Miss Avocet and Miss Bunting’s academy

Miss Avocet and Miss Bunting’s academy is a school for ymbrynes founded by Miss Avocet and Miss Bunting. Its importance is reflected in the generations of ymbrynes who studied there, among them Miss Peregrine, and in the esteem Miss Avocet earned by choosing teaching over political leadership.

Founders and Standing

The academy was founded by Miss Avocet and Miss Bunting. Miss Avocet was regarded as close to royalty among peculiar people: for fifty years, others tried to elect her leader of the Ymbryne Council, but she declined, preferring to continue teaching at the academy. Her influence endured through her pupils; Miss Peregrine described the school as the place where every ymbryne of standing had studied.

Miss Peregrine as a Pupil

Miss Peregrine was one of the youngest pupils Miss Avocet had accepted. A group photograph of women and children at the academy preserves this earlier chapter of her life: she appears as a little girl wearing glasses. The image places her within a teaching lineage that later informed her own standing as an ymbryne.

The Academy’s Wider Context

The academy is presented through a photograph and Miss Peregrine’s recollection rather than through a detailed account of its daily operations. The portrait gathers women and children around a paper moon, while Miss Avocet’s reputation and former pupils convey the school’s reach. Its significance lies in the transmission of ymbryne knowledge across generations, with Miss Avocet’s decision to remain a teacher placing education above the leadership office repeatedly offered to her.