Why Education?
Formal Education
There are over 33,400 schools in the UK. They employ over 1 million people as staff supporting almost 10 million pupils. Add to that their parents and you can see how schools touch over half the population.
Always looking forward, schools are enthusiastic, innovative and welcome original links with today’s businesses and non-commercial organisations. They are, after all, educating the employees of tomorrow.
Families have regular contact with schools. They visit them, think about them and care about them. Our role, at National Schools Partnership, is to support you in reaching this community.
Informal Education
Learning doesn’t stop at the school gates. It continues at home, at play and throughout our lives. From social networks to community programmes and from corporate websites to employee engagement, helping people to learn and develop increases their confidence, their perception of your brand or their enthusiasm for your social cause.
School Rules
Teachers and parents encourage and support companies working in partnership with schools. National Schools Partnership is trusted to make the right recommendations to its clients. We create campaigns or projects that deliver suitable and exciting benefits for schools, brands, social causes and families.
All our work is guided by our School Rules; a code of conduct that ensures that we always tread the right path. Our School Rules also adhere to the ‘Best Practice Principles for Commercial Activities in Schools’ developed by ISBA and the Consumers’ Association (CA) and endorsed by the Department for Education (DfE).
- All School Partnership activities should provide a clear benefit to participating schools.
- Schools should always have the choice to opt in, or out, of any activities.
- Any level of branding must be appropriate to the activity.
- Companies should ensure that schools are aware of the social or commercial objectives of all School Partnership activities.
- Expressions of opinion should be distinguished from statements of fact.
- Resources or materials should not encourage unhealthy, unsafe or unlawful activities.
- Resources or materials should respect diversity of gender, race, disability and cultural issues and reflect contemporary UK society.
- Activities should, where possible, be developed in partnership with teachers, pupils, parents and education experts.
- Where possible, the company should seek permission before forwarding materials to the school.
- All activities should respect the unique relationship between parents, their children and schools.