Member subscription rates

The membership year runs from 1 September to 31 August. You can choose to pay the full amount upfront or spread the cost over 10 monthly instalments, with no payments due in July or August.

If you join partway through the year, your membership fee will be prorated, meaning you'll only pay for the remaining months.

Membership typeContracted hoursAnnual subscription (excluding local subs)*
Standard membershipAbove 0.6£227.66
Standard membership0.3 - 0.6£113.83
Standard membershipBelow 0.3£56.92
LeadershipAbove 0.6£261.24
Leadership0.3 - 0.6£130.62
LeadershipBelow 0.3£65.31
Support staff21 hours or more per week£117.94
Support staff10.5 hours or more but less than 21 hours a week£58.97
Support staffLess than 10.5 hour per week£29.49

 

Upgrading your membership

For student or trainee members, it only takes a minute to upgrade your membership, as your free student offer ends once you complete your course. Cost is just £1 for ECTs in the first year after qualifying.

Upgrade now

*Local subscriptions and Musicians' Union joint membership

In addition to the national standard subscription rates, local districts of the NEU set and collect a local subscription from members. 

Your local subscription will be between 5% and 20% of your national subscription rate.

How local subscriptions are spent will be decided at meetings of your local district and actioned by the elected officers of that group. 

If you are a new member or rejoining after a 36-month absence, the local subscription fee will not be collected until the following September.

As an NEU member, you elect your local district officers, and you are encouraged to attend the meetings of your local district, where decisions such as the setting and spending of your local subscription are made.

The National Education Union and the Musicians’ Union have formed a partnership to enhance the promotion of music education in schools.

The two unions are committed to joint working to support music education. The partnership includes joint membership deals for NEU/MU members, bespoke continual professional development work and joint projects with the Music for Youth festival series.

Through this partnership, members of each union can join the other at a reduced rate. Read more

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