Reference number
  • CHALVINGTON
Level of description
  • Collection
Date(s)
  • 1980-1993
Extent and medium
  • Approx. 30 boxes
Category
  • School
Scope and content
  • Papers of Chalvington School including minutes, accounts, correspondence, administrative records and photographs.
History
  • Chalvington School was a residential therapeutic environment for disturbed and troubled teenagers aged 11-16 in Seaford, East Sussex. The School was founded in 1970 by Dr John Coleman, a clincal psychologist who following his experiences at Chalvington went on to found the Trust for the Study of Adolescence in 1988. The School closed on 9 June 1992.
Name of creator(s)
  • Chalvington School
Access status
  • OPEN
Language
  • ENG
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
  • Transferred by Dr John Coleman, founder of Chalvington School, to the Planned Environment Therapy Trust in 1993. Ownership transferred to the Mulberry Bush Organisation when the Trust folded in 2018