Membership FAQs
23 answers on choosing a plan, joining and paying, your account, the ISTA Hub, hosting and Encore.
Four, each running for a year:
Ensemble and Company members get discounts on:
Company members also get discounts on all student festivals and IB student events, with early booking priority. Association members have pricing agreed with their association.
A bespoke membership for national and regional school associations, with customised pricing and benefits, tailored professional development, priority booking for association schools and a memorandum of understanding. Talk to us to shape one for your network.
Yes. A free ISTA account lets you book ISTA events at non-member rates, watch free Encore previews and buy Encore courses or the Educator Pass. Membership adds the Hub, monthly resources, member prices and much more.
Choose your plan on the membership page and join through STAGE, ISTA’s online platform. Pay by card, or ask for an invoice to pay by bank transfer. Either way, your membership starts straight away.
Yes. When you join, choose Pay by invoice and we’ll email you an invoice to settle by bank transfer within 30 days. Your membership starts straight away, so you don’t have to wait for the payment to go through. For anything your finance team needs, email membership@istaglobal.org.
All ISTA membership and Encore prices are in pounds sterling (GBP).
Yes, at any time, and your new benefits start straight away. You pay only the difference for the rest of your membership year, and your renewal date stays the same.
Your membership runs for 12 months. We’ll remind you before it’s due, and you can renew, change your plan or cancel from your profile in STAGE. A downgrade or cancellation takes effect at the end of the year you’ve paid for; we don’t give refunds for part of a year.
STAGE is ISTA’s online platform: one login for your membership, the Hub, Encore courses and booking ISTA events. Log in to STAGE
Company membership covers every educator at your school. Ask your school’s account admin, usually the person who set up the membership, to add you. They can add and remove colleagues, manage the membership and hand the admin role to someone else. Not sure who that is? Email membership@istaglobal.org.
Log in to STAGE with the email address your membership is registered to, and use “Forgot password” if you need to. If your school holds the membership, your account admin may need to add you first. Still stuck? Email membership@istaglobal.org and we’ll sort it out.
A staffroom for arts educators around the world, included with every membership. In the Hub you can:
The Hub lives inside STAGE. Log in with your ISTA account and open the Hub from the menu.
Hosting keeps ISTA vibrant and connected, and we’re grateful to every school that opens its doors.
Yes. Encore’s All-Access Passes unlock the whole on-demand library for a year, including new releases, and sit on your membership so you renew both together on one invoice.
You don’t need to be a member to use Encore: anyone can buy single courses or the Educator Pass at £300 a year. Compare the passes
All-Access Passes can be bought at any time of year, and access begins straight away, whether you pay by card or by invoice.
Buying a pass or adding seats never changes your membership renewal date.
Any unused value from your pass is credited towards your new subscription, and your pass moves to your membership renewal date. From then on your membership tier sets your Encore price: £250 a year with Ensemble or Company.
Extra educator and student seats can be added at any time, prorated to your existing renewal date. Reductions take effect at your next renewal, with no mid-term refunds.
No. Individual courses are bought separately with a one-off payment and stay yours for as long as the course is available on Encore, whatever happens to a pass or membership. ISTA may retire courses from the platform, giving notice where it can.
