No room for the old school.
“No room for the old school” is not a rejection of heritage. It is a rejection of stagnation.
We honour the best in independent education: integrity, scholarship, community and kindness. We refuse to be confined by outdated mindsets that no longer serve our young people.
The world our children are entering demands agility, curiosity and courage. These qualities cannot flourish in systems built for a different era. Traditional thinking prioritised hierarchy, conformity and narrow measures of success. QED schools prioritise individuality, agency, adaptability and character.
This is not about erasing the past. It is about resetting the mindset.
QED’s Core Values:
Courage. Kindness. Integrity.
We take what is valuable from hundreds of years of learning and leadership and pair it with a modern, creative, future facing approach. We:
Keep the wisdom, lose the rigidity.
Keep the values, lose the elitism.
Keep the craft of teaching, lose the assumption that one model fits all.
Our schools focus on looking forward with purpose, not back with nostalgia. Children need schools which evolve as fast as the world around them. Schools which teach everyone to question, adapt, collaborate and lead with empathy. Traditional thinking cannot deliver that. A refreshed mindset can.
QED’s Purpose:
To understand the world, then think beyond it. QED exists to open minds and broaden horizons. We prepare all our pupils to embrace possibility with resilience, empathy and self-belief.
This is what no room for the old school really means:
Not rebellion for its own sake, but with responsibility. A responsibility to prepare all young people for a world that will not look backwards.
QED Schools Group
C/O Clyde & Co Llp, St Botolph Building, 138 Houndsditch, London, United Kingdom, EC3A 7AR
