Tomorrow marks the last opportunity for heads, bursars and school marketing managers to book tickets to mtmconsulting’s half-day seminar “Charting a Safe Course to 2020″, which is held this Friday 13th November at Coutts Bank, 440 Strand, London WC2.
The seminar provides school business leaders and educational experts with the benefit of mtmconsulting’s expertise on education strategy, school and college business direction and independent schools marketing.
Taking mtmconsulting’s groundbreaking Independent Education Sector Report 2010 as its starting point, the seminar will identify the key education, financial and marketing considerations for schools to see them safely through the coming decade and its potential pitfalls – including the Conservatives mooted policy of Swedish style “free state” schools, falling affordabilityand increased public sector unrest.
The core speeches for the morning are shown below.
Sector Report 2010: The next ten years for independent school businesses – Dick Davison
Dick Davison, mtm’s Head of Research and School Business Strategy will explore the main findings and scenarios as identified in the 2010 Independent Education Sector Report.
Dick will show our projected changes in school pupil numbers as the impacts of recession, public sector spending cuts and independent state education are felt. He will also identify opportunities for overall growth in the independent sector.
Guarding the gold education standard or cutting coats to our cloth: Does it have to be a choice – Nigel Richardson
Nigel Richardson is the former Headmaster of the Perse School, Cambridge, and also a former chairman of the HMC.
Nigel will examine some of the strategic questions affecting independent schools’ academic, co-curricular and pastoral provision. Topics will include the impact of change on class size, subject range, option choices, applications of technology and the role of Director of Studies.
Managing school costs, the bottom line – Nigel Noble
Nigel will assess the practical cost management measures that independent schools will need to make to negotiate the impact of recession and falling affordability alongside the thorny issue of school fee increases. He will provide advice on where to cut and where to spend and identify new opportunities for achieving income.
Until his retirement in 1997 Nigel was Bursar at The Lady Eleanor Holles School. He is now AGBIS Training and Membership Secretary.
Practically full: School marketing & sales techniques – Melanie Tucker
mtmconsulting Principal Melanie Tucker will focus on the practical school marketing techniques use to ensure strong pupil rolls over the coming decade.
With a raft of independent school marketing and sales measures to ensure strong pupil attraction, conversion and retention rates, Melanie will show how you can optimise your school’s pupil roll numbers year after year.
The seminar fee is £155 (including lunch).
Click here to download a registration form or for more information contact us here.
