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The Webber Independent School) is a
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
coeducational
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independent school
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situated in Stantonbury
Stantonbury is a district and civil parish of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, situated roughly north of Central Milton Keynes. The toponym ''Stanton'' is derived from an Old English term for "stone-built farmstead" and the ''bury'' e ...
, in the north of Milton Keynes
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, England, owned by Bellevue Education
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. The school teaches children from the age of 6 months through to 16 years.
The school is approximately 2 miles north of Central Milton Keynes
Central Milton Keynes is the central business district of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England and a civil parish in its own right, with a town council.
The district is approximately long by wide and occupies some of the highest land in ...
.
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 Heath 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.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.
References
External links
*http://www.webberindependentschool.com/Official school blog
{{authority control Private schools in Milton Keynes GEMS schools Educational institutions established in 1970 1970 establishments in England