mtmconsulting has this week distributed our January 2011 School Matters newsletter to all school heads, bursars and marketing managers on our database. Read more
In the News
mtm is featured in Independent Education Today
An article by our Head of Schools Strategy, Dick Davison, has been featured in the January edition of Independent Education Today. Read more
“State school pupils ‘do better at university’”? Independents shouldn’t panic!
Blog by Dick Davison, Head of Strategy
The Sutton Trust has just published evidence covered in the Guardian which claims to show that students educated at comprehensive schools do better at university than students from independent schools with the same A Level grades. This news, though not the first research study claiming to show something similar, is likely to strike a chill into the heart of every head of an independent school with a sixth form… Read more
New mtm seminar dates announced!
mtmconsulting has announced two great value new seminars for heads, bursars, marketing directors and governors of independent schools for 2011, to take place at the Cavalry and Guards Club on Piccadilly, London. Read more
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
Blog post – university tuition fees and independent schools
Blog by Lindsey Kavanagh, Schools Marketing Consultant
There has been much in the press following Lord Browne’s recent review of university funding in England which recommended completely lifting the cap on tuition fees. What might the effects be on independent schools? Read more
mtm is featured in The Bursar’s Review
An article by our Head of Schools Research, Gavin Humphries, has been featured in the Autumn edition of the Independent School Bursars Association’s (ISBA) termly publication The Bursar’s Review.
The article, copied below, is titled ‘Using Research to Inform Your Marketing’, and looks at how schools can use research at every stage of the parental; decision-making process, from understanding the potential market, streamlining the visiting process and ensuring that parents are engaged and satisfied once they are in the school. Read more
mtm is featured in Funding for Independent Schools magazine
mtmconsulting’s latest research publication: School Fees and How Parents Pay Them has been featured in the October edition of the Funding for Independent Schools magazine. Read more
mtm’s conference for independent schools well received
On Tuesday mtmconsulting and Veale Wasbrough Vizards co-hosted their fifth annual conference for independent schools: Practical Strategies for a New Decade. Read more
mtm is featured in Financial Times
from Financial Times Independent Education Special Report, 11th September 2010
mtmconsulting has been featured in the Financial Times Independent Education Special Report this weekend. The supplement, which includes a league table of the paper’s top schools, features a range of articles on the impact of the economic downturn on independent schools, developments in technology in schools and colleges, political education policies and the public benefit debate. Read more