Addvantage 2017 Member Scheme Terms and Conditions 2017/2018

General Conditions

5. Collected points will determine the scheme level of each school/institution in the next calendar year.

6. Benefits not used by the end of the calendar year will expire and cannot be carried forward to the following year.

Rules for participation

3. Membership is automatically extended and is valid until cancellation.

4. Partner schools have the right to terminate membership at any point. This should be done in writing to the Exams Manager. Membership will cease from the moment the British Council receives written notification requesting this.

5. From the moment membership is terminated, all entitlement to benefits of the scheme will cease and schools are obliged to remove the addvantage© logo from their website and refrain from referring to the addvantage© member scheme from thereon.

6. Membership will not be extended to the following year in the event a school has not registered any candidates in the current year. Upon cessation or termination, the partner school is obliged to remove the addvantage© logo from their website and refrain from using it in their promotional materials as well as associate with the addvantage© member scheme in any way.

In addition to our standard level of service, schools will be entitled to the following benefits depending on their level of membership:

Your membership level will depend on the total number of registrations you made with us in the previous academic year: 1 September 2017 to 31 August 2018. We offer two membership levels.

Number of registrations / Membership level
6 to 39 / Basic (B)
40 and above / Premium (P)
Benefits for your student: / B / P
1. Opportunity to participate in our annual competition “OUR FUTURE” for candidates across Europe with fantastic prizes. / √ / √
2. Basic Access to our Road to Success* in First online support and practice website for candidates of Cambridge First and First for Schools, and Cambridge Advanced exams (worth £5 per candidate). / √
3. Full Access to our Road to Success* in First online support and practice website for candidates of Cambridge First, First for Schools, and Advanced exams (worth £20 per candidate). / √
4. Option for us to organise mock exams for your candidates at the British Council/on your premises (when there is a sufficient number of candidates) / √ / √
5. Exams staff trained to meet our child protection standards and the requirements of candidates who have special educational needs. / √ / √
6. Easy online registration / √ / √
7. High quality venues for written and speaking exams / √ / √
8. Well trained, professional and customer oriented venue staff / √ / √
9. Free English language practice resources at: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en / √ / √
10. Free exam practice resources for IELTS at: www.roadtoielts.com/testdrive / √ / √
11. IELTS free interactive on line courses throughout the year / √ / √
12. The British Council’s unrivalled top quality exams management which ensures that your students’ exam experience is 100% secure, transparent and fair / √ / √
Benefits for your teachers / B / P
1. Invitations to attend our face-to-face ELT seminars and workshops delivered by our experienced trainers at the British Council. / √ / √
2. Free resources in: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/ (lesson plans, teaching material etc.) / √ / √
3. Free access to two British Council TeachingEnglish training online modules and a 25% discount on more modules for your teachers. / √ / √
Benefits for your school / B / P
1. The right to use the British Council and addvantage© logo on your promotional materials and website. / √ / √
2. Option to list your school or institution on our website. / √ / √
3. An addvantage© membership certificate per year. / √ / √
4. An exclusive addvantage© plaque to be displayed on your premises. / √ / √
5. Free promotional materials per year. / √ / √
6. Option for a British Council representative to attend your award ceremonies. / √ / √
7. Option for us to organise presentations for parents about the exam. / √ / √
8. Enjoy a discount of €5 on our exam registration fees (excluding YLE and IELTS) / √
9. Enjoy a discount of €8 on our exam registration fees (excluding YLE and IELTS). / √
10. 3 free Aptis exam places per year taken by December 2018. / √
11. 5 free Aptis exam places per year taken by December 2018. / √
12. Option for us to deliver exams on your premises. / √ / √
13. Option for us to organise exams and speaking tests on dates of your choice. / √ / √
14. A standard fee during the late registration periods (no fee reductions or late charges apply) / √ / √
15. The opportunity for your students to visit the British Council in Bratislava / √ / √
Loyalty Benefit / B / P
All schools (regardless of their addvantage© level) that continue to work with us for three consecutive years may claim an additional benefit:
a. One free IELTS practice test book
b. One free Cambridge English practice test book (you may choose the exam level) / √ / √

New!

