Outside of work Rosanagh loves exploring London, going… Read more

Anna’s experience also spans communications strategy work for various government departments including the Department of Health and marketing China’s largest online travel website. Anna now heads up NSP’s Scotland office from Edinburgh where she enjoys looking after two little boys, listening to her husband talk about life as a primary school teacher and… Read more

The campaign – Kids Closer to Nature – aims to encourage children of all backgrounds and from all over the UK to experience the great outdoors. National Schools Partnership has worked with the Arla team and Tonic Life Communications, to encourage children to get out and about, learning about wildlife and getting their hands dirty.… Read more

When not at work, Ash enjoys seeing live music, scuba diving, hiking and exploring new countries and cultures. She also likes to dabble in learning foreign languages.

Her favourite class at school was Geography with Mr Bart. His passion and knowledge of the world inspired Ash to embark on her own… Read more

 Katharine has recently moved to London from Brisbane, Australia where she has worked in a variety of areas including Indigenous Education, Training, HR and Administration. Most recently employed at Queensland University of Technology, Katharine was responsible for developing and delivering an online professional learning module for teachers working in complex environments.

When not confusing and… Read more

Organisations in attendance included Network Rail, BAA, Credit Suisse, RBS, JP Morgan, BP, John Laing, Shelter, The Prince’s Trust, Greenwich Education Business Partnership, The Schools Network and the Department for Education. The combination of representatives… Read more

Take a look at www.school-of-fish.co.uk for:

• Fish Camp films of schoolchildren having adventures along the coast… Read more

The ‘Kids Closer to Nature’ campaign is up for the Business to Consumer (low budget) award. The work has involved Arla sponsoring a programme that brings British children closer to nature through community, school and play-based activities.

The winners are announced at the Future Sponsorship conference on 22nd November – fingers crossed!

After spending what would usually have been a peaceful Sunday undertaking a 750m swim, 20km bike ride and 5km run, they both still made it to the office the next day unscathed. Rachel completed the… Read more

“I started at NSP in August 2010, as an intern.  I found the internship through Graduate Talent Pool, and was taken on following a three-stage interview. I had done a short spell of work experience with the BBC marketing department, so NSP offered a great opportunity to extend that.

My first focus was on our Disney Oso Special Missions campaign – writing the copy to get teachers involved, working on timing plans and compiling discussion guides for… Read more

But what everyone was really waiting for was the following day – with it being July we were feeling optimistic about the chances of sunshine.  Instead, we got… Read more

Most recently, Chelsea has worked in the field of marketing and communications at the Council of Europe in Graz, Austria as well… Read more

In her spare time, Jen enjoys cooking and spending time with friends.

Jen’s favourite teacher at school was Mr Walsh for the inspiring way he taught business… Read more

Outside work Belinda has lots of interests including music, theatre and art; however her main passion lies in travelling. She has travelled extensively around South East Asia and is always looking… Read more

We’ve teamed up with Marks & Spencer and the charity Butterfly Conservation to launch The Butterfly Effect project in schools.  As part of the Big Butterfly Count from 16-31 July, the project encourages children, parents and teachers to take part in the nationwide survey to help discover butterfly numbers in Britain.

Sir David Attenborough, President of the Butterfly Conservation, said “Butterfly numbers are falling (and) Butterfly Conservation scientists have demonstrated that these declines can be reversed.  And when you change the environment to help butterflies thrive, all sorts of… Read more

Our Account Teams can now breathe a collective sigh of relief as Zach Varnava (Marketing Intern), Kavesh Subapanditha, Aphra Forester-Prescott (Account Assistants) and Emma Cashmore (Account Manager) have since joined the company and have quickly become integrated into the NSP team.

Anna Brocklehurst and Linsay Saunders both went on maternity leave recently, with their roles being well looked after by Ra Goel and Rachel O’Riordan respectively.  Congratulations… Read more

When not at work she enjoys running, reading and swimming.

One of her best teachers was an English teacher: Mrs Fung who really took time to listen to her students.

To view the speaker presentations, please click on links below:

Sonia Bruce, Schools Project Manager, BskyB A Case Study in Successful Community Engagement

Declan Swan, Chief Executive, Institute for Education… Read more

Emma has a love of travel and has spent time volunteering in Thailand and working in France. She also enjoys film and literature.

Emma’s favourite teacher was her English… Read more

Caroline’s experience includes both agency and client side roles and spans a number of industry sectors, with more specific focus on FMCG, retail and media. Caroline has also held several research roles, where she focused more heavily on understanding the needs of children and families.

In her spare time, Caroline is studying for a degree in horticulture with the RHS and can usually be found… Read more

Outside of work, Zach loves painting, dancing, kite-surfing and eating and has travelled extensively.

Her favourite teacher was Mrs Stavroula who challenged her constantly and pushed her to make the most of every situation.

