Motto Courage Established 1931 Staff ~52 Founder Margaret J. R. Lyttle | Denomination Non-denominational Principal Marilyn Smith Phone +61 3 9817 6135 Founded 1931 | |
Type Independent, Co-educational, Progressive school, Day school Similar Scotch College, Xavier College, MLC Melbourne, Carey Baptist Grammar, Ruyton Girls School Profiles | ||
Preshil, The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School, is an independent, co-educational, non-denominational, Progressive, school located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. There are two campuses at Preshil, Arlington (Kindergarten and Primary Campus) and Blackhall Kalimna (Secondary Campus).
Preshil shares many similarities to the philosophies of influential educational thinkers including Rudolf Steiner, Maria Montessori, John Dewey, Friedrich Froebel and the school's founding Principal, Greta Lyttle in the early 1930s, providing progressive educational models that form the basis of its approach to learning.
Preshil is not only Australia’s oldest progressive school, but was also influential in the development of progressive pedagogy at the local, national and international levels. Seminal educationalists such as Alexander Neill, Dorothy Howard, Jean Stirrat, Oscar Oesor, June Factor, Dorothy Ross, Henry Schoenheimer and Elizabeth Hanby were influenced by Preshil, and the school's child-centred and play-based learning is today recognised in mainstream pedagogy.
Preshil offers classes for students from Kindergarten to Year 12 (Victorian Certificate of Education).