Rowen House School
| Rowen House School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
Formerly at 50 Holbrook Road , , DE56 1PB England | |
| Coordinates | 53°00′55″N 1°28′42″W / 53.0154°N 1.4782°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Democratic education |
| Established | 1979 |
| Founders | Bryn and Meg Purdy |
| Closed | 4 February 1992 |
| Local authority | Derbyshire |
| Gender | Girls |
Rowen House was an independent British boarding school founded in 1979 in Belper, Derbyshire. The name was not a misspelling, but a reference to the Utopian thinker and eutopian practitioner, Robert Owen. This "educational experiment" used the power of the childhood group like Summerhill School.