ISBA is a charitable company
limited by guarantee. ISBA's articles of
association allow for two
categories of membership open to educational charities and
independent schools, namely full membership and associate
membership.
Full members
Full members are members of ISBA for the purposes of the
Companies Acts and therefore have the right to vote at its general
meetings. Full membership is open to any charity or other
organisation which:
(a) is separately constituted under its own governing
document;
(b) is (or has a governing body or member of staff who is) in
full membership of any one of the associations that are constituent
members of the Independent Schools Council; and
(c) either:
(i) runs a single
independent school in the UK (provided that where a charity or
other body runs a pre-preparatory, preparatory and/or senior school
under the same Department of Education registration number it shall
be treated as running a single school); or
(ii) runs more than
one independent school in the UK under different Department of
Education registration numbers, none of which is constituted as a
charity or organisation in its own right.
Associate members
Associate members enjoy most of the privileges of full members,
but are not members of ISBA for the purposes of the Companies Act
and do not have the right to vote at general meetings or to propose
candidates for election to the Board. Associate membership is open
to:
(a) an independent school in the UK which is not separately
constituted under its own governing document;
(b) a charity or other organisation which operates one or more
independent schools, none of which is situated within the United
Kingdom;
(c) a charity or other organisation which runs one or more
independent schools in the United Kingdom, but is not in full
membership of any one of the associations that are constituent
members of the Independent Schools Council;
(d) a charity or other organisation which runs more than one
independent school in the UK under different Department of
Education registration numbers, all of which are separately
constituted under their own governing document; or
(e) any other school, charity or organisation which the full
members elect pursuant to Article 6.4(b) on the recommendation of
the Board.