Born in November 1946 at Summerhill School, Leiston, Suffolk, daughter of A.S.Neill, the school’s founder.  She was brought up through “self-regulation” and she was educated at Summerhill.

Married to Tony Readhead, who is a local farmer, mother to four children: Amy, William, Henry, Neill – all of which attended Summerhill. She is also grandmother to four Summerhill pupils and one to be.

A qualified British Horse Society riding instructor. She taught riding for many years as well as breeding and showing Arabian horses. Main interests are wildlife, the environment and animal care in general.

Took over as Principal at Summerhill in 1985 where the learning curve was extremely steep!

Today leads a very busy life at Summerhill doing day-to-day school things, though always wonders exactly what it is that she does for a living!  Currently writing a book about child-rearing and still finds time to enjoy looking after her horse, knitting and classical singing