The New Schools Network is an independent organisation devoted to improving education.

 

Our mission

The New Schools Network is an independent, not for profit organisation set up in 2009.

The Network aims to improve the quality of education – particularly for the most deprived – by increasing the number of independent, innovative schools within the state sector.

Principles

Schools should drive social mobility. Talent and hard work, not background, should determine success. Yet successive governments – of all parties – have failed to make opportunity equal in our schools. The wealthy can buy a good education - paying for private schools or by buying a house in the right neighbourhood. Others are denied those options. The Network believes that allowing new schools – accountable to government, but not run by politicians – will raise achievement across the country. We will help groups who want to set up new schools, and work to create the conditions which allow them to succeed.

Flexibility

New schools should use their budgets as they see fit – to create smaller class sizes, lengthen the school year, or pay teachers more. They should also be free to teach a different curriculum – giving more attention to Maths and English for the struggling, or stretching the most able.

Independence

The Network believes that new schools should not be bound by the red tape that can divert teachers’ attention and energy. They should be free to try new methods and be held accountable for their results, not their paperwork.

Accountability

The Network does not advocate a market ‘free for all’. All schools must be accountable, with fair admissions and practices. If they do not succeed, they should not stay open.

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London
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