About Us
The Constructive Teaching Centre is the uninterrupted continuation of the training school for teachers of the Alexander Technique that was started by FM Alexander in 1931 at Ashley Place in London. Walter Carrington joined this training course in 1936 and qualified in 1939. He continued to work with FM as a teacher on the course until FM died in 1955. After FM's death, Walter Carrington continued the training course at various locations with a group of teachers that included Peggy Williams, Frank Skinner, Irene Stewart.
In 1960, Walter moved the school and his family into No. 18 Lansdowne Road and named the school the Constructive Teaching Centre.
The success of the Constructive Teaching Centre owes much to the close relationship between FM Alexander and Walter Carrington. Walter died in 2005, and without a break the very long serving band of exceptional teachers at the CTC carried on, gradually introducing new members, all of whom uphold a tradition of excellence that increases as the years go by. Through their teaching they continue to provide an environment of generosity, tolerance and stability and as Walter said, "Put people into a state where they can learn."