Global Schools Forum supports non-state education organisations in low- and middle-income countries to innovate, deepen impact, and achieve scale.

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A Global Community

Global Schools Forum (GSF) is a vibrant global community of schools, school networks, education support organisations, entrepreneurs, innovators, and funders. With a focus on locally-generated evidence, GSF raises the voice of it's community within global education policy discourse—connecting local operators’ on-the-ground expertise to global leaders, funders, and decision-makers.

230+ Organisations

70+ Countries

163m Children impacted

2m Teachers supported

1.5m Schools and ECD centres reached

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What We Do

GSF is a community convenor, knowledge accelerator, funding catalyst, and partnership builder supporting non-state organisations in low- and middle-income countries to innovate, deepen impact, and achieve scale.

Impact at Scale Labs

Power of Parents

All Hands on Deck for SDG 4

Scale Toolkit

Our Impact

Accelerating the uptake of locally-generated solutions to improve education outcomes at scale for underserved children. GSF convenes education innovators to learn, grow, and influence together so that their collective impact transforms education for every child.

84%

Of organisations agree or strongly agree they have benefitted from being in the GSF community.

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Organisations participating in the Labs programme rate the support provided 10/10.

83%

Rated as high or very high the effectiveness of GSF increasing the visibility of non-state education actors in global policy and planning frameworks.

31,362

Additional students reached through our first Labs cohort.

Featured Resources

AI and Education All Hands on Deck ECD in Emergencies View all resources

Regulating Non-State Actors in Education: Findings from a Collaborative Research Project

Report

June 2024

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A collaboration between UNESCO and Global Schools Forum. This report explores the design and implementation of regulation of non-state education across five low- and middle- income countries. It is based on 25 key informant interviews with government officials and non-state education operators.

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Workshop Participation Sheet

Template

February 2024

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Workshop participant sheet for the All Hands on Deck for SDG 4 Action Toolkit.

All Hands on Deck

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Operational Guide

Guide

February 2024

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Operational Guide for the All Hands on Deck for SDG 4 Action Toolkit.

All Hands on Deck

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Latest Events

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Learning series on supporting with children with learning differences: Screening and identification

Join us for the fourth session, ‘Screening and Identification’, in our learning series on understanding and supporting children with learning...

November 4, 2026

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AI practitioner spotlight: Designing lessons, coaching and teacher support with AI

Learn from Taleemabad and Madhi Foundation on how they are developing and using AI to support lesson design, teaching practices...

November 18, 2026

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Building 2-Gen partnerships: How ECD programmes foster partnerships to reach the whole family

Reaching families through a 2-Gen approach is more than any single organisation can credibly deliver alone. Join the launch of...

November 25, 2026

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News & Blogs
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Designing outcomes based financing: Lessons from Sierra Leone and Bogotá, Colombia

Funding and Financing

October 2026

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From evidence to impact: Reading that changes lives

Foundational Literacy and Numeracy
Government Partnerships

September 2026

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