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A GOOD SCHOOL

FOR EVERY CHILD

NSN champions evidence-led innovation across education — working with school leaders, policymakers, researchers and funders to test what works, share what is learned, and raise standards, especially for pupils facing disadvantage.

What we do.

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Test innovation

We support schools, trusts and education organisations to develop and evaluate practical approaches to persistent challenges, particularly those affecting disadvantaged pupils.

Through our Innovation Pilot Programme, we help promising ideas become evidence  - and evidence become change.

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Shape policy

We develop practical, evidence-informed proposals for the future of education.

Our research and policy work brings together the insight of school leaders, researchers and reformers to inform national debate and support decisions that raise standards.

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Build networks

Great practice should not stay isolated.

Through the Innovation Network, we connect schools, trusts and partners who are testing new approaches, sharing learning and working together to improve outcomes.

A track record of improving opportunity.

For more than 15 years, New Schools Network has worked to expand educational opportunity.

We helped communities, educators and trusts create new schools where they were needed, bringing new capacity, fresh thinking and higher standards into the education system.

That work continues to benefit pupils across England today.

  • 766 free schools opened across England

  • 300,000+ pupils educated each year

  • 2,000+ professionals supported onto academy trust boards

Our roots are in school-led change. Today, we are applying that experience to help the system understand, test and scale what works for pupils who need it most.

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For any press enquiries please contact: press@newschoolsnetwork.org

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