The application deadline for 2008 has now closed.
The DFID Global School Partnerships programme is undergoing a competitive tendering process and we are unable to confirm application deadlines beyond 1 May 2008. DFID will make an announcement once the tendering process is complete. Schools will be notified in advance of any changes to procedure and information regarding current grants and future deadlines will be available on this website once an announcement has been made by DFID.
Reciprocal Visit grants enable staff from each partner school to visit their partner school for a minimum of 5 working days. The visits allow time for staff to meet face to face to plan joint curricular activities with a global dimension theme.
Reciprocal Visit grants are for partnerships that are laying the foundations for long term collaborative work that will embed a global dimension in the schools’ curricula.
The grant must be split between the partner schools to enable one visit to each school during the funding period. The visits are for teachers to plan joint activities which will help embed a global dimension in the mainstream curriculum of all schools in the partnership.
Successful applicants have usually been involved in a partnership for about six months and will have already done some joint preparation. Please check our list of eligible countries.
Partnerships between pre-schools, primary schools, middle schools, secondary schools, special schools and sixth form colleges can all apply.
International schools in Southern countries are not eligible.
The DFID Global School Partnerships programme is undergoing a competitive tendering process and we are unable to confirm application deadlines beyond 1 May 2008. DFID will make an announcement once the tendering process is complete. Schools will be notified in advance of any changes to procedure and information regarding current grants and future deadlines will be available on this website once an announcement has been made by DFID
Schools can apply on a school-to-school basis or as part of a larger cluster of schools. Cluster-to-cluster partnerships should have equal numbers of schools in each country. There is no limit on the size of a cluster, but there is a limit to the amount of money a cluster partnership can apply for.
School-to-school partnerships can apply for up to £1,900.
If two schools in each country are working together (four schools in total) the maximum you can apply for is £3,800.
If three schools in each country working together (six schools in total) the maximum you can apply for is £5,700.
If more than six schools are working together the maximum you can apply for is still £5,700.
Please read our guidance notes and assessment criteria carefully. Partner schools should work together to complete the application form.
You will need to submit an e-mail, letter or fax from the head teachers of the Southern partner schools supporting your application as well as signatures from the head teachers of the UK schools. It can take some time to complete the application form and to gather all the relevant documents, so please make sure you allow plenty of time.
A hard copy of the application form with the original signatures of the head teachers of the UK partner schools should be submitted by the UK school and sent to our team in Edinburgh.
Before planning the visits we strongly advise all teachers to visit the UK government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Travel Advice website for up to date travel information and to read the Travel Safe guide published jointly by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Lonely Planet.
Once you’ve sent your application to the team in Edinburgh. If it is complete, then you will receive an acknowledgement letter from the team and your application will be put forward to be assessed by the team. We will always send letters to the UK co-ordinating school so if you are working in a cluster, make sure you know who this is.
Once we have received the signed contract we can process the payment. All payments will be paid into the bank account of the UK co-ordinating school. It is their responsibility to ensure that the money is distributed according to the grant guidelines and to keep financial records. It can take up to three months after the application deadline for the money to reach by the UK co-ordinating school’s bank account so please keep this in mind when planning visits.
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