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Partnerships with India and Sri Lanka

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Posted on: Thursday, 29 Oct 2009

Groups of UK schools and their local authorities/federations of schools are currently being recruited to work with partners in India and Sri Lanka. In each partnership, a mixed group of four UK primary, secondary and/or special schools, supported by their local authority, or federation of schools, will collaborate with a district and group of eight schools in either India or Sri Lanka.  Read more.

 

Eligibility

Applications from groups of UK schools must meet these three requirements:

• Schools in the cluster should not already be receiving funding (nor have applications pending for funding) from another source for work with the chosen partner country.

• You must apply with the right number and combination of schools in your cluster, according to the requirements of the region of the world that you are applying to work in partnership with. Follow the links above to find out the requirements for partnerships with India and Sri Lanka, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

• All schools in the cluster must have at least Foundation Level of the DCSF International School Award. Registration for the Foundation ISA is simple – download the ISA Statement of Intent, then follow the instructions on the ISA website. All schools accepted onto Connecting Classrooms will be expected, and supported, to work towards the next levels of the ISA during the course of their involvement in the programme.

You should also ensure that your application has:

• Support from your local authority/federation of schools – to confirm this support, the form must be signed by the Director of Children’s Services (or equivalent, or nominee) in your local authority, or the head of your federation of schools.

• A named partnership co-ordinator - to complete the application and co-ordinate all the UK schools in the partnership. This is usually an official in the supporting body, or a representative from the lead school in a family of schools, the local Youth Sport Trust or the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.

• Connecting Classrooms co-ordinators – a named person from each school to manage the project in their school.