About Sands

Sands School – The Alternative Face of Education

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Treating People as Individuals
At Sands School, we value people as individuals. Students are free to be themselves, and to explore their own paths through education. Staff are able to teach their subjects to GCSE free of the strict guidelines of the National Curriculum.
There are no uniforms, no petty rules resulting in detentions, and everyone is on first name terms. All are equal.

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International Democratic Education

Democratic Education around the world

While some may see Sands as a unique place in the world, it is not. Sands is part of a worldwide community of democratic schools. Each year, members of this community meet in a different country to discuss matters relating to democratic education. This meeting is known as IDEC (International Democratic Education Conference). One of the first IDEC meetings was held at Sands, and since then Sands has been represented by students and staff at almost all of them. There is also IDEN (International Democratic Education Network) and AERO (Alternative Education Resource Organisation). Sands is also one of the founding parties of EUDEC (European Democratic Education Conference).