Angus Kaye of Kinnarps describes what is possible when a school has a free hand to redesign itself

In the run-up to the General Election there has been heated discussion of the Tories' plans to introduce Swedish-style 'free schools' if and when they get into power.

Regardless of the rights or wrongs of the Swedish system, or private versus public education, Kinnarps' first-hand experience of the Scandinavian 'third way' of financing new schools has had a lot to teach us about how to create an educational environment that attracts pupils; allows the school's public areas to be used to generate revenue streams from adult education, conferencing and community use, and, ultimately, improves the all-round marketability of the school.

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