In his spare time he loves to play guitar, read novels, hang out with friends and watch movies. When given the chance, he likes to travel and see new countries.

His fondest memories of high school are the football games at lunch time and Media Studies lessons with Mr. Astley.

Outside of work, Aphra likes going to gigs, the theatre and good restaurants.  Her favourite teacher at school was Mrs Campbell who encouraged her love of English.

The focus of our event is to provide a platform for people to discuss and learn how to develop effective projects delivering community and learning engagement.  Businesses, trade bodies and the public sector can see how social programmes, run in partnership with education, can deliver positive results for everyone involved.

We’re all well aware of how important our community and social marketing programmes are in today’s environment.  At this… Read more

The competition, which attracted over 1,200 entries, was part of our campaign GAME Design Challenge, in which 500 secondary schools from around the country took part.  As well as the competition, the campaign also comprised of downloadable and online lesson plans and activity plans for teachers to use in class which were directly linked to the curriculum for ICT, Media Studies and English.

As… Read more

The shortlist for the prestigious Hollis Sponsorship Awards 2011 has just been announced and we’re really pleased to have campaigns shortlisted in three categories.

The “Wrap, Splat, Hat!” programme we created for Garnier Ambre Solaire  is now in it’s fifth year, and has been shortlisted in both the Education and Continuity categories.

Carefree’s sponsorship of the “Free to be Me” campaign has also been shortlisted in the Best Low Budget category.

We’ve been working with Garnier and Johnson & Johnson for several years on both these campaigns… Read more

We’ve recently been working with Arla on their Closer to Nature campaign in schools and last week helped organise school visits for wild life expert, Chris Packham.

Chris was invited into three primary schools and gave assemblies encouraging children to leave their consoles behind, get outside and have fun with nature.  He then went into classrooms and got involved in helping the kids build bird feeders.  The campaign, which is targeted at 7-11 year olds, has been designed to get children and their families interested in nature and… Read more

When we heard that Macaulay primary school in Clapham were in desperate need of a Santa for their Christmas fair, we knew we had the perfect candidate for the job.

Our Senior Account Manager, Leigh Williamson was more than happy to fill the role saying, “I’ve always wanted to play Santa!”.  Leigh really got into character and had a great afternoon at the school.  Headteacher Liz Divall said, “Leigh was absolutely fantastic – he was here all afternoon and saw almost 100 children.  He was so patient with… Read more

During her gap year, Lissy also worked in several primary schools and this encouraged her enthusiasm for working in education.

When not at work, Lissy likes going to the theatre, playing netball and cooking for friends.  At school her favourite teacher was… Read more

Elizabeth Gordon will be our new Business Development Manager, and Anna Brocklehurst and Su McLaughlin have both joined us as Account Directors.  Su will be looking after Jo Robben’s accounts whilst she is on maternity leave.

As well as downloadable classroom resources for Design & Technology lessons, we also provided the children with fun Lego activities which they could do online and offline at school and home.  Over 1,500 schools signed up for the resources and we had a huge response to the Lego… Read more

Our Chief Executive, Mark Fawcett, said, “Our experiences of working closely with schools and colleges over the years have shown us how important strong links between businesses and education can be. We enjoy helping companies create a positive impact by passing on their professional knowledge, skills and expertise to young people.  Given… Read more

We feel we do a pretty good job on all our campaigns but obviously, we’re biased so it’s always nice to get recognition for our work from others!

The shortlist for the ESA Sponsorship Awards has just been announced and we’re really chuffed to have been nominated for not just one of our campaigns, but two.

In the Business to Consumer (low budget) category we have been shortlisted for our work on Carefree’s “Free to be me” programme and Garnier Ambre Solaire’s sun awareness campaign “Wrap, Splat, Hat!”. … Read more

Our Back to School campaign this year included an online game which challenged everyone’s brain cells.  We created the brain training game for people to play and then pass on to their friends and colleagues to try and beat each others scores.  Nothing wrong with a bit of healthy competition especially if it’s good for the brain, but our winner, Sammy Sidhu, certainly took the game pretty seriously!

Sammy, who works for Thomas Vale Construction, had an ongoing battle with Aimee, her colleague from Thomas Vale, to see… Read more

See more details about the event below and click on the link if you want to take part. The deadline to register is Wednesday 13^th October.

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We’re really pleased to announce that Jess Kingsford and Leigh Williamson have recently been promoted to Senior Account Managers.

They have both been at National Schools Partnership for around two years and have contributed enormously to the success and creativity of the company during that time.  Well done to them both!

Whilst for some this was simply an exhilarating experience, for others it was a case of overcoming a fear of heights with screams that would send shivers down anyone’s spine! Having said that, we can be proud that we all had a go and reckon the best moments were zip wiring… Read more

The Winner is Seb Bell, Hill & Knowlton

4th August

Our recent competition to promote the new National Schools Partnership website proved to be rather popular!

