ACE LEA Affiliation Scheme

Do you need help with providing information and advice on school issues for your local parents?

With the arrival of Children’s Trusts, and requirements on local authorities to become champions for parents and children, you may be looking for new sources of information.

ACE’s affiliation scheme for LEAs provides easy access to high quality advice materials and other services, in return for an annual fee. Any surplus generated by the scheme helps ACE run its advice lines for parents and develop new booklets and other publications.

In return for an annual payment you will receive:

Publications

• A full set of existing ACE publications every year on renewal
• A copy of each new ACE publication as soon as it becomes available
• Extra discounts on single and bulk orders of publications*

ACE Bulletin

• Copies of this ACE magazine six times a year
• 50% discount on up to 10 extra copies of ACE Bulletin*
• A reduction in the licence fee for photocopying material from ACE Bulletin
• Free copies of ACE Bulletin for parent governors elected to the Education
  Committee (up to 5)
• Stop Press, ACE’s monthly news digest, each month in a format for e-mailing or photocopied for distribution throughout the LEA.

* extra copies of publications must be ordered through the affiliation contact person for them to distribute accordingly

Education Step-by-Step Manuals

• Reduced fees of £400 + VAT + P&P (normal price £485). Depending on number of schools in your LEA

cost

• For smaller LEAs (up to 199 schools) £400
• For medium-sized LEAs (200-399 schools) £500
• For larger LEAs (400+ schools) £600

To apply

For more information or to arrange affiliation, contact: subs@ace.dialnet.com

ACE supports local authorities through:

• An affiliation scheme that provides easy access to advice publications for staff and parents
• Guidance, training and consultancy on issues such as exclusions, special educational needs, admissions and bullying

ACE acts as a voice for parents and carers to promote changes in the education system that benefit all children, through lobbying for changes to the law and guidance. We also promote good practice through publications, the media and events

Working with local authorities

We take calls on our advice lines from parents all over the country, and help affiliated authorities to publicise the service through sending out posters and other publicity materials.

Many authorities regularly buy ACE booklets, such as Choosing a School, Appealing for a School, Tackling Bullying, Getting Extra Help, Fixed Period and Permanent Exclusion for distributing to parents. Extra discounts on bulk orders are available through the Affiliation Scheme. Regular publications – ACE Bulletin, and Stop Press are also available at cheaper rates through the Scheme.

ACE’s Education Step-by-Step package is available for LEA staff and others working with parents. This provides ACE’s Education Step-by-Step Advice Manual, with the option of training on key issues and use of the manual, with updates when the law changes, and extra help through a back-up phone line. The Manual equips advisers with step-by-step guidance on helping parents deal with admissions, exclusions, special needs and bullying. Contact us for more details.