Founded in 2021 as a successor to the Schools Together Group, S.P.A. is a membership-based charity dedicated to fostering and evaluating cross-sector collaborations between UK independent and state schools. It aims to shift the narrative around partnerships from political compliance to genuine educational impact, providing schools with a "Partnership Health Check," professional CPD, and research-backed frameworks. Governed by a board of trustees comprising leaders from both sectors (including figures from HMC and state academies), the alliance works to improve pupil outcomes and social mobility through mutually beneficial resource sharing and joint innovation.
