QED Schools Group is a brand-new global schools group built to challenge convention and prepare young people for a rapidly changing world. At a time when education is evolving faster than ever, QED Schools Group has been created by an experienced, proven and award-winning senior team of educationalists grounded in three core values – courage, kindness and integrity, and founded to bring together schools that share a single ambition: to open minds, broaden horizons and prepare young people for a rapidly changing world.
Welcome to QED Schools Group
Thank you for visiting our website and for enabling me to introduce a new, innovative and exciting schools group – built on a lifetime of expertise and passion for education – created, owned and lived by people who care, people who walk the walk, and people who believe…..in real learning, in the future, in every child and, in our value….Curiosity, Kindness and always with Integrity.
QED Schools group, launched in 2026, is named in honour of Graeme Delaney (whose Education Consultancy was indeed called QED). Graeme died in 2024 when he was Headmaster of Pattison College in Coventry. He was a gentleman and a scholar, a friend to everyone and an educationalist who dedicated his almost 50-year career to the care and development of all children. His vision for, and commitment to, truly inclusive education permeated the lives and experiences of generations, and we not only honour his legacy but are inspired by him every day….there will always be a seat at the table, G.
The Independent School sector in the UK has been battered – first by Covid and then by financial pressures which have led to a mighty tailspin. Sadly, not all schools have survived and there continues to be much consolidation and contraction in the sector.
Whilst, sadly, not all schools can be saved, we remain resolute in our determination to champion our sector, to promote all that is brilliant about UK education and to build a community of exceptional schools who have every child at their heart, who do not select children for entry and who enable the child - each, individual, amazing child to be the very best they can be.
We are on an amazing journey. We suggest you check back regularly to see what adventure we have been on, which schools have joined us (both in the UK and internationally) which incredible educators have joined us and how we are changing the World to make it a better place for all our children…. They are ALL our children.
Anita Gleave
CEO, QED Schools Group
Meet Wycliffe College
Christian San José, Headmaster, Wycliffe College, said: “Today marks a significant new chapter in our College’s history and enables us to plan confidently for the future in a way that many independent schools sadly cannot at this time. When G. W. Sibly founded our school in 1882, he built it to make a difference: to pupils, to people, and to the world beyond our gates. That same pioneering spirit drives us today and QED Schools Group undoubtedly shares Wycliffe College’s spirit and desire to make a real, lasting difference”.
The world our children are entering demands agility, curiosity and courage. Whereas traditional thinking prioritised hierarchy, conformity and narrow measures of success, QED schools prioritise individuality, agency, adaptability and character – there is no room for the old school.
QED Schools Group
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