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Quality Assurance, Driven by Data: 10 Steps To Open A School Series
Quality Data is Just One Part of the Picture It is important to evaluate a school's performance on an ongoing basis, but we need to do it authentically. With strategic and authentic support, organisations transform and improve when coached, mentored and led, focussed...
Education Management: 10 Steps To Open A School Series
There are many studies that can be used to find out what makes a school effective. Of course there are debates but most of these end with education management and quality being number one. Excellent management finds great teachers, but also keeps them longer than the...
Designing a School: 10 Steps To Open A School Series
When designing a school it is vital that someone with education experience is involved in the conversations with the architects that are tasked with designing the school as there are many aspects that need an educational eye to make the school efficient and contain...
International School Accreditation: 10 Steps to Open a School Series
Schools often aim to achieve International School Accreditation through an independent body as it represents a form of of quality assurance. In the eyes of other schools, universities and parents it is a way to determine high quality standards. There are many...
International Curriculum Options – 10 Steps To Open A School Series
International Curriculum Options We often get asked "What is the best international curriculum?" Our standard reply is that it depends on the local context and the needs the school is aiming to satisfy. In truth all curricula are good. It is the people that drive it...
Branding License Agreement, Franchise or a New Brand: 10 Steps To Open A School Series
These are really the 3 mainstream options that you need to choose from. Do you start completely fresh and build your own brand? Do you purchase a branding license and still hold a relatively large amount of control? Finally, do you take the option of a franchise...
Marketing Plan: 10 Steps To Open A School Series
One of the most important parts of opening a school is getting the Marketing Plan right. In the set up phase a large proportion of the budget goes towards this plan as you begin to enter the market and entice children and parents to the idea and voice of your...
Teacher Recruitment & Managing HR: 10 Steps To Open A School Series
In good international schools teachers salaries take up a large proportion of the outgoing spend of the school so recruitment of the right teachers is imperative in order to manage costs and to get value for money. The average tenure of a teacher in an international...
Market Research & Feasibility Study: 10 Steps To Open A School Series
A Market Research & Feasibility Study is one of the first and most essential steps when it comes to setting up a new school. Making assumptions can be expensive and decisions could be made that don’t match the research. They can be made on a hunch or a wild dream...
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