isbi schools sends its Choosing a School resource packs on behalf of schools once a year in April. The pack is sent to 300 locations in the United Kingdom and worldwide. We have always aimed to supply the packs to locations in the armed forces and relocation agents where they are either used by educational advisors who are helping parents find schools for their children or, increasingly, our research and feedback indicates that they often loaned out to families to use at home, often by the parents along with their children. Locations include:
- HM armed forces locations including Army Education Centres, HIVEs of all three services, Garrison libraries, RAF stations, Royal Navy and Royal Marines bases, and Joint Headquarters and defence liaison teams overseas
- Relocation companies across the United Kingdom
Contents
- Advice to parents on selecting and choosing a school for their children
- A checklist of questions for parents to ask when visiting a school
- Website details of useful educational organisations
- Prospectuses, leaflets and DVDs the main content of the pack, supplied by schools for parents to use
Comments
- ‘Always a useful resource to have available!’Army Education and Resettlement Office, Episkopi, Cyprus
- ‘Pack is used by office, guests and is distributed to parents. It’s very good and parents and staff find it a very useful research tool. The visit check list is very useful.’ Relocation One, London
- ‘Used in the office, brochures loaned as requested.’ Royal Marines Education, Chivenor, Somerset
- ‘Used in the office. Brilliant!’ Property Seen Relocation, Surrey
- ‘Used in the office and by parents; very useful resource.’ Army HIVE, Woolwich
- ‘Used to advise clients when relocating.’ Westcountry Relocations, Somerset
- ‘Used in office and loaned to parents. Excellent responses from those who utilise our HIVE Education Service.’ RAF HIVE, Cranwell
- ‘Loaned out to parents, or parents have a look in the office here. The pack is very resourceful and practical.’ Royal Artillery HIVE, Larkhill
- ‘Loaned to parents to take home. Very well presented.’ Royal Signals HIVE, Bramcote, Nottinghamshire
- ‘Used in the department and loaned to parents. First class pack… ours is always out on loan.’ Army Education Centre, Lisburn, Northern Ireland
We have been able to include most shapes and sizes of publicity material on behalf of schools. The pack is larger than A4 and can accommodate most sizes of prospectus. If your material is larger than A4 please contact us to discuss thgis. Past items have included...
- Prospectuses, leaflets, posters, newsletters, school magazines, postcards and Open Day invitations
- DVDs, CD-Roms and mini-dvds on cards, in prospectuses, in card or plastic wallets, or in ‘action packs’
- A2 and A3 posters folded down to A4
- A4, A5, A6, DL, oblong, and square prospectuses (not yet a round one, but it would certainly stand out!)
