Choosing your membership

The Attachment Research Community annual membership starts from £125 + VAT. There are Five tiers of membership, depending on your school/setting type, if you fall under the statutory duty of a virtual school or if you are an independent trainer or Educational Psychologist.

Tier ONE - Individual Early Years, Primary or PRU school/setting

£125+VAT

You are able to apply for a Tier ONE membership if you are an individual Early Years, Primary or PRU school or setting that has independent funding, and/or does not fall under the statutory duty of the virtual school or your Virtual School has not undertaken a Tier THREE or Tier FOUR ARC membership.

This membership will allow full access to the members area and resources such as the ARC Pathway, ARC Audit and ARC MATRIX, for up to 10 colleague users.

Your membership will be valid for 12 months and a renewal reminder will be sent to the lead user.

Tier TWO - Individual Secondary / Post 16 school/setting

£250+VAT

You are able to apply for a Tier TWO membership if you are an individual Secondary or Post 16 school or setting that has independent funding, and/or does not fall under the statutory duty of the Virtual School or your Virtual School has not undertaken a Tier THREE or Tier FOUR ARC  membership

This membership will allow full access to the members area and resources such as the ARC Pathway, ARC Audit and ARC MATRIX, for up to 10 colleague users.

Your membership will be valid for 12 months and a renewal reminder will be sent to the lead user.

Tier THREE - Virtual Schools/Multi-Academy Trusts (99 or less schools under your local authority)

£3750+VAT

You are able to apply for a Tier THREE membership if you are a Virtual School with up to 99 schools under your Local Authority’s Statutory Duty of care.

This membership will allow ALL schools Local Authorities/Multi-Academy Trust to receive a membership with full access to the ARC members area and ARC resources such as the ARC Pathway, ARC Audit and ARC MATRIX, and up to 10 colleague users per school. Your Virtual School will also receive a membership which will allow you to oversee the progress of each school and enable you to work collaboratively within a project.

Your Tier THREE membership will be valid for 12 months and a renewal reminder will be sent to the Virtual School for renewal.

Applying for your membership is simple, please follow the four step process below:

1. Make a request for ARC membership with a Purchase Order number (if applicable)
2. Once your request is received, you will receive an invoice and excel spreadsheet for completion
3. Please complete the spreadsheet, completing ALL fields requested, for each school within your Local Authority and return to ARC admin
4. Please allow up to 10 working days for your virtual schools membership to become active, each lead user will receive a welcome email to allow first time access.

Tier FOUR - Virtual Schools/Multi-Academy Trusts (100 or more schools under your local authority)

£4750+VAT

You are able to apply for a Tier FOUR membership if you are a Virtual School with 100 or more schools under your Local Authority’s Statutory Duty of care.

This membership will allow ALL schools within your Local Authorities/Multi-Academy Trust to receive a membership with full access to the ARC members area and ARC resources such as the ARC Pathway, ARC Audit and ARC MATRIX, and up to 10 colleague users per school. Your Virtual School will also receive a membership which will allow you to oversee the progress of each school and enable you to work collaboratively within a project.

Your Tier FOUR membership will be valid for 12 months and a renewal reminder will be sent to the Virtual School for renewal.

Applying for your membership is simple, please follow the four step process below:

1. Make a request for ARC membership with a Purchase Order number (if applicable)
2. Once your request is received, you will receive an invoice and excel spreadsheet for completion
3. Please complete the spreadsheet, completing ALL fields requested, for each school within your Local Authority and return to ARC admin
4. Please allow up to 10 working days for your virtual schools membership to become active, each lead user will receive a welcome email to allow first time access.

Tier FIVE - Individual trainer / Educational Psychologist

£50+VAT

You are able to apply for a Tier FIVE membership if you are an individual trainer or Educational Psychologist  that has independent funding, and/or does not fall under the direct employment of a Local Authority.

This membership will allow a single user full access to the members area and resources such as the ARC Pathway, ARC Audit and ARC MATRIX.

Your membership will be valid for 12 months and a renewal reminder will be sent to the user.