Can Swedish school success translate to an English context?
The highly successful Kunskapasskolan schools are confident their style of personalised learning can work in England and are on their way to opening their first Academy. The first Kunskapsskolan school opened in 1999 and ten years later they have 30 schools catering for 10,000 learners and employing 750 teachers. They are state funded (through the Swedish voucher scheme), free of charge and non-selective. And now they are the preferred sponsors for two Academies in Richmond, Surrey. The schools which are known for their flexible learning times, styles and environments are anything but ad hoc; every aspect is designed and decided upon according to the educational principles of independent learning and personailsed education. The model is based on each learner having their own individual learning plan which they design themselves at the beginning of the school year/term in collaboration with a Personal Tutor and their parents. The plan will be devised from choosing areas they wish to stu
