Thinking of setting up a free school? One of the requirements is to demonstrate an understanding of your proposed catchment and evidence that demand exists. With our deep knowledge of demographics and our great mapping capabilities, we can help you to measure and plot the potential market for a new school.

Our analysis will tell you…

• What kinds of walk- and drive-times you need to be considering to reach your threshold number of pupils
• The projected numbers of children in your required age bands over the next 5-10 years
• The social and ethnic make-up, as well as the educational and income levels, of your catchment
• How all of these figures vary from street-to-street
• How this data relates to the academic results of existing schools and the numbers of applications per place in order to pinpoint areas of particular demand
• How demographic trends in your area will affect your Local Authority – and therefore how you might be able to help it to solve some of the problems it might already be facing.

We can go further and help you to design and execute parent surveys in order to gauge local opinion and, ultimately, demand.

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