The Schools co‑operative SocietyThe 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.
Some schools do not want to change their status and adopt either a Co-operative Trust or Co-operative Academy status but want to adopt Co-operative Values and Principles.
These schools use Co-operative ideas through the school but develop them to suit their own needs and local situation.
Typically they will:-
The original Co-operative Business and Enterprise Colleges used this process very successfully to develop their schools. Most of these schools found it led to good school improvements and many became highly successful schools.
To find out more about how this could work please contact us or view the support sections about the original Co-operative Schools Specialist Schools
Co-operative Schools give important stakeholders a voice in their school.
Stakeholder groups are typically, parents, staff, members of the community and learners.