In 1931 Froebel-trained Hutchinson opened Yafflesmead School at the family home in Kingsley Green, near Haslemere, in which for 25 years she provided a Froebel Kindergarten education for boys and girls between 1931 and 1955. Close friend and editor Penny Hollow wrote:
"Many former pupils still have fond memories of Margaret Hutchinson and how she opened their eyes to the world around them".[2][3]
David Kynaston quoted a parent in his book Austerity Britain:
"Yafflesmead is rather like home on a larger scale... cosy, no long corridors, no bleak classrooms"