The Partnership Fund

The Partnership Fund is designed to help schools which can demonstrate that, in spite of their determined efforts over time, they have not be been able to raise the sponsorship necessary to apply for specialist school status. The fund is being administered by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust in accordance with DCSF guidelines.

The deadlines for applying for Partnership Fund grants to support specialist bids in 2008/09 are as follows.

Bid submission date: 1 October 2008 - application deadline: 31 July 2008

Bid submission date: 3 December 2008- application deadline: 30 September 2008

Bid submission date: 4 March 2009 - application deadline: 31 December 2008

Bid submission date: 6 May 2009 - application deadline: 28 February 2009

The current guidance and application form is available from the panel on the right hand side of this page.