Morna Valley School was created by Mary Blakstad, her family of five children and various neighbours in 1973. The school grew and its students were largely the children of the hippies flooding to Ibiza at that time. The school had high energy subjects from Chinese calligraphy to pottery! Many of the students graduated to universities in North America and Europe in those early days – but many of the students found it difficult to leave their island paradise and returned to Ibiza to escape the real world.

John and Helen Tunks and their four daughters moved from Formentera to Ibiza in the early eighties when Mary Blakstad retired – John took over the school – rumour has it he paid one peseta for the privilege. The student body grew to over ninety students! The whole Junior school fitted into the old science room in San Carlos , all thirty five of them!

In 1992 – Morna Valley was struggling financially with almost half of the parents not paying any fees, and as a result the school reached a crisis and was at the point of closing. It was during this time that Helen Davenport was approached to take the school on. After lots of soul searching she agreed to do so on the last day of the Summer term 1992.

It was quite a job turning the school around academically and financially and Helen is grateful to the members of staff who have given such loyal support during the years.