School Together Now is the brain child of Esther Guys, a mum from Surrey, who hopes to raise millions of pounds for schools throughout the country.
The site aims to connect youngsters and their parents to their local schools and create an online community which could be particularly useful for those parents whose career prevents them from participating in the school run.
It includes a database of 33,000 UK state and independent schools. Users, who can be either children or parents, create a profile linked to their school and can then share information with school staff, other parents and fellow pupils.
The site, www.schooltogethernow.com will also carry advertising - and each school will get 20% of the advertising revenue associated with its listing.
School Together Now is already live on the web but will be launched formally in the New Year. Pupils as young as five can register to become members with the consent of their parents. Other social networks do not allow under 16s to register.
