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The 2012 Education Sector Report

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:34:19 +0000

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.

The report is essential reading for Heads, Chief Executives and Governors who need to have an objective review of the sector to inform their strategy and for the increasing number of individuals and organisations who are seeking to enter the market or build on their existing portfolio.

The report is based on qualitative and quantitative surveys and opinion from our panels of experts. It forecasts the prospects for the sector for the next 10 years and presents some visionary scenarios for 2030.

Areas covered include:

Sector overview

Pupil trends
Income and expenditure
Structural trends
Impact of Government legislation
Analysis by segment
Trends in demand for the next ten years
Analysis of who buys by family type and income
Demand by age
Identification of the services that are subject to most significant change
Coverage of the fast-growing Academies sector (including free schools), school numbers, pupil numbers and current trends.

Forecasts on future demand

The impact of recession
Government policy
Public sector unrest
Falling affordability
Impact of independent state-funded Academies, demography & social trends
Forecasts to 2020 and scenarios to 2030
Updates on chains and their impact on the sector and school groups to watch.

To order your report, either download the order form, email Barbara Bardick, or telephone 0843 308 7548.

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All fees are fully inclusive of postage costs where applicable. Hard copies of reports are dispatched by Royal Mail first class post within one week of receiving payment. Copying, forwarding or promotional use of licensed work is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action.

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

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:54:25 +0000

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.

Open publication

Alternatively, download the full report here.

Date for your diary – the 2012 Practical Strategies Conference will be held on 18 September, once again at the Institute of Directors, London, W1.

Headlines from mtm’s Practical Strategies Annual Conference,

admin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:49:00 +0000

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?

The story of the then Church Schools Company’s metamorphosis into the United Church Schools’ Trust and its sister United Learning Trust has not been told fully in public before. But the man who is more than anyone responsible for the transformation, Sir Ewan Harper, outlined the vision and the strategy which underpinned it in the keynote address at the annual strategy conference hosted in London by mtmconsulting and Veale Wasbrough Vizards.

What emerged was a compelling blend of hard-headed business planning and a mission informed by firm Christian principle, which should inspire any school leader trying to square the circle of public benefit and a viable business model.

The Church Schools Company was turned round by an unsentimental approach to viable mergers, creating strong new schools in areas where the market was robust, but the existing schools either wrongly configured or unable to expand. The involvement in the Academy programme came later and sprang from an initial chance encounter and the need to answer the question, which Sir Ewan urged all the delegates to address: “If our founders were alive today, what would they do?”

Sir Ewan’s was just one of a series of informative sessions which kept nearly 150 delegates from schools of all kinds in rapt attention throughout the “Practical Strategies for the Changing Education Market” conference at the Institute of Directors. A panel comprising Christopher Ray, High Master of Manchester Grammar School, Frances King, Headmistress of Roedean, Adrian Richardson, Principal of the Cothill Educational Trust, and Richard Fenwick, Headmaster of Hazlegrove, debated differing approaches to the increasingly important issue of changing a school’s age range.

And Gavin Humphries, mtmconsulting’s head of research, unveiled the third edition of The mtmconsulting Independent Sector Report, with its combination of comprehensive analysis of sector trends and future forecasts. Add to that a range of practical seminar sessions of legal, marketing and strategic issues – including a vibrant and challenging workshop on digital and social media marketing for schools – and you will know that it’s well worth looking out for the conference report, which will soon be sent to schools.

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

admin — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:49:23 +0000

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).

Since 2007 rolls have been on the rise thanks to growing numbers of boarders from overseas and whose parents serve in HM Forces. In fact, since 2007 the number from these sources has grown by an estimated 8,000 and this has more than made up for the estimated loss of 6,000 boarders who live in the UK. In 2011 compared to a year earlier we estimate that there were 500 more boarders from HM Forces families and there was a rise of 1,400 non-British boarders whose parents live overseas. But the biggest rise was the estimated 1,800 increase in the number of British boarders whose parents live overseas.

These trends mean that pupils whose parents live in the UK now account for 38% of boarders, down from 51% in 2001. Non-British pupils whose parents live overseas have risen from a 29% share a decade ago to 36% in 2011.

mtmconsulting’s latest report “The UK Education Sector; Forecasts, Challenges & Opportunities 2012-2020” due to be released in September, delivers essential information outlining the strategic development of UK boarders market. Details include, sector forecast to 2020, opportunities of growth from the overseas market and what the potential impact may be following changes to HM Forces’ Continuity of Education Allowance.

Gavin Humphries, Head of Research at mtmconsulting will be presenting findings from the report at the “Practical Strategies for the New Education Market” one day conference on Tuesday 13th September, Institute of Directors, Pall Mall, London.

Pre order the report today by calling +44 (0)1502 722 787.

