Hearing the excited voices of my own children who attend The New School and other children on the first day of the new school year, it filled my heart with joy. This is what learning should be about and this is what I believe the experience of education should be.
Read MoreOur Founder, Lucy Stephens, looks forward to the year ahead and reflects on the journey so far.
Read MoreWatch this webinar with our Founder/Director Lucy Stephens, where she discusses how we’re ‘doing education differently’ at our school.
Read Morehis last half-term we have been exploring Colour theory across all the different classes at the school: from mixing colours, understanding shades, tints and warm & cold colours. The artwork that has been produced will be exhibited for parents in mid-December.
Read MoreHas covid cancelled your Christmas party? Xmas Party Heroes has been created to help businesses donate their unused Christmas party budget to their favourite charities, and we’re one of the chosen charities on the platform!
Read MoreThe New School has joined together with the Rio Ferdinand Foundation for the Hope 2020 campaign, which is inspired by the life of Damilola Taylor who was murdered in South London. The 20th anniversary campaign is dedicated to hearing from young people about their aspirational stories of ambition and hope for themselves and the future.
Read MoreHelp us raise funds for The New School through our crowdfunding programme, to help us future proof the school as well as creating awareness of education reform to the wider public.
Read MoreLucy Stephens, Founder of The New School, will feature in the September edition of ‘Open House’ by peer-led network Losing Control. The session will focus on the topic of co-production and Lucy will discuss The New School’s democratic approach. Session runs from 3pm-5pm on 29th September 2020.
Read MoreChildren in the UK have the lowest levels of life satisfaction across Europe, with “a particularly British fear of failure” partly to blame, according to a major report into childhood happiness.
Read MoreTo not think it’s necessary to include BAME history in the UK curriculum because ‘a broad curriculum can include the voices and experiences of BAME people’ highlights the government’s lack of understanding.
Read MoreIt’s understandable that parents and teachers are reticent about going back to school. Other countries have done it differently and are no worse off. There is lot of independent science that we don’t hear about, that paints a different picture.
Read MoreThe more questions we ask of schools in terms of what they are doing for pastoral support, social and emotional skills development and giving our children a voice in their learning, the more schools will have to change.
Read MoreAs Teacher Tom writes in Medium Magazine, this is the gold standard of a play-based curriculum: creative, cooperative play. Reflecting on his own teaching experience he says, “As a teacher in a school that engages in no direct instruction, but rather bases its curriculum on the evidence of how children learn best, which is through their own self-directed play,”
Read MoreWe recognise the necessity for education to break free of its current shackles to high-stake testing that create mental health problems, perpetuate disadvantage, leave young people feeling a failure and create educational disengagement.
Read MoreWhy is this so difficult for young people and teachers coming from school to home? Learning is a natural instinct, so is connection.
Read MoreIn a BBC News article, the education watchdog highlighted that ‘the performance gap between pupils from less well-off homes and their classmates has failed to narrow over a decade and remains a "major challenge,"‘.
Read MoreCreating school cultures that value different opinions, support respectful communication, give young people agency in learning, and ensure partnership relationships between adults and children - as oppose to dictatorial adult control, is key to improving mental wellness.
Read MoreThe New School will be opening its doors in Croydon this September and we are on the hunt for exceptional teachers who want to shake up the education system and pioneer a new approach.
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