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The 2012 Education Sector Report

The third edition of mtmconsulting’s groundbreaking Sector Report is available to order now.

mtmconsulting’s UK Education Sector; Forecasts, Challenges & Opportunities 2012 – 2020 is the authoritative independent commentary for the charitable, for profit and state-funded independent education markets.

Produced by mtmconsulting biannually, this is an objective review of these fast-changing sectors. It includes statistics, trends, forecasts and scenarios, providing a valuable information source for decision makers or those wishing to enter the sectors.

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mtm/vwv Autumn Conference Report 2011 – Practical Strategies for a New Education Market

Following on from another successful conference at the IOD, we have produced a full report of the day. This year’s conference was entitled ‘Practical Strategies for a New Education Market’.

You can read a summary of Sir Ewan Harper’s remarkable account of how the United Learning Trust was transformed from a small and struggling independent school group into a thriving organisation, with more than double the pupil numbers, and went on to become the nation’s biggest sponsor of Academies.

Other topics covered include the opportunities and pitfalls of extending your school age range, a summary of the mtmconsulting UK Education Sector Report 2012 – 2020: Forecasts, Challenges and Opportunities and Tom Packer’s account of his white knuckle ride through the process of opening the West London Free School.

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Headlines from mtm’s Practical Strategies Annual Conference,

By Dick Davidson, Head of Strategic Services at mtm

It is one of the most remarkable transformations to take place in the independent sector in the last 20 years. How did a dwindling group of seven mainly girls’ independent schools, some of them near the brink of closure, turn itself into a flourishing powerhouse, with ten independent schools (and more than double the number of pupils) and, with 20 Academies, the largest single sponsor in the Government’s Academy programme?

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UK Sector Report 2012. Trend 3. Opportunities to Boost UK Boarding

mtmconsulting’s Gavin Humphries, Head of Research takes a look at the latest trends in boarding and how to boost your numbers.

The number of boarders in independent schools has fallen dramatically over the last 30 years, from 120,000 in 1981 to just under 72,000 in 2011. As a proportion of all independent school pupils this represents a fall from 22% to 12%. One of the causes of this long-term decline was the fact that robust boarding regimes (especially for boys) came to be regarded with both distaste and suspicion by many mothers. Negative media comment, particularly during the 1980s, did not help and this has continued, on and off, since (such as the references to ‘Boarding School Syndrome’ during the summer of 2011).

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Coming soon: The 2012 Education Sector Report

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The third edition of mtmconsulting’s groundbreaking Sector Report is due to be published this September.

mtmconsulting’s UK Education Sector; Forecasts, Challenges & Opportunities 2012 – 2020 is the authoritative independent commentary for the charitable, for profit and state-funded independent education markets. Pre-order today.

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mtm School Matters: Latest Edition out now

mtm produces and distributes its free termly newsletter to all independent school Heads, Bursars and marketing managers on our database.

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mtm contributes to new book on schools public relations

mtm’s Head of Strategy services for schools, Dick Davison, has contributed a chapter to the new publication from John Catt Educational ltd, titled Leading Schools in the 21st Century, Public Relations, Marketing and Development: Essays in leadership for changing times. Read more

School Fees and How Parents Pay Them

School Fees and How Parents Pay Them (free to download or read online)

The most important issue facing independent schools as business is affordability. With fees having risen by more than both price and earnings inflation for almost every one of the last 30 years, the question of how parents can afford to meet the increasing real cost of school fees becomes ever more pressing. Read more

Proprietorial Schools Forum: September event

Slides available to download from 13th September 2010

Slides from the September Proprietorial Schools Forum are now available to download here. Read more

mtmconsulting / Veale Wasbrough Vizards 2010 Annual Conference

Slides available to download from 14th September 2010

The fifth annual conference on strategic issues for independent schools - organised by the leading business and legal advice firms in independent education, mtmconsulting and Veale Wasbrough Vizards - was well received by delegates and speakers alike.

Slides are now available here to download.

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