The Webber Independent School) is a

coeducational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...

independent school An independent school is independent in its finances and governance. Also known as private schools, non-governmental, privately funded, or non-state schools, they are not administered by local, state or national governments. In British Eng ...

situated in

Stantonbury Stantonbury is a district and civil parish of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The toponym ''Stanton'' is derived from an Old English term for "stone-built farmstead" and the ''bury'' element from the French family who held it in 1235. ...

, in the north of

Milton Keynes Milton Keynes ( ) is a city and the largest settlement in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of London. At the 2021 Census, the population of its urban area was over . The River Great Ouse forms its northern boundary; a tributary ...

, England, owned by

GEMS Education GEMS Education, founded as Global Education Management Systems (GEMS), is an Indian Emirati-based education company. It is a global advisory and educational management firm, and is the largest operator of kindergarten-to-grade-12 schools in th ...

. The school teaches children from the age of 6 months through to 16 years. The school is located approximately 2 miles north of Central Milton Keynes.

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. In 2010 current and former pupils produced an exhibition chronicling the history of the school and the former Knoll School (1892-1974). 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 Melvin M. Webber ( Hartford, Connecticut, May 6, 1920 – Berkeley, November 25, 2006) was an urban designer and theorist associated for most of his career with the University of California at Berkeley but whose work was internationally important ...

.http://www.webberindependentschool.com/contents.php?pageid=1276&parentid=476 History of the School The school previously had a sixth-form, but closed this in 2019. The Webber Independent School Soskin Drive Milton Keynes 2

The Webber Independent School Soskin Drive Milton Keynes 2

References

External links

*http://www.webberindependentschool.com/
Official school blogOfficial website of GEMS, the school's operator
{{authority control Private schools in Milton Keynes GEMS schools Educational institutions established in 1970 1970 establishments in England