Building relationships with the school community must be the foundation of any schools’ development programme if it is to be successful, writes Louise Bennett, Chief Executive Officer of the Institute [...]
Vertical growth is a familiar strategy in the commercial world, and this approach to expansion can bring real benefits for independent schools, writes MTM’s Head of Business Development Daniel Cohen. [...]
The Confidence Index An annual online survey designed to provide an on-going barometer of the leadership, marketing and finance elements of the UK independent schools sector is being carried out [...]
What is the education cash gap? The latest Institute for Fiscal Studies report into education funding in England highlights the significant drop in state-school per-pupil spend. But how helpful [...]
Past pupils show their gratitude through donations School development professionals know that sneaking a peak at your past pupils’ bank balances isn’t enough to ensure they’ll make a donation [...]
Independent schools are increasingly making use of strategic partnerships to boost their brands, but also to exchange expertise, use of facilities or some other commodity, to the mutual benefit of [...]
The latest data from the Department for Education shows that the proportion of England’s children attending independent schools continues to fall. With greater investment making many state schools an increasingly [...]
The DFE's school census offers vital intelligence for independent schools looking to hold their position in the market, writes James Leggett... Those responsible for crunching the admissions numbers in English independent [...]
All businesses need to be able to forecast for future performance and independent schools are no exception. Strategy and finances should be intertwined, Daniel Cohen reports for Independent Insights magazine… [...]
You don’t always need a big marketing budget to make your school stand out, write James Leggett and Nicky Adams from MTM Consulting for Independent Education Today... Having worked with [...]
If the conditions are right, opening a nursery can provide a good return on its investment - but schools must do their research first, writes James Leggett for Independent School [...]
MTM recommends independent schools do all they can to personalise prospective families’ journeys through the admissions process and to host informative virtual and hybrid school events. To support this, we [...]
