At The Universal Farm, children are seen as capable, curious, and full of potential. We nurture voice, agency, and belonging, not through compliance or control, but through trust, collaboration, and shared responsibility.
Learning here is joyful, purposeful, and connected to life. We don’t teach to tests or shape children to fit narrow expectations. Instead, we follow the seasons, children’s interests, and the natural rhythm of meaningful projects. Days unfold with a balance of structure and freedom, grounded in nature and community.
We belong to our community meaningfully. Farmers, makers, ecologists, artists, neighbours, are part of our learning network, helping children feel rooted, confident, and connected to something bigger than themselves.
We tend to our inner worlds as much as our outer ones. Emotional wellbeing, imagination, and relationships are held with as much care as reading, maths, and problem-solving. Strong, respectful relationships nurture confidence, compassion, and resilience.
We practise regenerative education.
We think in wholes, recognising the interconnectedness of all subjects and between land, learning, and wellbeing.
We think in circles, celebrating cycles, reflection, and renewal, to deeply embed learning and aid with greater understanding.
We think dynamically, adapting to children, seasons, and emergent ideas, equipping us for the change and challenge emergent technologies and the climate crisis will bring.
We think in networks, learning with people, place, and community.
We think generatively, creating more life, possibility, and joy than we take, in order to prepare us for challenging global issues such as food scarcity.
Here, education grows like an ecosystem: alive, evolving, and full of wonder, so every child can thrive, and help the world to thrive too.
We are seeking registration as a progressive independent school that offers an individually tailored education that pulls away from comparison and competition and leans into creativity, collaboration and healing. To register your interest in a place please click on the button below.