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With Las Cumbres Observatory's network of 25 robotic telescopes, our question was not what educational programmes could we run but how many could we support. Global Sky Partners is a unique way of running an educational programme because offer time for free to external programmes through an independently reviewed, open proposal call. We support the organisers and they in turn support their users. It has a direct audience of ~20,000 individuals, taking part in diverse range of programmes, from citizen science and student led, publishable research, to student workshops and teacher training. A core part of the programme is encourage projects offer programmes to underserved communities. We are very pleased that in 2020, 30% of the audiences were in the developing world and continually sustain and improve on this. Global Sky Partners was selected for the HundrED 2021 Global Collection of 100 most innovative education programmes.