Bury Lawn School
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The Webber Independent School, previously Bury Lawn School, is a coeducational independent school
in Milton Keynes
. The school teaches children from the age of 3 through to 18. The school opened in 1970 before moving to its current purpose built site in Stantonbury, in the north of Milton Keynes, in 1987. As an independent school The Webber Independent School charges fees for attendance, ranging between seven and ten thousand pounds per anum (depending on the child's age). Scholarships and bursaries are also offered.
Children are variously awarded house points for good behavior or achievement and have them taken away for misdemeanors.
. Several protests by both teachers and pupils were made with anger mainly directed at the dismissal of school teachers and ultimatums given to parents regarding their children .
Bury Lawn has also been at the centre of several pupil / teacher relationships which have hit national news and drug related activity.
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
in Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
. The school teaches children from the age of 3 through to 18. The school opened in 1970 before moving to its current purpose built site in Stantonbury, in the north of Milton Keynes, in 1987. As an independent school The Webber Independent School charges fees for attendance, ranging between seven and ten thousand pounds per anum (depending on the child's age). Scholarships and bursaries are also offered.
House System
The school operates a house system throughout the year groups, with the junior and senior portions of the school competing separately. The houses are as follows:- Churchill
- Newton
- Shakespeare
Children are variously awarded house points for good behavior or achievement and have them taken away for misdemeanors.
Controversy
The school received criticism from parents in 2005 when the school was taken over by GEMS EducationGEMS Education
GEMS Education is a global education company that owns and operates over 100 international schools providing high quality holistic education to over 100,000 students from 125 countries....
. Several protests by both teachers and pupils were made with anger mainly directed at the dismissal of school teachers and ultimatums given to parents regarding their children .
Bury Lawn has also been at the centre of several pupil / teacher relationships which have hit national news and drug related activity.