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Membership Benefits

Membership Benefits: An Overview

What did you join COBIS: Hear from Member schools

For us, it's an opportunity to be part of a worldwide network of schools, that operate using similar standards. COBIS is an opportunity for us to engage in high-quality dialogue, and high-quality professional development.Jeremy Wong,Interim Director, The British School, Rio de Janeiro 

School Membership Benefits

Professional Learning

Promotion

  • Use of the COBIS logo
  • School listing on website
  • Announcement of membership on social media

Communications

  • Regular newsletters for sector information
  • Blogs featuring best practice from the networkS
  • ConnectED - online networking sessions
  • Buddy Scheme for mentoring

 

Services

You’ll also find our Overview of Services document, which shows the services available to COBIS schools. 

 

Read our membership brochure

As a COBIS member school, your community can benefit from many services and support. Staff, students, governors, and parents all benefit.

Each one shows the main benefits of COBIS membership. It explains how it supports your students and school. It also shows how to get the most from your membership. These ready-to-use presentations make it easy to show the benefits of your COBIS membership. They are perfect for staff briefings, governor meetings, parent messages, or school events. Download them here. Start sharing them. Help every community member understand COBIS’s value for your school. Show the range of support they can access. 

If you have any questions, please contact the COBIS Director of Membership and Engagement, Natalie Williams:  natalie.williams@cobis.org.uk

For Staff 

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For Parents  

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For Governors 

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COBIS Membership supports British international schools to strengthen standards, develop staff, and build a connected global school community. Through collaboration, professional learning, and peer engagement, member schools’ benefit from a trusted network.

The COBIS network is committed to excellence in international education and British education worldwide.

As an accrediting body, COBIS supports schools through a rigorous accreditation process that encourages continuous improvement across leadership, safeguarding, facilities, student experience, governance, teaching, and learning. Working with an experienced accrediting body allows schools to demonstrate their commitment to high quality education while providing reassurance to families, staff, and stakeholders.

COBIS Members include a diverse range of education institutes operating across different regions and school systems. By sharing best practice, the organisation helps schools to collaborate. This helps schools meet the changing needs of pupils, educators, and communities.

COBIS also helps schools stay informed about changes in the wider education sector. This includes guidance from the Department of Education, in the UK, as well as updates related to safeguarding, recruitment, leadership and more. Ongoing support helps schools maintain high standards and respond with confidence to changes in international and British education policy.

For families seeking a trusted British international school, COBIS Membership demonstrates a clear commitment to recognised standards, and continuous development. An understanding of UK government expectations, and standards across the wider UK education sector, builds confidence and it supports the quality and integrity of its member schools worldwide.

Schools within the COBIS network benefit from meaningful collaboration opportunities across the wider international education sector. By connecting member schools, COBIS supports sharing best practice, innovation, and expertise.

COBIS Membership also provides a diverse programme of student events, competitions and leadership opportunities, enabling students to develop confidence, collaborate with peers from around the world, and showcase their talents across academic, creative, sporting, and leadership activities.