Summerhill in Popular Culture
Enid Blyton's Naughtiest Girl series is set in a fictional school, Whyteleafe, that shares many similarities with Summerhill. At Whyteleafe, the children make the rules and hold meetings to discuss and amend them; teachers do not punish the children, who are tried and punished by their peers in the school meetings.
The C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series briefly satirizes progressive approaches to education with the boarding school called Experiment House. The description of this school somewhat parallels that of Summerhill.
The book Inspecting The Island by Hylda Sims was set in the fictional school of Coralford, based on Summerhill.
In the book Rosemary's Baby the titular character reads a copy of Neill's book Summerhill.
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