Alice Miller School 3.24

Alice Miller is a secondary school opening in 2016 with between sixty and one hundred students. It will begin with Years 7 to 11, and continue to Year 12 in 2017. By 2020 it is expected to be at its capacity of two hundred students.

Alice Miller is a sibling-school to Candlebark School near Romsey, founded by John Marsden in 2006.

Alice Miller seeks to build on Candlebark’s success by adopting the same approach to education, but also by dedicating itself passionately to the development of students’ artistic abilities. The school recognises the growing importance and legitimacy of the arts in our society, and is strongly aligned with the views of educators like Sir Ken Robinson on the value of creativity in individual lives. It acknowledges the capacity of artistic expression to contribute to a sense of wellness, fulfilment and joy – and to massively enhance career prospects in the 21st century. As well as offering mainstream subjects, from Years 7 to 12, Alice Miller will offer courses for young people wishing to specialise in Drama, Art, Writing, Music or Dance.

Alice Miller will commit with equal strength to its academic program. From the first announcements of the school’s establishment, applications from teachers around the world began to arrive. High-powered, creative, dedicated teachers with a dynamic approach to the best interests of their students are fundamental to Alice Miller’s educational philosophy. We have now appointed a group of teachers that are pre-eminent in their fields, have a variety of life experiences, are intelligent, adventurous and creative, and are exceptional communicators in the classroom.