The Novus Learning Network v2 for 2026

Building Schools in the Cloud — Together

Education is shifting at speed.
Families are exhausted.
Teachers are carrying impossible loads.
Founders want to help but lack access to real classrooms.
AI is reshaping the landscape faster than the system can respond.

We can no longer innovate in isolation.

NLN v2 brings educators, parents, and early-stage edtech builders into one coherent space — a place to learn from each other, pressure-test ideas, and design futures that don’t harm the children we serve.

This is not another think tank.
It is a working field — practical, relational, grounded.

🌱 What NLN v2 Is

A triadic commons where three forms of intelligence meet as equals:

• Educators — practice, pedagogy, real-world constraints
• Parents — relational truth, emotional insight, lived context
• Edtech founders & researchers — imagination, prototypes, possibility

When these three groups collaborate, we stop building misaligned “solutions” and start shaping learning systems that actually help.

🔍 What We Do

Every month, NLN v2 convenes four core sessions:

1. Educator Sessions

Hybrid learning, trauma-informed practice, neurodiversity, safeguarding, Second Stack pedagogy.

2. Parent Sessions

Clarity, agency, and influence — without jargon or judgement.

3. Builder Sessions

Prototypes, open problems, user insight, reality-checks.

4. The Vesica Sessions

The whole community together, exploring:

• What are we building?
• Who is it for?
• What could go wrong?
• What could go right?

This is where coherence forms.

⚡ Why NLN v2 Exists

Because the field is fractured:

• Tools built for schools but not with them
• Policies written without listening to parents
• Innovation adding pressure rather than relieving it

NLN v2 is the correction.

We join up the field to prevent harm early and support innovations that genuinely improve lives.

We stand for:

• Relational intelligence
• Consent-based design
• Neurodiversity-affirming practice
• Ethical, transparent AI
• Learning that adapts to children, not the other way round

🧭 Who NLN v2 Is For

This network is for:

• Teachers, SENCos, school leaders, tutors
• Parents and carers seeking clarity and agency
• Student founders and early-stage edtech teams
• Anyone rethinking the future of learning in the cloud

If you’re building towards a different kind of education, this is your place.

🔮 2026: What’s Coming

• Cross-network learning projects
• Prototype labs for early-stage edtech
• Parent panels influencing design
• Verse-al frameworks for AI literacy & ethics
• Joint whitepapers across the triad
• Live problem-solving with The Haven, Riverside & global partners

A community capable of shaping the learning ecosystems our children will inherit.

The Novus Learning Network — Commons (£11/month)

A practical, human space for parents, tutors, and emerging educators.

You don’t need permission to begin.
Just the right room.

For £11/month, you join a community rethinking learning with clarity, care, and lived experience — not hype.

What You Get

✅ Practical Toolkits (Updated Monthly)

Immediately usable resources, including:

• onboarding templates
• parent communication guides
• AI-informed teaching & assessment examples
• asynchronous course outlines
• safeguarding & SEND-friendly workflows
• policy starters and documentation packs

Always the most recent versions.

✅ Live Sessions Every Week

Supportive, honest conversations on:

• hybrid and online pedagogy
• neurodiversity and trauma-aware practice
• navigating Local Authority systems
• ethical AI in real classrooms
• designing micro-schools & home programmes
• what’s working — and what isn’t

Every topic grounded in lived experience.

✅ A Safe Space for Real Questions

The questions Google can’t answer:

• “What do I actually need to register online provision?”
• “How do I timetable for autistic or anxious learners?”
• “What’s the minimal, reliable tech stack?”
• “How do I communicate with parents without overwhelm?”

No hierarchy. No judgement. Clear, practical answers.

✅ A Culture of Shared Contribution

We don’t gatekeep — we co-create.
Resources evolve through the community and return improved for all.

This is how learning ecosystems grow.

Why We Charge £11

Because sustainable innovation requires:

• time
• expertise
• fair pay

Your membership supports:

• the people doing the work
• the platforms and tools we rely on
• new community resources
• the wellbeing and longevity of the network

£11 keeps it honest, accessible, and sustainable.

Commons Entry (£11/month)

Perfect for parents, tutors, and early-stage educators.

You receive:

• NLN community chat access
• Fortnightly drop-ins & live workshops
• Downloadable templates, guides & policy packs
• AI-informed teaching & learning resources
• Support navigating LA systems & SEND terminology
• Early access to new modules and discussions

📎 Built for those who care deeply, but don’t yet have institutional backing.

🚀 Exclusive Partner Pricing: Pencil Spaces

All NLN members enjoy reduced pricing for Pencil Spaces — the most intuitive, inclusive virtual classroom platform available.

Together we’re shaping technology that is:

• technically seamless
• economically realistic
• pedagogically aligned

Whether you’re experimenting or launching a full provision, NLN supports you to integrate Pencil Spaces as core infrastructure — not a bolt-on.

This isn’t a perk.
It’s the backbone of cloud schooling.

📌 Where Surplus Funds Go

Radical transparency is part of our ethos.

After fair pay and platform costs, surplus supports:

• bursaries for learners at The Haven and similar provisions
• seed funding for community-led online schools
• microgrants for parents, educators, and SEND leaders building from scratch

This is capacity-building, not extraction.

Welcome to the Novus Learning Network.

A new kind of school, built in the cloud.
By all of us. For all of us.