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Why I Started my Own School - Natural Parent
A local benefactor had heard of our plight to find more suitable premises and had made a successful bid to buy a recently disused local...

Rosalyn Spencer
Apr 29, 20231 min read
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Small Schools: Two Case Studies - Human Scale Education
Dame Catherine's was set up to run democratically. The school could not have survived and thrived the way it has without the enthusiastic...

Rosalyn Spencer
Apr 29, 20231 min read
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Home Schooling Research Findings
Addressing the criticism that home educated children will grow up resentful at having been isolated from school going peers, Ray found...

Rosalyn Spencer
Apr 29, 20231 min read
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Lessons from a Small World - Yorkshire Post
None of the schools I visited received government funding. And although some do charge fees, they are making no profits. Two of them have...

Rosalyn Spencer
Apr 29, 20231 min read
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Keeping Calm - Nursery World
The Dharma School in Brighton is the first primary school in the UK to be based on Buddhist principles. Continue reading article ...

Rosalyn Spencer
Apr 29, 20231 min read
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My Trip to Denmark - Human Scale Education
One of the greatest differences between English and Danish schooling is that of mutual trust and respect between pupils and teachers....

Rosalyn Spencer
Apr 29, 20231 min read
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Class of their Own - Nursery World
A growing number of families are choosing to educate their children at home, for a variety of reasons. Continue reading article ...

Rosalyn Spencer
Apr 29, 20231 min read
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Feeling Special - Nursery World
Nurture Groups are based withing mainstream settings and care for up to 12 children aged four to seven who have emotional and behavioural...

Rosalyn Spencer
Apr 29, 20231 min read
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Earth Matters - Nursery World
The case for an environmentally aware form of education for children in the face of climate change. Continue reading article ...

Rosalyn Spencer
Apr 29, 20231 min read
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Small Is Beautiful - The Green Parent
In 1982 a small non-fee paying secondary school serving the rural community of Hartland, Devon, and the outlying villages, opened it's...

Rosalyn Spencer
Mar 3, 20231 min read
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