diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c6c5ec1ea..c5b30421b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ GEM
     nio4r (2.5.8)
     nokogiri (1.14.2-aarch64-linux)
       racc (~> 1.4)
+    nokogiri (1.14.2-arm64-darwin)
+      racc (~> 1.4)
     nokogiri (1.14.2-x86_64-linux)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     open-uri (0.3.0)
@@ -340,6 +342,7 @@ GEM
 
 PLATFORMS
   aarch64-linux
+  arm64-darwin-22
   x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
diff --git a/app/models/school.rb b/app/models/school.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3817e23e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/school.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class School < ApplicationRecord
+  validates :organisation_id, presence: true
+  validates :name, presence: true
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240201160923_create_schools.rb b/db/migrate/20240201160923_create_schools.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..337348668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240201160923_create_schools.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class CreateSchools < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def change
+    create_table :schools, id: :uuid do |t|
+      t.uuid :organisation_id, null: false
+      t.string :name, null: false
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+
+    add_index :schools, :organisation_id, unique: true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 98c4280ab..fe193049a 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_11_06_151705) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2024_02_01_160923) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pg_stat_statements"
   enable_extension "pgcrypto"
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@
     t.index ["remixed_from_id"], name: "index_projects_on_remixed_from_id"
   end
 
+  create_table "schools", id: :uuid, default: -> { "gen_random_uuid()" }, force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.uuid "organisation_id", null: false
+    t.string "name", null: false
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.index ["organisation_id"], name: "index_schools_on_organisation_id", unique: true
+  end
+
   create_table "words", id: :uuid, default: -> { "gen_random_uuid()" }, force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "word"
     t.index ["word"], name: "index_words_on_word"
diff --git a/spec/factories/school.rb b/spec/factories/school.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac793140c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/factories/school.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+FactoryBot.define do
+  factory :school do
+    organisation_id { SecureRandom.uuid }
+    sequence(:name) { |n| "School #{n}" }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/school_spec.rb b/spec/models/school_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d1fdb90c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/school_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe School do
+  describe 'validations' do
+    subject(:school) { build(:school) }
+
+    it 'has a valid default factory' do
+      expect(school).to be_valid
+    end
+
+    it 'can save the default factory' do
+      expect { school.save! }.not_to raise_error
+    end
+
+    it 'is invalid if no organisation_id' do
+      school.organisation_id = ' '
+      expect(school).to be_invalid
+    end
+
+    it 'is invalid if organisation_id is not a UUID' do
+      school.organisation_id = 'invalid'
+      expect(school).to be_invalid
+    end
+
+    it 'is invalid if no name' do
+      school.name = ' '
+      expect(school).to be_invalid
+    end
+  end
+end