Standards & trust
Develop a meaningful professional framework for online English schools and the learner experience they provide.
Our Strategy
Build the foundations.
Then build the network.
20272028Two-year incubation
EOEN 2027–2028
The incubation period gives EOEN two years to establish standards, create a genuinely useful member community and test what the network needs to become sustainable.
Substance before scale
Four strategic priorities
A practical agenda
for the founding years.
Community & collaboration
Build a selective European network in which members know one another and exchange useful expertise.
Visibility & recognition
Give credible online schools a stronger collective identity and make the sector easier to understand.
Knowledge & development
Share practice in teaching, AI, technology, safeguarding, learner experience and sustainable school operations.
Roadmap
From foundation
to a member-led network.
2026Foundation
Identity, governance, founding strategy and preparation for the first cohort.
2027Incubation I
Founding members, standards work, first resources, meetings and working groups.
2028Incubation II
Consolidate member value, partnerships and the future operating model.
2029+Next phase
Move into a sustainable member-led future shaped by what EOEN has proved useful.
A deliberate constraint
Growth is not
the first objective.
EOEN's early success will not be measured simply by the number of logos on a member page. The founding strategy prioritises credibility, participation and usefulness.
If membership reaches 50 schools during incubation, the Board will review the funding and membership-fee model. The threshold is a governance checkpoint, not a membership target.