About Us

For nearly 40 years, Flexi Schools have approached education differently to build trust with young people, re-engage them in their education journey and transform their idea of what it means to learn. Here’s how.

We don’t have school rules. We do not have a long list of school rules that we wait for young people to inevitably break. Instead, young people and adults agree to work, walk and learn together within our four principles of Respect, Honesty, Participation, and Safe & Legal.

Exclusion is never an option. Irrespective of the behaviour of young people, they are always welcome. If on any day our young people find it hard to work within our four principles, we try again the next day.

Power is shared. We work on Common Ground, where power is shared and everyone has a voice and agency in decision-making. Through Collaborative Problem Solving, we work together to engage and motivate young people in their learning journey, making sure that young people have agency in what and how they learn.

We deliver trauma-aware education. All Flexi School staff are trained in trauma-aware education. We understand how trauma can impact young people and their capacity to learn; we recognise the lasting impacts of intergenerational trauma, and we create learning experiences with this in mind.

We know young people want to learn. We know that young people want to do well and behave well, and if they are not able to, it is simply a lack of skill rather than a lack of desire. At our schools,
teaching and learning is characterised by small class sizes, a flexible curriculum that draws on individual interest and needs, and a democratic pedagogical approach that encourages learner empowerment and autonomy.