Mind 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 is it to compare this with the [...]
Past pupils are pleased to be paying it forward
School development professionals know that sneaking a peak at your past pupils’ bank balances isn’t enough to ensure they’ll make a donation to their old school. The key is to [...]
Strategic partnership: it’s a win-win situation
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 [...]
Standing up to state school competition
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 [...]
MTM in the news: In Focus: Beware the rising challenge of the state sector
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 [...]
MTM in the news: Looking ahead
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… [...]
MTM IN THE NEWS: Marketing on a mini budget
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 [...]
MTM IN THE NEWS: In Focus: How setting up a nursery can benefit your independent school
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 partners with Virtual School Experience to personalise pre-admissions
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 [...]
MTM partners with Independent School Management Plus to share independent education sector insights
Understanding the challenges and opportunities for the UK independent education sector is going to be crucial moving forward, so we at MTM are very pleased to have been named as [...]
MTM IN THE NEWS: The virtual student: A new proposition for admissions teams
In more than 35 years of conducting market research for education organisations around the world, rarely have we at MTM Consulting seen such a demonstrable demand for a specific education [...]
The big picture: MTM Admissions Dashboard and RSAdmissions
Integrating MTM Admissions Dashboard with your school's management information system couldn't be easier and while all MIS are supported, MTM has teamed up with RSAdmissions to offer a straightforward and [...]