“The survey was a really good exercise for the school’s development, providing a working document to aid the new Head in September. mtm were very professional, approachable and helpful, and certainly did go the extra mile.” – Hornsby House School

“mtmconsulting provide an outstanding research service, carried out in a very professional manner which allows organisations to plan with the confidence of knowledge behind their decision making.” – Akeley Wood School

“I would recommend mtm to anyone. They demonstrated real creativity, and delivered a completely bespoke online prospectus and comtemporary website.”- Terra Nova School

“Overall, it was brilliant – the SMT were extremely pleased and the Governors were impressed. The data that we have is excellent and I would recommend you to anybody. We have already passed your name on to another school. From the word go, you were very professional about the way you went about things. Your report will influence the whole way we go about things. We are looking to focus our current marketing. We could have gone down completely the wrong route but we have the information that we need now. For example, we have wondered why we got little response to advertising in some areas and now we know why!” - Grace Dieu Manor Preparatory School

“mtm’s report School Fees and How Parents Pay Them is a really useful overall piece of research and the charts which allow us to compare our responses to the overall set are excellent. We are very pleased to have been involved in this project.” – The Abbey School

“Working with mtm is a very positive experience, their work is excellent and their knowledge of the independent schools sector eclipses any of their competitors.” - Princethorpe College

“We were very pleased with the approach taken by mtm and their use of sector specific knowledge combined with a good understanding of the school at our recent staff INSET training event. The group work and interactive element worked well and brought together teaching and non-teaching colleagues for an engaging and effective session.” – Stockport Grammar School

“Throughout the redesign of our website mtm were responsive, professional, and great to work with. We are thrilled with the look of our new website and have had great comments from parents.” – Aldwickbury School

“Our last open day was a huge success and the pop-up stands look fabulous with the new artwork. At our governors’ marketing meeting everyone said what a wonderful job you had done in revitalising us all. A big thank you, we couldn’t have done it without you!” – OLA, Abingdon

“Thank you for all your help and advice on the production of our new prospectus. The finished article is wonderful, reflecting so much hard work by everyone here, and at mtmconsulting. We have started to put them into the public domain and all reports have been most encouraging – so thank you and well done!” – The Hall, London

“The Mandarin research that mtmconsulting has undertaken for us has been excellent: delivered on time and with attention to detail and our specific needs. All relevant staff here are finding it very useful and we would recommend it to any other schools looking to analyse their catchment area.” – Bristol Grammar School

“Thank you so much on behalf of all the schools for the fab prospectus; it has now arrived in all its glory. Everybody here loves it, and our Head thought it looked fantastic too.  Well done for being so patient and never flinching once!” – Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools

“We found mtmconsulting extremely helpful and professional throughout the market research exercise. They clearly had a great detail of experience and worked effectively and diplomatically with our current and prospective parents as well as with our feeder schools. The end result was a very thorough and detailed analysis which confirmed many of the hunches we had but also revealed information we were not aware of. The process has enabled us to move forward with our marketing plan with confidence and has given us some quantitative data against which we can measure our progress in the future.” – Sevenoaks School

“mtm had a good understanding of our brief and interpretation of our strategic issues. They worked well to our budget and tight timescales. We would happily work with mtmconsulting again and would recommend them to other schools for similar commissions.” – Royal Hospital School

“Thank you very much for providing your survey ‘School Fees and How Parents Pay Them’ in such a readily-digestible form – it makes very interesting reading indeed! The way the survey was handled, both from the schools’ and the parents’ point of view, was very good indeed and I am delighted that we were able to take part and to benefit from the analysis you’ve kindly provided.” – Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School

“Rydal Penrhos has engaged mtmconsulting on three seperate occassions and it is a measure of the School’s satisfaction with the quality of their work that they have been continually re-engaged. mtm is an organisation which understands schools as organisations and has in-house expertise across all major areas of school management and promotion. It is a highly professional organisation which delivers on time and on budget and gives exceptional value for money.” – Rydal Penrhos

“mtmconsulting listened carefully to what we wished to achieve through our new prospectus. We were delighted with the whole production process and are confident that the end product really reflects the schools’ ethos. It is a high quality promotional product.” – Croydon High School (GDST)

“The Governor’s study day session you ran offered a very useful and wide-ranging viewpoint, which helped us focus on our market position.” – Giggleswick School

“I just wanted to write to say how much I enjoyed the fourth mtmconsulting / Veale Wasbrough Annual Conference. The speakers were great and gave us plenty to think about and the content spot on for the times ahead.” – Clayesmore School

“We are very pleased with the quality of the report provided by mtmconsulting. It highlighted a number of issues that we knew about, and also several that we did not. We look forward to using this information as a tool in the future marketing of the school.” – St Leonards School, Fife

“Working with mtmconsulting has proved very useful as our business looks to articulate what has made it successful to date and where we need to go to create the kind of growth that excites everyone. The results of the work undertaken by mtmconsulting for Fieldwork will aid this growth and provide a continued reference point as we plan our business into the future.” – Fieldwork Education / International Primary Curriculum

“(The mtmconsulting / Veale Wasbrough annual conference 2009) was an excellent event and was probably the most relevant and well constructed session that I have attended as a Bursar.” – Dauntsey’s School

“I have much appreciated having mtmconsulting’s expertise to hand in raising The Portsmouth Grammar School’s national profile in recent years. mtmconsulting has consistently offered the school support and encouragement, and it has also been good fun working with them!” – The Portsmouth Grammar School

“We have worked with mtmconsulting on a number of research projects and have always found them to be extremely professional and knowledgeable of the sector, listening carefully to our objectives, offering advice on how best to achieve them and delivering detailed analysis which has been highly useful to us in developing our marketing plan.” – St Helen’s, Northwood

“The school was keen to seek a professional view both of its marketing potential and also of its position and performance in the local market. We invited several marketing consultants to tender for this work and eventually chose mtmconsulting not only because of their evident and deep knowledge of independent schools but also because of the detail of their analysis. We have not been disappointed and the excellent report produced by mtmconsulting has allowed us to develop our marketing strategy with confidence.” - Hazelwood School, Surrey

“I was very impressed by mtmconsulting’s ability to tailor its provision according to the school’s needs. We had already done much of the work ourselves, but mtmconsulting was happy to fill the gaps and give us all the information we wanted about potential clientele and opportunities for development”. – King’s School, Ely

“mtmconsulting demonstrated a very clear understanding of our requirements. Their consultant then created an excellent survey which was delivered on time and on budget. We have been able to use the results in a variety of ways, not least of which is helping us focus our pupil recruitment resources on the activities that are most effective for us. We are pleased to recommend mtmconsulting for any type of research.” - Ampleforth College

“Your report is honest and sees the situation as it is, thus giving Merchiston many clues as to how to move forward. Indeed, I have already outlined the action points for the near future. I am extremely pleased that I took the opportunity to ask your company to undertake this extremely sophisticated piece of analysis on our present situation and future prospects.” – Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh

“mtmconsulting exceeded our expectations in terms of the relevance and breadth of information they provided, their efficiency and detailed presentation of results. Their report helped us to make a major decision, and it has proved to be the right decision. mtmconsulting proved to be a valuable strategic resource. We have already filled nearly all the places in our new nursery project.” – St Christopher School, Letchworth

“Very many thanks for the research you undertook and the presentation you gave us. The output and your conclusions are both thought provoking and challenging and exactly what we were after. I am sure we will have an opportunity to do business together again.” – St Peter’s School, Devon