Cohorts

Each cohort hosted by Northfield is an autonomous school formed, supported and operated by a principal teacher and participating families. We prefer the term "autonomous" [from auto+nomos = self+managment] to the term "independent" [ from in+de+pendere = not+from+to hang] when describing cohorts, because they work [and "hang"] together in many ways to feed and be fed by each other.

However, the student's admission to, enrollment in and graduation/expulsion from a specific cohort are handled entirely by the cohort itself. To share in the Northfield community, each cohort must

• practice the trivium as its pedagogy,

• observe the seven simple rules of conduct and

• comply with all laws regarding its operations including, but not limited to, non-discrimination.

Other than that, each cohort determines its own curriculum subject to annual review by Northfield as being consistent with our Vision and Mission. For more information on or to join an existing cohort, follow the link below to a cohort's website ... then come and see it for yourself.

>> For more on cohorts

• COHORT Education Infrastructure

• Trust Teachers to Transform