Zurich, Switzerland
English and German
1 Teacher per 5 Children
Grades 1-9
IB, GCSE or Swiss Matura
Most schools still run on a design from 100 years ago.
And yet, nearly all of them claim to be future-ready.
The slogans say 21st century skills. Individualized Learning. Modern pedagogy.
But scratch the surface, and it’s usually the same setup your grandparents might recognize:
One teacher, one group, one pace. Take Notes. Memorize. Pass the test.
It was built for a world that was slow and predictable. A world where your job didn’t change, and following instructions was enough.
That world is gone.
Now things shift fast — tools, jobs, entire fields. Your child will likely work in roles that don’t exist yet. They’ll need to learn new skills quickly, work across cultures, and make decisions with incomplete information.
The most valuable things won’t be facts.
They’ll be traits: curiosity, clarity, grit, empathy, initiative.
You don’t build those with worksheets and lectures.
But most schools still try.
So we asked a different question:
If you were building school for the world your kids are growing up in — not the one we did — what would it look like?
It wouldn’t be standardized.
It wouldn’t be rigid.
It wouldn’t be designed for control.
It would be small, flexible, and deeply personal.
It would give kids time to go deep.
It would treat failure as part of the method, not a mistake.
It would replace busywork with real work, and lectures with coaching.
It would connect subjects instead of splitting them.
It would focus less on checking boxes, and more on building character.
It would feel less like a system to survive — and more like a launchpad.
That’s why we built Lumos School.
It is for our three children and we hope it’s for yours too.
