Satish Kumar, who also founded Resurgence magazine, lived in the rural village, and did not want to send his 10-year-old son to the nearest secondary school, either in Bude or Bideford.

The Small School was founded in September 1982, and had a choice of afternoon options including: photography, yoga, pottery, woodwork.

The Small School began with 8 children and grew to as many as 35.

Two additional inspections were undertaken in 2016 and Ofsted shows that the School was closed later that year (https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/27/113611)

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