Global Schools Forum

Global Schools Forum is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1195542).

Global Schools Forum is a charity registered in England and Wales (charity number 1195542) whose purpose is to advance the education of children and young people, particularly those in financial need, through promoting, supporting, developing and strengthening the non-state education sector in developing countries and elsewhere. It connects a dynamic global community, incubates and ignites education innovations, and strategically partners at a global level. Its annual giving was £952,189 according to the annual report, and its Impact at Scale Labs programme provides catalytic funding and tailored support to help promising, locally-led education organisations scale their impact.

Priority Areas

Global Schools Forum supports non-state education organisations in low- and middle-income countries to innovate, deepen their impact and scale. Its grant-making includes catalytic and flexible funding through Impact at Scale Labs, alongside tailored coaching and technical support that help locally led organisations test and scale promising education solutions. The wider community includes school operators, school networks, education support organisations and other partners serving under-resourced communities. Its work prioritises education innovation, including stronger teaching approaches and foundational literacy and numeracy, as well as access to quality childcare and early childhood education. The Forum also connects organisations with peers, funders, researchers and policymakers, and supports evidence generation and learning to inform wider education policy and practice.

Themes

• Education innovation
• Foundational literacy and numeracy
• Early childhood education

Geographic Focus

Low- and middle-income countries.

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Who can apply:

• Are you a stand-alone school, school network or a network of early childhood education (ECE) centres providing direct education services or childcare support to under-resourced communities in low and middle-income countries? Are the schools or centres registered and/or licensed to work in the countries of operation?
• Are you an organisation providing core services (including financial services, teacher and school leadership development, ECE support, foundational literacy and numeracy, curriculum design and support) to schools? Does your organisation support the government schools, non-state schools or both?
• Does your organisation not fall within the school operators or education support organisations category, but you are a key player providing support to the education eco-system?

What the charity says:

• The Lab selects locally led organisations with promising visions for scaling their foundational literacy and numeracy programmes in low- and middle-income contexts.
• The Lab supports medium-sized or large education organisations with solutions at the launch phase or growth stage.
• Solutions should improve teaching and pedagogical approaches, including structured pedagogy and teaching at the right level.