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Would representatives of your school like to be included in the first National Networking Workshop for successful Free School Proposers and those with applications in the pipeline?

Would you like to be part of a dynamic, value-filled, annual event promoting your school, investigating ways to enhance your profile and helping you connect with other successful Free Schools for mutual benefit and communication?

Proposed cost: £100-150 (Cost to include all sessions and facilities, lunch, tea breaks and parking)

Accommodation optional: In new University of Oxford accommodation, overlooking the Isis River, at £60 per night (incl. VAT), specially discounted rate.

Recreational extras (no charge): private punting and croquet.

We anticipate a lot of interest for this event and are prioritising those who respond first. In order to finalise the details, please contact us directly to register your interest and get onto our mailing list. Free Schools offer a new future for better education – we hope you will want to be part of this exciting development and take advantage of the inaugural National Networking Workshop.

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The Free School Network is collaborating with key experts in the establishment of independent schools and creating a globally rich and successful curriculum. As part of this agenda we are planning to establish an annual networking workshop. The first such event will be for all new Free Schools opening this year (2011) and those preparing applications to open next year and beyond. This network is for you and will be an independent forum to voice your views and alleviate your concerns.

We are inspired by your tenacity, eagerness to make a difference in the education of our children for their future and the future prosperity and survival of our world, as well as your passion for improving education in the UK.

That’s why we have created the National Networking Workshop for Free Schools as the first of a series of annual events organized to be an independent resource, providing a central point of communication and key advice for the early Free School pioneers.

Full details of the event will be posted shortly.

Feedback and registration of interest:

email ceo@freeschoolnetwork.co.uk

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