The Schools’ Enterprise Association (SEA) is an independent members’ organisation providing support and guidance for schools’ management teams responsible for generating additional commercial revenues by optimising the return on the school’s considerable assets: education & pastoral; co-curricular; community, public benefit & partnerships; provenance; and buildings and facilities.
The SEA includes a Sports and Retail Chapter, which helps management teams meet the unique challenges of running and optimising the return on schools’ sports and retail facilities.
Services offered through SEA membership include professional development, networking opportunities, reference library, recruitment, consultancy and access to professional advisors, focused on the enterprise development within schools.
What’s on
SEA Advisory Meeting – Dual Use : School First – Alleyn’s School
VAT and commercial considerations for Enterprise Managers in Schools
SEA Scotland Advisory Meeting and Showcase – Strathallan School
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SEA Membership
Membership of the SEA is applied for under the name of the member school and membership benefits are extended within the organisation to relevant members of the management team, including, but not limited to Bursars & Domestic Bursars, Enterprise Managers, Business/Business Development Managers, Commercial & Lettings Managers.
Sports Chapter
Launched in March 2022, the SEA Sports Chapter membership can be purchased as a standalone membership just for sports centres or applied for by a school in addition to the SEA membership. Sports Centre Managers, Pool Managers, Facilities Managers and other sports team members will benefit from this very tailored Chapter.
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The Schools Enterprise Association
The Schools Enterprise Association and the Sports Chapter are established to:
- Provide members’ representatives with the professional support they need to successfully manage their commercial lettings’ business and sports’ centre activities alongside the school’s core remit of providing a world class education to the school’s pupils.
- Offer specialist advice and guidance services online, over the phone and in person at networking meetings, professional development events and an annual conference.
- Work closely with other associations representing this sector, as well as professional advisers to the independent school sector ensuring that member schools have access to the very best information and guidance available in the marketplace.
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Member benefits
The SEA offers members a range of membership benefits, which include networking and learning opportunities through events each term and an annual conference and exhibition, professional development, access to best practice examples, master documentation and case studies.
Industry opinion is shaped by the thought leaders in the enterprise divisions of some of the country’s most forward-thinking schools and shared amongst members who have more recently focused on developing the enterprise revenue stream and optimising the use of their facilities.
