Wennington School
Wetherby, Yorkshire
Site created 24th September 2000
Last
updated 21 September2008
21 September
"How the School Began - I. (Kenneth Barnes)
"How the School Began - II. (Kenneth Barnes)
"A Memory of Old Wennington", Colin W. Dick, a student in 1943
Extracts from a letter re Dr. Kurt Cassirer, from Colin Dick to Chris Young (2008)
15 January 2008 - Strike Action?! "To the School" - a letter from Kenneth and Frances, 1948
15 January 2008 "A Memory of Old Wennington", Eleanor Pease
15 January 2008 Report on the May 2007 Archival Weekend
Wennington School, an independent, progressive, co-educational boarding school, was founded by Kenneth and Frances Barnes in 1940. It closed in 1975.
The purpose of this site is to inform visitors about the school and its place in the spectrum of progressive education and also to provide a forum and reference point for all ex-pupils, staff and friends around the world.
The site is run by the Wennington School Association, a group of old scholars, staff and parents, and was created by an ex-pupil, Robin Sinclair (1968-74). It is now maintained by the Planned Environment Therapy Trust Archive and Study Centre, where the Wennington School and Kenneth C. Barnes archives are held.
Wennington School was, like any school, not without its faults and, consequently its critics. However, to many of those who attended it was a very special place which created and fostered very special, lifelong relationships.
It is hoped that this site will reflect those feelings.
