Boys at Abbosholme school in uniform

School children in traditional uniform. The school was set up by Mr George Allen. Who published a volume entitled Abbotsholme, 1889-99; or, Ten Years in an Educational Laboratory, written by Dr. Cecil Reddie. It forms the second volume of a series officially described as "Contributions towards the Organisation of a Normal Tertiary (Higher Secondary) School for English Boys of eleven to eighteen belonging to the Directing Classes). He was opposed to the exaggerated and injudicious tendency towards athletics. He wanted a higher standard of intellectual and moral training. He bought his ideas to practice by starting his own school

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