I’m sure everyone was blown away by our extensive range of services and how fantastic our website is but have to admit that the incentive to win an iPad probably enticed more than a few people to enter!

Having said that, we did get some great feedback from entrants about how well the campaign worked at promoting what we do, in a fun… Read more

Despite a lot of pre race speculation about the weather, the bikes and most importantly, the wetsuits, the girls both did absolutely brilliantly and had a really great time, raising £1,250 for the charity, Contact a Family.

Tamsin took part in the Super Sprint triathlon (450m swim, 10K bike, 2.5k run) and completed it in 54 minutes.

Anna did the Sprint triathlon (750m swim, 20K bike, 5k run) which took… Read more

If you’re on this page, you’ve no doubt noticed our terrific new website which we’re really chuffed with.  As part of the launch of the site, we’ve decided to take this opportunity to promote the wide range of services we offer via a great online competition. And show that we’re not just about marketing through schools.

Based on the National Schools Partnership’s 7 key services, namely Schools Partnership Marketing, Consultancy, Research, Live, Digital, Education Content and School Relationship Management, the competition has been specifically designed to be… Read more

Originally created by National Schools Partnership, the Garnier suncare campaign has now become a huge nationwide campaign encompassing extensive TV, radio and press advertising in, amongst others, The Sunday Times Style magazine, Hello!, The Daily Mirror, Best and Take 5 magazines.

And all from the small acorn of our idea to Wrap! Splat! Hat! back in 2007 when we engaged 2000 schools in… Read more

Mark now focuses on developing marketing and education strategies for clients, working alongside all National Schools Partnership colleagues on integrated campaigns.  In addition he also focuses on further developing our consultancy and research services.  Mark has been a school governor for 8 years and is married with three young… Read more

Louise is a mum to two boys and is very active as PTA Co-Chair at her children’s primary school. In any free time she likes to ride across Clapham Common and enjoy a glass of wine in the garden.

Her… Read more

Outside the office, she likes walking with Conkers the dog, baking and obscure facts.

At school Linsay loved history and her favourite teacher was Mr Mole.… Read more

Outside of work, Omar is a mean table tennis and squash player and likes to watch football, particular Man Utd.

When not at work, Jo juggles a football mad husband and an adorable 2 year old. Photography takes up any other spare moments.

Vanessa came from a marketing recruitment agency where she looked after all HR and recruitment within the company. As well as being Mark’s right hand woman, she is also responsible for all HR matters and office management.

Vanessa is happiest spending time with her family and friends and enjoys a good BBQ when the sun is shining.

Vanessa is currently on maternity leave, and her role is covered by Kim Bashford.

Before joining National Schools Partnership, Jess worked for five years in marketing both in-house and for the agency, Ogilvy, working on the largest direct marketing account, BT. For the last two and a half years Jess has overseen successful campaigns for a wide variety of clients including innocent… Read more

When not at work, Elizabeth is mum to her 6 year old daughter and they bake amazing cakes together. She enjoys spending time with friends and Thai food.

Her favourite lesson at school was maths because… Read more

Before working for National Schools Partnership Aaron worked for HONDA, creating their below-the-line campaigns for national press. He then worked for a leading advertising agency in London writing and developing HMV’s press ads for a wide variety of publications .

During his time at NSP Aaron has delivered campaigns for P&O Ferries, Paramount Pictures, Mentos, ICON Films, Listerine, Dairy Co, LEGO Technic, Transitions Lenses, Lill-lets, Flipside magazine, National Dairy… Read more

We’ve been running the campaign La Vita e Bella with Zanussi in schools since April this year and have had some fabulous feedback.

The campaign engages over 300,000 pupils aged 7-11 and their families through creative and colourful educational resources.  The whole programme is based around Enzo the Chef who helps the children learn about the history and ingredients of italian food and how to cook the food at home for their families to recreate the italian mealtime experience. This seems to be working judging on the… Read more

We are pleased to announce that National Schools Partnership have won Marketing Services Provider of the Year at the annual Marketing Week Engage Awards.

The awards were handed out at a ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Tuesday night amidst crowds of marketing professionals.  In the category of Marketing Services Provider, the elite band of judges were really impressed by the “innovative thinking” the National Schools Partnership showed when working on initiatives with brands.

As an agency specialising in reaching and engaging the youth and… Read more

On Thursday 29th April, National Schools Partnership and Soprano Digital hosted its annual Youth & Family Market Seminar at The Soho Hotel.

With 100 attendees from brands, government and charities, this confirmed to us that the need for sensitive and effective marketing in the youth and family market is now more important than ever.

This year’s conference programme was designed to provide vital insight into engaging with young people and their parents, looking at how to reach the youth market in a positive and responsible way whilst… Read more