The Centre for Personalised Education Trust (CPE)
Personalised Education Now (PEN) is the trading name for The Centre for Personalised Education Trust (CPE), a charitable company, limited by guarantee (Charity number: 1057442. Company Number 03231165).
We engage in…
- Generating ideas, analysis and critique and envisioning the personalised educational landscape.
- Supporting practitioners, individuals, groups, families and organizations developing the personalised agendas and educational alternatives.
- Bringing members and groups together at learning exchanges and national conferences
- Publishing newsletters, journals and books
- Developing a comprehensive integrated website, blog and archive
- Undertaking trusted and respected book reviews
- Research
- Networking with other groups and projects
- Influencing the national and international debate on the future of education, schooling and learning
- Influencing the research agendas
- The Centre’s activities enhance the training and employment possibilities of young people and adults.
The Centre for Personalised Education emerged in 1995 from a longer history dating back to 1988 with Education Now and various groups that grew from the same roots with overlapping memberships and networks. Alongside these the Education Now Publishing Co-operative and Educational Heretics Press provided a core platform for our thinking.
In 2018 we will have been active for some 30 years…
Our brief brings us into contact with a huge range of alternative and mainstream educational settings, projects and educators.
Our focus on personalisation brings us to take a critical stance against rigid mass schooling systems whilst acknowledging and celebrating settings / projects / innovations where more open, self-directed, democratic and flexible approaches are employed.
We have always been prepared to learn from and with home education communities.
Our achievements include:
- Some 130 journals, magazines and special supplements
- Around 100 books – some translated into Polish, Japanese
- Some 100 conferences and learning exchanges
- Influence on educational case law
- Continuous support for educational innovation and educational start ups
- Continuous support to families and learners seeking choice, personalisation and alternatives.
- Our current social media support networks reach over 13,000 people
- Continuous campaigning and engagement politicians and educational bodies and settings
- Influence on educational narratives and ideas.
- Broad international links
- Originating, developing and promoting Flexischooling
We continue to move forward and grow organically whilst seeking to network the networks. We hope you will continue to support us with your subscriptions.
