Pottery school in the Home Counties? (5)
I believe the answer is:
spode
'pottery' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'school in the home counties?' is the wordplay.
'school' becomes 'pod' (I've seen this before).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'the home counties?' becomes 'se'.
'pod' inserted into 'se' is 'SPODE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spode that I've seen before include "Brand of china" , "Pottery manufacturer" , "English potter" , "English porcelain manufacturer" , "Brand of fine English porcelain" .)