We believe that every child should have a voice and a choice in their own education.
The New School opened in September 2020 and offers 4 – 16 years olds in London a new approach to education, which embraces new thinking, ideas and teaching techniques to enable young people to realise their talents. Our mission is to positively change how we educate young people in the UK.
We are fortunate to be fully funded for our first and now second year, but of course, we must look further ahead to make our school a sustainable reality. Working collaboratively and creatively together with our partners, supporters and local community is how we will achieve our bold mission.
If you:
Have had a look at our website and are intrigued or excited
Want to give local young people a chance to realise their talents and become responsible adults
Want to shake up the education system
Are the family or friend of a young person attending The New School
Then join us by taking one or more of the following steps:
Support our fundraising campaigns by becoming a supporter. You can either make a personal donation (regular or one off, via Goodhub or fundraise on our behalf, for example through collecting sponsorship. You may even be able to double your donations if your company offers matched-funding
Get in touch with our Director, Lucy Stephens, with any ideas or suggestions about how we could work together
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Goodhub
Crowdfunding is a great way to hit a fundraising target through a group of people all coming together to put funds into the same pot and encouraging others to do the same. We are on a mission to positively change the way we educate our children in the UK but it is only with your support that we can make this happen. With this in mind, we are asking those families and supporters who can afford to do so, to consider making a one-off or regular contribution to help ensure that our school is here for its community long into the future so we can give every young person the chance of a better education. Please join our mission today.
Easy Fundraising
We are registered with Easy Fundraising, which means you can raise FREE donations for us every time you shop online. Over 7,000 brands will donate to us when you use Easy Fundraising to shop with them – at no extra cost to yourself! These donations really mount up and make a BIG difference to us, so we’d really appreciate it if you could take a moment to sign up and support us. It’s completely FREE and only takes a moment. Find our Easy Fundraising page here.
Matched funding
Through matched funding with your company, your fundraising efforts could be worth even more to The New School – potentially doubling its value.
If you work for an organisation that has a matched funding policy, any money you raise could be matched by your employer. We understand that the high street banks and building societies, supermarkets and large corporations are likely to do matched funding, but these schemes are not exclusive to the major corporate giants. If you work for an independent company, they may be interested in charitable giving through matched-funding too.
So even if your company does not advertise a formal matched funding schemes please do still ask whether they might be willing to support your efforts and make a matched donation. We have found that even smaller independent companies don’t mind being asked and are often happy to support the charitable efforts of their employees and get involved with their community, when they can.
Many schools benefit from matched funding and it could make a huge difference to the success of one of our fundraising projects so if you are considering becoming a supporter by making a donation or fundraising for The New School, please ask your company about matched funding.
Funding FAQs
- How are you funded? Why do you need to fundraise? Why is the school not government funded?
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The New School is an innovative means of changing education - built on the highest quality research and a belief in the importance of giving young people a voice in their own education. To the best of our knowledge, our structure is completely unique in the UK today.
We believe that the UK education system is failing too many young people and needs a complete rethink. We are committed to educating young people differently. But this requires thinking – and funding - outside the box.
We cannot access regular government mainstream school funding because we know that some of the outcome requirements go against young people’s best interests and can even be harmful (for example the testing of younger children).
As an independent school we could charge fees but we don’t, because we don’t believe income should be a barrier to a better education. That means we had to find new, innovative ways to fund our school. We are therefore working with forward-thinking philanthropists, businesses and charitable foundations who share our pioneering vision. Find out more about our funding model here.
Community is also one of our founding principles and we need the support of our amazing families and our local community with our fundraising efforts. We would love you to support us.
- Do you have all the funding secured?
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We are fully funded for the first year 20/21 and now our second year 21/22 but we are actively fundraising to secure funds for the third year and beyond. Learn more about our innovative funding model here
We are so pleased you asked! We need families and our community to come together to help us fundraise and help spread our message to other family members, friends and professional contacts. Find out more about how you can support us here.
We have developed sophisticated impact measures that showcase what we believe a truly great school should be striving to achieve. Our impact measurements go far beyond the narrow focus on exam results that traditional schools are judged on. Our funders believe in and support our impact model because it is robust, comprehensive and based on high quality research. The information we get from this data ensures that we are held to account in providing a personalised education for all young people that delivers on our commitments to both equality and high academic standards. We measure: