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 [...]
7 steps to attracting late admissions
Late admissions are a real bonus for any independent school. They can be an attractive source of additional revenue, and from both an academic and financial perspective, they open up [...]
State of the Sector
Scotland enjoys a small but very dynamic independent sector with schools that suit every family’s educational requirements: from single to mixed sex, faith schools and non-denominational schools not to [...]
How Are Your Numbers?
A regular opening line in conversations between Heads of small and medium sized prep schools up and down the country is often “How’re your numbers?” Whether that speaks volumes [...]
The Impact of Brexit on International Schools
Brexit: the biggest challenges for international schools throughout Europe Having recently spent time in Asia and the Middle East visiting schools and talking with school owners, parents and Principals, Brexit [...]
Recruiting and retaining staff
How recruitment is managed varies from school to school and very much depends on internal policy and process. Many schools favour the traditional interview process of receiving applications, a face [...]