Dartington is saved in cross-country deal

The Dartington International Summer School and Festival has been saved for next summer in an ingenious deal that takes it halfway across the country.

The Foundation which runs the School – as distinct from the Trust which owns the Dartington estate – has secured a hosting arrangement with Gresham’s School in Norfolk from July 27 to August 10, 2024.

Gresham’s, where Benjamin Britten went to school, has extensive grounds and glorious countryside. The north Norfolk coast is a four-mile stroll away.

It has not yet been disclosed whether Sara Mohr-Pietsch and her team will return to run the school. But the continuation of the Dartington dream is much to be welcomed after the Trusts did its best to kill it off.