BlueSky has a long-standing relationship with OTSA as an official Partner. 

BlueSky Education is the multi award-winning comprehensive solution that supports school leaders and staff with appraisal, professional development, quality assurance, school evaluation and improvement. BlueSky helps schools and trusts to elevate outcomes by putting people at the centre of a professional dialogue.

The comprehensive, customisable BlueSky Education platform engages staff in agile appraisal and professional development processes that drive school improvement, while allowing school leaders to evaluate ongoing progress through intuitive, holistic reporting. BlueSky Education is used by thousands of schools across the UK to streamline these processes, saving approximately 20 hours of admin time per week!

Complemented by our affordable online learning library BlueSky Learning and our new 360° performance review feedback tool, Opal Review, BlueSky is the complete solution for your school or trust people strategy.

10% discount for OTSA members

As a partner benefit, BlueSky offers a 10% discount on BlueSky subscriptions for OTSA members in the first year, and your renewal subscription each year!

The most effective way to evaluate BlueSky is to arrange a free, no-obligation online demonstration, tailored to your desired practice and priorities.

Learn more and book a demo here

OTSA is delighted to be working in partnership with Education Mutual and has agreed a 5% discount for OTSA partner schools.

Education Mutual provides a new innovative way to manage staff absence. As the only member owned DFE recommended Staff absence protection provider we run solely for the benefit of members rather than shareholders. The board of EM are School Business Leaders and Head Teachers like yourselves who want the best for their budget, together with the flexibility of a commercial provider.

Education Mutual is a non-profit making organisation who re-invest any surplus funds back into the Education Sector. To date, over £500,000 has been returned to the sector further demonstrating our support for schools and ethical ethos.

Staff absence protection packages can be tailored to each schools' needs. Flexibility is key, with the aim of providing the most competitive, tailored cover for your budget. Schools design their protection level through very clear transparent choices. Member schools also benefit from a range of comprehensive health and wellbeing services. This includes counselling and physiotherapy sessions, 24/7 GP access and occupational health services to run in conjunction with our staff absence protection to support your schools’ staff and help reduce and prevent absences.

Protection before profit
Education Mutual are a DFE recommended staff absence protection provider

Please contact

Kelly Potton | 01623 287840 | Kelly@educationmutual.co.uk

Education Mutual

OTSA partner schools are eligible to receive a discount of 20% when purchasing books from the John Catt bookshop.

John Catt Educational are leading publishers of books and magazines for educators and school leaders. Their recent titles include bestsellers such as: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Teacher, by staff at the Michaela Community School in London; Leadership Matters, by Andy Buck; Managing Teacher Workload; High Challenge, Low Threat, by Mary Myatt; and What Every Teacher Needs to Know About Psychology, by David Didau and Nick Rose.

To take advantage of an exclusive discount of 20%, enter discount code 'CATT20' where prompted on the Shopping Cart page to receive the discount on all books and magazine subscriptions. 

John Catt Bookshop

Leadership Matters has one simple aim: to give all school leaders access to high quality leadership development that helps improve the outcomes for the pupils in their care.

By offering an unrivalled breadth of content and diagnostic tools, Leadership Matters is designed to allow both schools and individual leaders to access our resources in the way that works for them. Our unique approach allows leaders at all levels, from those aspiring to middle leadership right through to those in executive roles, to take our evidence-based content and personalised diagnostics and apply them to suit their context.

Leadership Matters was founded by Andy Buck, author of the best-selling book, ‘Leadership Matters’. Working alongside a cutting-edge team of web developers, our aim has been to create a suite of high quality videos and development tools, supported by articles and other content from our team of national and international Leadership Matters ambassadors.

Membership Summary

• Full use of 4 Diagnostic Tools designed to gain valuable insight into your teams performance and predispositions
• Delve into 40 key leadership learning topics through our books, videos, presentations and further insights
• 4 Complimentary virtual Leadership Matters CPD Days each year hosted by Andy Buck
• 50% off a number of School Leadership Books
• Unlimited user accounts so all of your teams can gain access. Most schools have over 20 learners signed on
• Leadership Matters is a community accessed by 10% of UK Schools with partner schools on every Continent

Subscriptions

OTSA partner schools can obtain a 20% discount on their annual subscription when they use the code OTSA+LM24

Leadership Matters