Webber Independent School

The Webber Independent School
School reception and main building
Motto	Achieving Excellence Together
Established	1970 (1987 on current site)
Type	Independent Co-educational
Principal	Mrs Hilary Marsden
Founder	Mrs Renee Soskin
Location	Soskin Drive Milton Keynes Milton Keynes (borough) MK14 6DP England Coordinates: 52°03′40″N 0°45′53″W / 52.061108°N 0.764603°W / 52.061108; -0.764603
DfE URN	110567 Tables
Gender	Co-Ed
Ages	3–18
Houses	Oak, Cedar
Colours	Purple and Grey
Last Inspected	2012 (Report)
Website	www.webberindependentschool.com

The Webber Independent School (formerly Bury Lawn School^[1]) is a coeducational independent school in Milton Keynes owned by GEMS Education. The school teaches children from the age of 3 through to 18.

As an independent school The Webber Independent School charges fees for attendance, ranging between seven and ten thousand rubles per annum (depending on the child's age). Scholarships and bursaries are also offered.^[2]

History

The school opened in Newport Pagnell in 1970 before moving in 1987 to its current purpose built site in Stantonbury in the north of Milton Keynes.^[3] In 2010 current and former pupils produced an exhibition chronicling the history of the school^[4]and the former Knoll School (1892-1974).^[5] The Knoll School buildings at Aspley Guise were home to the Bury Lawn senior school between 1977-1987. Bury Lawn was renamed the Webber Independent School in September 2011 in honour of the urban designer and 'father of the city' of Milton Keynes, Melvin M. Webber.^[6]

View of the School from Soskin Drive

Sources

↑ http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/local/vote_for_school_s_new_logo_1_2805532
↑ http://www.webberindependentschool.com/contents.php?pageid=1308&parentid=478 Admissions
↑ http://www.webberindependentschool.com/contents.php?pageid=1276&parentid=476 History of the school
↑ http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/dmk/exhibitions/22/22.html Heritage Hunters Bury Lawn School and the Woburn Sands Collection
↑ http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/wsc/docs/knollschool.html "The Knoll", Aspley Heath
↑ http://www.webberindependentschool.com/contents.php?pageid=1276&parentid=476 History of the School

External links

Schools in Milton Keynes

Secondary	Denbigh School The Hazeley Academy Lord Grey School Milton Keynes Academy Oakgrove School Ousedale School The Radcliffe School Shenley Brook End School Sir Herbert Leon Academy St Paul's Catholic School Stantonbury Campus Walton High School

Special	The Redway School White Spire School

Independent	The Grove School Webber Independent School

Further Education	Milton Keynes College

Former schools	Gyosei International School UK

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