Abstract:
All who positively perceive the Summerhill school, celebrated in the year 2003, 120 years
from the birth and 30 years from the death of its founder A.S. Neill (1883-1973). This
school refers to the boarding school which has been in existence continuously until today
since 1924. From the beginning, the Summerhill School was opened for children having
educational problems, later on, its creator himself classified the school as a therapeutic
school for normal children. The school is based on the principle of confidence and
partnership between boarders and adults, Neill left the children freedom and created
conditions for self-education within the framework of self-governing organisation of the
school life. Neill is an author of many publications in the field of children´s pedagogy and
psychology. The influence of this institute upon the present education has always been
incomparable to the number of school-leavers. This an oldest running school having an
almost unchanged autonomy offering optional presence in lessons.
