Partner Schools
The School Partnership Programme
The University of Buckingham School Partnership Scheme is a global community of schools committed to improving the quality of their teaching and learning. The scheme helps school leaders and teachers identify and respond to the many opportunities and challenges of daily school life. It has been designed to give practical and commensurate 21st-century training based on research.
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Partnership with UoB is key to school and teacher improvement. In addition to participating in the iDE for teachers, partner schools have access to additional courses available exclusively for our partner schools: the “International Diploma in School Leadership” and the “International Diploma in School Mentoring”. Partner schools also have ongoing links and additional input from UoB and can promote themselves as a “partner school” in their outreach. The school partnership agreement is awarded for one year after which it can be renewed.
Benefits for Partner Schools
Certificate
A yearly awarded partnership certificate from the from the University of Buckingham as an official Graduate or Foundation “Partner School” that can be renewed after re-evaluation from the UoB team.
Personnel Development
​Exclusive access to register on our new courses for school owners, school leaders and iDE graduates who want to be part of our pool of mentors.
Events
Participate in exclusive events for our network, including our yearly Global School Champions Conference, and our Holiday Camp for Enhanced Literacy and Numeracy.
Publicity
The partner schools will be listed on the UoB iDE official website on the “Partner schools” page, join our global network of partner schools and participate in exclusive events for our network.
Opportunities
Free participation in the monthly UoB webinars and exclusive opportunities to support our team in different ventures.
Recognition
Our partner schools’ certificates will be rated as gold, silver, and bronze based on students’ transformation and parents’ satisfaction brought by our collaboration and renewed yearly.
How to Become a Partner School
​Graduate Partnership Scheme
The application for the Graduate Partnership Scheme must be completed by the School Leader.
This application process is ONLY OPEN to schools that have at least 50% of their current teachers who are iDE graduates or actively enrolled in the program. Within this group, a minimum of 10% should be teachers or leaders who have already graduated from the iDE program, helping ensure that graduates remain on staff to sustain the training’s impact.
Furthermore, at least 20% of their teachers must begin the iDE programme in the year they apply to become a Partner School
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If your school has teachers who are graduates from the iDE program before September 2024, you are eligible to apply for the Graduate Partnership Scheme.
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Pathway to Partnership Scheme
The application for the Pathway Partnership Scheme must be submitted by the School Leader.
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This application process is ONLY OPEN to schools that have at least 50% of the teaching staff joining the iDE programme and a senior leader (in teaching and learning) who will register for the “International Diploma in School Leadership” starting in January 2025 to ensure oversight of the implementation across the school.
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If your school has up to 50% of teachers who will be registering for the iDE programme this year, you are eligible to apply for the Pathway to Partnership Scheme.