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Parents' Association (SSPA)

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The Shrewsbury School Parents' Association (SSPA) plays a key role in school life for all parents, both boarding and day.

 

Our purpose is to offer social connection to parents - past, present and prospective - through informal get-togethers and ticketed events throughout the year. These enable parents to mix in a relaxed environment, strengthening relationships and enriching the overall Shrewsbury School experience.  Events are generally at ends of terms when parents travelling from afar might already be in the area.

A visual calendar of our informal meetings is shown below; approximate dates of ticketed events are also shown, and more details of these will be provided in School and House newsletters nearer to the date. 

Getting involved with the SSPA

Getting involved with the SSPA

These are a few ways in which you can get involved in supporting the Parents' Association and in so doing make new friends and contacts:

  1. Become a Committee Member – We meet as a Committee about 6 times a year and sub-groups from the Committee lead each event. In addition the Committee try and attend as many events as possible.
  2. Become an Event Partner – We always need willing hands and supportive people to make our events a success.  Many people would like to support from time to time but cannot give time to join the Committee.  As an Event Partner you can commit event by event and your support is very welcome.
  3. Become a House Host – The House Host acts as the SSPA's main point of contact within each house and his/her principal function is to ensure that SSPA events are promoted to parents of their house and that new parents in particular have a point of contact/friendly face at events.
  4. Sponsorship – there are various levels available from sponsoring a part event – through to being a ‘principal sponsor’ – a super opportunity to promote to a wide audience. Please see the SSPA Sponsorship Framework for more details.
  5. Careers support – Working with the Careers Department, we are seeking experienced people to inspire our students and support them in their lives beyond Shrewsbury School.  If you would be willing to speak to students about your work or help them with interview techniques we would love to hear from you.

If any of the above are of interest, please contact the SSPA Coordinator at [email protected].


Forthcoming SSPA Events

We try to run four or five events a year at the School and generally hold these on dates where parents travelling from afar might already be in the vicinity - i.e. at end of terms/next to coach weekends.

SSPA Meetings

SSPA Meetings

Below are the dates for forthcoming SSPA meetings, all commencing at 6:15pm in Quod.

  • Tuesday 16th September 2025
  • Tuesday 4th November 2025
  • Tuesday 9th Devember 2025

SSPA Events

To have a look at some of the previous SSPA events, please view the image gallery below:

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