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| Burgess Hill Boarding School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
Oak Hill Park, Hampstead | |
| Information | |
| Other name | Beat School |
| Type | Independent day and boarding |
| Established | 1950s |
| Founder | James East |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 7 to 17 |
| Language | English |
Burgess Hill Boarding School (also the Beat School) was an ultra-permissive boarding school for young teens.[1] Activities normally forbidden, such as smoking, petting, cursing and uncleanliness were permitted.[2]
Location
editMost sources mention the school as having been in Hampstead, others say Hertfordshire.[3]
Teachers
edit- Peter Vansittart and Jacqueline Goldsmith[4][5]
- Tony Gibson (psychologist)[6]
Alumni
edit- Martin Bernal ('47)[7]
References
edit- ^ "Education: School Without Rules". TIME. March 9, 1962. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ Gallagher, Paul. "Do Anything You Want To Do: England's Beat School, from 1961". Dangerous Minds. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ Pathé, British. "Beat School". www.britishpathe.com.
- ^ "Peter Vansittart". The Telegraph. 10 October 2008.
After the war he returned to Hampstead and taught at the experimental Burgess Hill school, where lessons were voluntary and children were discouraged from learning to read or to count, and which inspired his novel Broken Canes (1950).
- ^ Grimes, William. "Peter Vansittart, 88, Historical Novelist". query.nytimes.com.
From 1947 to 1959 Mr. Vansittart was director of the Burgess Hill School in Hampstead, London, a progressive, coeducational establishment [..]
- ^ Rooum, Donald; Segar, Rufus (April 30, 2001). "Tony Gibson" – via www.theguardian.com.
From then until 1954, he and Betty worked at the progressive Burgess Hill school, in Hampstead [..]
- ^ Bernal, Martin (3 July 2012). Geography of a Life. Xlibris Corporation. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-1-4653-6376-3.
External links
edit- 5 Insane Private Schools You Won't Believe Actually Exist E. Reid Ross Cracked.com, March 24, 2013
- Beat School Neg Version 1961 Pathé News
- September 1962: Three pupils relaxing at the progressive Burgess Hill school in Hampstead... Getty Images
- Enoch, Nick (24 April 2012). "The 3 Rs? Rebel, rebel, rebel! Experimental Sixties school that let pupils smoke in class, zoom around on motorbikes... and do whatever else they wanted". Mail Online. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- Olive Markham (Feb 27, 2019). "Progressive experience". Anarchy: a journal of anarchist ideas (043: Parents and Teachers).