What does being an S.P.A. member mean for your partnership?

Joining S.P.A.’s Leading Partnerships Network will provide you with:

• Expert-led training to develop the key competencies of partnership staff;
• Bespoke support to establish, improve, evaluate or scale up your partnership;
• Access to an active, supported community of peers, whether through the exchange of ideas or the contribution towards improving partnerships at system level; and
• Recognition for pursuing meaningful partnerships.

	Members	Supporters	Silver Supporters	Gold Supporters
Strand 1: Competency Development	One place on each of the expert-led webinars.   Discounts for additional services.	One place on each of the expert-led webinars.   Access and discounts to additional services.	Two places on each of the expert-led webinars.   25% off the cost of additional webinars and community meet-up places.   10% off any additional S.P.A. consultancy.	Unlimited places on each of the expert-led webinars.   50% off the cost of additional webinars and community meet-up places.   25% off any additional S.P.A. consultancy.
Strand 2: Bespoke Support	One place on each of the two partnership clinics.	One place on each of the two partnership clinics.	Two places on each of the two partnerships clinics.   ½ day remote consultancy support (worth £650).	Multiple places on each of the two partnerships clinics.   Bespoke partnership health check (worth £3000)
Strand 3: Community	Opportunity to participate in Innovation Hubs.   Regular newsletters and updates.   Access to research.   Invitation to one-off events featuring leading sector influencers. [1]	Opportunity to participate in Innovation Hubs.   Regular newsletters and updates.   Access to research.   Invitation to one-off events featuring leading sector influencers.   One place to the community meet-up.	Opportunity to participate in Innovation Hubs.   Regular newsletters and updates.   Access to research.   Invitation to one-off events featuring leading sector influencers.   Two places to the community meet-up.	Opportunity to participate in Innovation Hubs.   Regular newsletters and updates.   Access to research.   Invitation to one-off events featuring leading sector influencers.   Unlimited places to the community meet-up.
Strand 4: Recognition	Inclusion in website features.     S.P.A. membership logo.	Inclusion in website features.       S.P.A. membership logo.   Promoted by S.P.A. as Supporters to key stakeholders, e.g., DfE, sub-govt. groups, think-tanks, pressure groups, school associations.	Inclusion and recognition of status on website and promoted in S.P.A. features.   S.P.A. membership logo.   Promoted by S.P.A. as Supporters to key stakeholders e.g., DfE, sub-govt. groups, think-tanks, pressure groups, school associations.	Inclusion and recognition of status on website and promoted in S.P.A. features.   S.P.A. membership logo.   Promoted by S.P.A. as Supporters to key stakeholders e.g., DfE, sub-govt. groups, think-tanks, pressure groups, school associations.
Strategy	Places at annual conference. [2]	Places at annual conference.   Membership of supporter advisers’ group (meet twice per year).	Places at annual conference.   Membership of supporter advisers’ group (meet twice per year).	Places at annual conference.   Membership of supporter advisers’ group (meet twice per year).   Membership of Advisory Board (4 meetings per year).
Annual Fee	FREE until 25 Sept 2025	£795	£1850	£3495

S.P.A.’s partnership health check

Designed to provide a 360-degree view of your partnership’s set-up, operation, and processes, providing useful insights into partners’ views that can be used to develop an action plan that will ensure the partnership can evolve.  The health check can be used at various stages of the partnership journey:  at inception to check building blocks and perceptions, annually to check progress or as a one off to underpin a review.

“Ask S.P.A” support call

Offers an opportunity to gain an external perspective and support on a specific area of your partnership work. Whether you are starting out or working to sustain embedded good practice, we can offer advice on a range of topics.  During the call our consultant will answer your questions, challenge your thinking and make suggestions for future actions.  

A half-day consultancy session

This can be used to support schools in a variety of partnership activities, from developing a theory of change, to putting in place a governance structure, undertaking a stakeholder analysis, developing a budget or more.  Following application, we will contact you to learn more about your partnership context and needs and will match you to an S.P.A. consultant with the requisite expertise. The session can be delivered remotely (via phone or video call) or in-school.