Coming soon: The 2012 Education Sector Report

admin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:39:52 +0000

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.

Areas covered include:

Sector overview

Pupil trends
Income and expenditure
Structural trends
Impact of Government legislation
Analysis by segment
Trends in demand for the next ten years
Analysis of who buys by family type and income
Demand by age
Identification of the services that are subject to most significant change
Coverage of the fast-growing Academies sector (including free schools), school numbers, pupil numbers and current trends.

Forecasts on future demand

The impact of recession
Government policy
Public sector unrest
Falling affordability
Impact of independent state-funded Academies, demography & social trends
Forecasts to 2020 and scenarios to 2030
Updates on chains and their impact on the sector and school groups to watch.

To view more details on the report, and to take advantage of our early booking discount, please click here: Education Sector Report 2012.

mtm School Matters: Latest Edition out now

admin — Tue, 03 May 2011 09:10:20 +0000

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

The School Matters newsletter covers sector-wide trends, independent schools marketing and education business strategy and our own research for schools, as well as carrying details of mtmconsulting’s events, news and special offers.

Previous editions of the newsletter are available to download below.

mtm School Matters Issue 1 – April ’09 [pdf, 418kb]

mtm School Matters Issue 2 – Sept ’09 [pdf, 1,573kb]

mtm School Matters Issue 3 – Jan ’10 [pdf, 818kb]

mtm School Matters Issue 04 – April ’10 [pdf, 1,514kb]

mtm School Matters Issue 05 - September ’10 [pdf, 3mb]

mtm School Matters Issue 06 – January ’11 [pdf, 2,380kb]

mtm School Matters Issue 07 - April ’11 [pdf, 588kb]

If you would like to be added to our mailing list for the newsletter please contact mtmconsulting.

mtm contributes to new book on schools public relations

admin — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:51:51 +0000

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.

mtm has contributed an essay to this guide to independent school marketing and PR

The book, edited by mtm associate Dr Nigel Richardson with Tory Gillingham and Nick Pettingale, focuses on the specific requirements of marketing in independent schools in the UK.

The publication came about as a collaborative effort between the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC), the Association of Marketing Directors in Independent Schools (AMDIS), and the Institute of Development Professionals in Education (IDPE).

Dick Davison, who wrote an essay on Public Relations in schools, said “it’s great that these crucial associations are teaming up to help share their expertise and set best practice standards. I was delighted to be invited to contribute and I hope that this is one of a growing number of such ventures”.

Public Relations, Marketing and Development is available to purchase from the John Catt website.

To discuss how mtm can help your school’s marketing, please contact mtm.

School Fees and How Parents Pay Them

admin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:51:05 +0000

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.

Following our 2007 School Fees Payment Survey, our new report School Fees and How Parents Pay Them (2010), based on responses from 2,500 fee-paying parents, show the spread of parental incomes across the sector and the scale of financial commitment that parents make to their children’s education.

Essential reading for independent school heads, bursars and marketing managers, the full report is free to download or view online.

Please fill in the form below to receive an email containing a link to read or download School Fees and How Parents Pay Them.

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Report purchases are non-refundable. We recommend you read the content pages or index first where available.
All fees are fully inclusive of postage costs where applicable. Hard copies of reports are dispatched by Royal Mail first class post within one week of receiving payment. Copying, forwarding or promotional use of licensed work is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action.

Proprietorial Schools Forum: September event

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:53:37 +0000

Slides available to download from 13th September 2010

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

The latest in mtm’s series of forums for proprietors of independent schools was a well-received and dynamic meeting. The presentations from the event are available to download.

Peter Blair - Succession Planning for Schools
Charles Robinson – Free Schools: Opportunity or Threat
Dick Davison – School fees and how Parents Pay Them

For more details about the event, and to book a place at future forums, please contact mtm.

mtmconsulting / Veale Wasbrough Vizards 2010 Annual Conference

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:56:44 +0000

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.

This annual event, staged at the beginning of the school year, is now firmly established as the independent school strategy conference for heads, bursars, governors and those responsible for success.

Presentations for download:

John Deakin, Angus Carter and David Hyner – Flexible Fees Solutions
Dick Davison, John Roberts CBE and Barry Martin - Keeping a School at the Top of its Game
Melanie Tucker - School Fees: How Parents Pay
Graham Able - Opportunities: Charitable or for-profit?
Peter McCaffrey – The Management of Change
Anders Hultin – The Swedish Model: Could it Work Here?
Barney Northover and Trevor O’Sullivan – Financial Poker – Twist or Bust?
Simon Bevan, Yvonne Spencer and Julian Ridley – Preparing for Inspection

Details of our next conference will be announced in due course. To make an enquiry about our events or services, please contact us.