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The Schools Co-operative Society co-ordinates a network of educational organisations and provides advice and support to its members. It gives a voice to the rapidly growing co-operative sector within the UK educational system.

SCS West Midlands Conference - Keele

Venue:- Keele Hall, Keele University
Date:- Friday 29th June 2012

This is the first conference for Co-operative Schools across the Midlands region.

This conference arose out of the South West Schools Co-operative Society full regional conference, which was held on 12th March.  This developed further some of the ideas covered. These included how to embed co-operative values,  information about commissioning and opportunities for procurement of services.

The conference has been themed to meet the needs of three separate groups: primary teachers, secondary teachers and heads/business managers.  The programme (available here) includes many opportunities to network and support each other as we move to become co-operative schools.

Schools who are interested in applying for a place should download this letter and application form and return it to Sir Bernard Lovell School

 

 

Previous Conferences

SCS Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Conference

Venue:- Brigshaw Co-operative Trust, Vicars’ Court, Vicars Terrace, Allerton Bywater, Castleford, WF10 2HR Date:- Wednesday 11th July, 2012

 
The event howcased successful ways in which co-operative schools are already working in the region. There werealso be opportunities to discuss the development of a strategic regional network or partnership of co-operative schools and academies to support each other in promoting a co-operative, collaborative, values-driven approach to education.
 
The event was held at Vicars' Court, in Allerton Bywater, between Leeds and Castleford, the base of The Brigshaw Co-operative Trust, and easily accessible from the M1, M62 and A1.
 
Further details are here by downloading this flyer.
 

SCS South West Sub Regional Conference Bristol

Venue:- Sir Bernard Lovell School, Bristol Date:- Friday 29th June 2012

This conference arose out of the South West Schools Co-operative Society full regional conference, which was held on 12th March.  This developed further some of the ideas covered. These included how to embed co-operative values,  information about commissioning and opportunities for procurement of services.

The conference was themed to meet the needs of three separate groups: primary teachers, secondary teachers and heads/business managers.  The programme (available here) included many opportunities to network and support each other as we move to become co-operative schools.

 

DartingtonSouth West SCS Regional Conference

Venue: Dartington Hall - Totnes
Date: 12th March 2012

The was launch of the SW region of SCS. It was aimed at current members of SCS and those schools who were interested in starting to consult about Co-operative School status.

More details about this event are available in the Member's Area