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Natspec Membership application form: for specialist providers

Thank you for your interest in applying for Natspec membership. If you have any queries about this application form, please email info@natspec.org.uk. We aim to process your application within 15 working days.
Member organisation details
1.Organisation details(Required.)
2.In which region of the UK is your main site located?(Required.)
3.What type of provider are you?(Required.)
4.What is your legal type?(Required.)
5.What is your main site's home Local Authority(Required.)
6.Is your organisation on the Department for Education’s S41 list?(Required.)
7.UKPRN:
8.UPIN:
9.Do you have any other sites in addition to the main address listed above?(Required.)
10.Please list the postcodes in a comma-separated list for any additional sites (if applicable)
Your provision
11.Briefly describe your provision and the students you support:
12.What age range does your provision cater to (from X - to X)(Required.)
13.How long is your college course (in weeks per year)(Required.)
14.What is the provision type:(Required.)
15.Do you offer 52 week residential provision?(Required.)
16.Do you allow learners to start anytime other than September?(Required.)
17.How many of the following staff members do you currently have at your provision:(Required.)
18.How many learners (either high needs funding for England or on Welsh Government funded study programmes) do you have in each of these categories:(Required.)
19.How many learners do you have who are on other funded courses/programmes (e.g. apprenticeships, traineeships, JobCentre Plus-funded provision)(Required.)
20.Please add a PNG/JPEG version of your organisation's logo to be used on the Natspec website(Required.)
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The wider organisational structure
21.Name of umbrella organisation (if applicable)
22.Is your organisation part of a Multi-Academy Trust?(Required.)
23.Does your college / umbrella organisation / MAT also run a school/schools
Funding information
24.Is your organisation funded by the DfE?(Required.)
25.Is your organisation funded by the Welsh government?(Required.)
26.If your provision is in England, from how many local authorities do you receive High Needs funding?(Required.)
27.Please list your main LAs:(Required.)
Contacts
28.Please add the email addresses of any colleagues you would like adding to our mailing list for fortnightly CEO member briefings.
Please note: The head of provision listed below will automatically be added and people can be added/removed at any time by emailing comms@natspec.org.uk
29.Organisation key contacts
Please provide information for the roles below. These people will be added to our member contacts database and sent occasional information about news and events we deem relevant to these roles. If left blank, the head of provision's information will be used.(Required.)
30.Network contacts (optional)
If you have staff members who would like to be added to our network distribution lists to hear about upcoming staff network events, please add their names and emails below and they will be added to our member contacts database.
31.Other contacts (optional)
If you would like people in other roles / teams in your college to receive news and events relevant to them, please provide their details below. These people will be added to our member contacts database.
Inspection
32.Education inspection - Has your SEND/LDD provision been inspected by Ofsted or Estyn?(Required.)
33.If you received an inspection grade, please provide below:
34.Care inspection - Are you registered with CQC or CIW?(Required.)
35.If you have been inspected by CQC or CIW, what was the grade for this provision?
Your membership
36.Which of the below member benefits will you be accessing as a priority (max. 4)?(Required.)
37.How did you hear about Natspec?
Payment information
38.Annual membership fees for the period April 1 to March 31 are not subject to VAT. Please select your banding below:(Required.)
Important note about fees for quality improvement consultancy
Please note that within your first year, we ask all new members to take up our offer of a supportive review by one of our experienced Natspec associates. For new or recently established colleges, we recommend the 2-day health check to help you establish priorities and provide suggested next steps. For new members who are more established or have already had a full Ofsted inspection, we recommend other quality improvement consultancy services. Further information, including the associated fees, can be found on our Transform consultancy pages.
39.Is your invoice address the same as your main address given above?(Required.)
40.If no, please complete the full address below, including postcode
41.On behalf of the above-named organisation, I apply for membership of Natspec. In so doing so, the above-named organisation undertakes to support and promote the values of Natspec. I hereby confirm that I have read and agree to the costs within this document and fully endorse the Natspec values and expectations of members.(Required.)
Thank you for your application, we aim to process this within 15 working days. Either our CEO, Clare Howard, or Senior Policy Manager, Ruth Perry, will be in touch shortly to arrange an introductory meeting to discuss your application.