Benefits for your students

Participation in British Council’s “Our Future” competition with fantastic prizes

“Our Future” is a British Council educational competition for school-age English exam candidates in Europe at addvantage© member schools. Teachers and students have a chance to share why they think English exams are important to their future and win fantastic prizes! In teams of three to five, students will work collaboratively on a competition task about the theme. Teams need to create an English exam question and answer. This year’s theme is: Our Future City. The question type students create must be similar to one in any English exam they are preparing for.

Entries will be easy to submit and this exciting new competition will be run yearly between November and April. There are two age groups - Category 1 (7-12 years old) and Category 2 (13-18 years old). To enter the competition, teachers will submit the team’s entry and a short paragraph about the team to: . A pack of competition materials will be provided to teachers. Prizes and competition rules will be announced in September.

New!

Benefits for your school

Parent Guide to English language exams

This year we are offering our addvantage© members a British Council guide for parents about how to help their child with English Language exams. The guide will include information about the British Council, the value of taking formal exams and answers to parents frequently asked questions about Cambridge English exams, IELTS and British Council’s Aptis for teens. It will also give parents advice and tips for how they can make use of free British Council online resources at LearnEnglish Kids, LearnEnglish Teens and LearnEnglish with their children. Schools may use this brand new promotional tool to guide parents on how to help their children prepare at home and why English exams will lead to success in future study and work opportunities.

New!

Benefits for your Teachers

Free access to two British Council TeachingEnglish training online modules and a 25% discount on more modules for your teachers

Free access to two British Council TeachingEnglish training online modules and a 25% discount on more modules for your teachers

As a valued addvantage© member your teachers will be offered access to two free modules on British Council’s TeachingEnglish online platform for teachers. In addition, for those of your teachers who wish to enhance their teaching skills further, we offer a 25% discount for all of the other self-access modules. British Council’s TeachingEnglish training modules are high-quality and innovative in ELT teacher training techniques. They are suitable for school teachers of all subjects and particularly teachers of English language. There are a wide range of 3-hour self-access modules for each of the 12 teaching practices in British Council’s global Continuing Professional Development framework. We hope your teachers will take advantage of this unique offer. Schools will receive an invitation and more information about the TeachingEnglish training platform and how to get started and register for modules.

1. addvantage© is not an accreditation scheme for schools or institutions. The recognition it gives is limited to the number of exams candidates registered and in no way relates to the quality of the teaching provided. Use of the addvantage© logo and materials must therefore not be used to imply academic “accreditation” by the British Council.

2. All promotional materials e.g. websites, posters, leaflets, banners, advertisements produced by the school using the addvantage© logo must obtain written acceptance from the British Council confirming the content and form related to the partnership programme. These must be submitted to the British Council no later than 5 working days prior to their use.

3. Should any school wish to communicate their addvantage© membership by any method other than using the addvantage© logo or certificate, this must be agreed with the British Council in writing well in advance of any such communication. This request should be made in writing to the address given above.

Termination and amendments

The British Council reserves the right to introduce amendments to these regulations and to review the benefits from year to year. The addvantage© scheme may be terminated at any time with a 3 months’ notice.

* Road to Success is an online content that covers Cambridge First & Cambridge First for Schools, and also Cambridge Advanced. The site provides candidates registered with the British Council for one of the above exams with an online support toolkit. This is not a structured course and there are no set hours of work involved. Candidates can dip into the content, as and when they choose, to practice areas of the test they would like to focus on. The content covers Reading, Listening & Writing.

Users can submit 2 pieces of writing, which will be commented on by a team of feedback-providers and sent back to the user. The work is not marked and no indication of likely test performance is given; instead strengths & weaknesses are highlighted, with suggestions for improvement.

The Listening & Reading sections focus on strategy use. After a short practice exercise the users are guided through a series of questions that aim to help them to think about how they can perform better in the test, by understanding why their answers are incorrect, not only which answers are incorrect.