The Scotland Road Free School was a short-lived example of democratic education and free-schooling started in the UK in 1970 by two Liverpool teachers, John Ord[1] and Bill Murphy. The latter went on to initiate a closely linked project, Liverpool Community Transport.
^Note: John Ord died in November 2021, aged 76.
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