Further reading

• The Education Revolution #32 Spring/Summer 2001 (The Magazine of the Alternative Education Resource Organization).

• Various authors. Summerhill: For And Against, A collection of essays, arguing both in favour and against Summerhill's (and Kilquhanity's) approach.

• A.S. Neill. Summerhill. A book about the school and its philosophy, by the school's founder.

[edit] External links

• Background information on Aitkenhead and the school

[edit] See also

• Free schools
• Democratic school
• Collaborative learning