Schools Co-operative Society

The Co-operative College has recently overseen the development of a new co-operative organisation which is being registered as a society for the Benefit of the Community – generally known as a Bencom.

The Schools Co-operative Society, which will create a national network of co-operative schools, will be managed by trust schools together with the Co-operative Business and Enterprise Colleges and co-operative academies. The Co-operative College will actively support the network but from its inception it will operate as a co-operative.

Each co-operative trust is invited to join and nominate a suitable representative to meet with other trusts to develop the network. The Schools Co-operative Society will act as a support network, enabling both existing and prospective co-operative trust schools to share ideas and best practice and develop services for member schools.

Read the report from the launch of the Network at a Trust Schools Conference in Manchester in November 2009.

Trust schools conference report

To watch key extracts of the presentations held during the conference, click in the link below

• Trust Schools Conference 2009