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At MTM Consulting, we pride ourselves on being your trusted partner in all areas of data-driven decision-making. We offer a range of cutting-edge data research services that will empower your organisation to thrive in today’s ever-changing educational landscape. ROLL TREND ANALYSIS 📊 Discover how your roll has evolved over time and gain valuable insights into your main competitors’ performance. Our Roll Analysis provides a comprehensive examination of your organisation’s fluctuations and a side-by-side comparison with key competitors. By assessing your market position and identifying recruitment trends, this research unveils whether you occupy the desired spot in your market. It’s an invaluable tool for staying ahead of the competition, providing the strategic edge needed to make informed decisions and steer your organisation towards continued growth and success. In these challenging times, do you know where you stand in your market? Contact Daniel Cohen Cohen, Director of Business Development for an initial chat or to find out more. #DirectDataInsights #FutureProofing #MarketResearch #MarketingStrategy #MTMConsulting

Sophy Aitken, Head of Marketing at Felsted School, contacted MTM looking for support in understanding her market. She was looking to launch some new marketing campaigns but wanted to understand her market better and focus her investment accordingly. Sophy and her team wanted to understand the following: ☑️ Where current families were travelling from ☑️ How that compares with previous years ☑️ Where they could find more families ☑️ Their lifestyles and values We conducted a postcode analysis to help Sophy to understand the regional marketplace better. This included an analysis of current, former and prospective parents. MTM were able to analyse data from the school’s different databases and overlay this with information gained from our own research into the independent sector. Felsted’s data was analysed according to the location of their competitor schools to understand how well they were penetrating their market. We were able to provide specific data, including finding “lookalike” families from which Felsted could target their campaigns, such as direct mail and outdoor advertising, and base their future strategy. If you would like to find out the facts about your local market, contact Dan Cohen, Director of Business Development, to find out how we can provide direct data insights to help you maximise your marketing strategy. #MarketAnalysis #FutureProofing #DirectDataInsights #MTMConsulting #TestimonialTuesday

Are you attending the HMC Conference? Visit the MTM Consulting stand, where we'll showcase our expert market research and data analysis services tailored specifically for independent schools. Our unique approach ensures that you not only receive in-depth analysis but also practical, face-to-face recommendations on your next steps. Discover how MTM can help you understand your market, optimise your admissions process, and strategically plan your future. Let's connect and discuss how we can support your school's growth and success. 📈 See you at the conference! #HMCConference #MTMConsulting #MarketResearch #independentschools #DataInsights #EducationStrategy

At MTM Consulting, we pride ourselves on being your trusted partner in all areas of data-driven decision-making. We offer a range of cutting-edge data research services that will empower your organisation to thrive in today’s ever-changing educational landscape. BUS ROUTE PLANNING 🚌 Are you making the most of your existing buses and considering new routes? Discover the untapped potential of school transport with MTM’s Bus Route Analysis. Our comprehensive analysis evaluates how efficiently school transport is being used. This enables you to identify opportunities to maximise the utilisation of your buses, ensuring cost effectiveness and reduced environmental impact. Additionally, we assess whether school transport is effectively contributing to your marketing efforts, providing valuable insights into how transportation influences your organisation’s image and marketing strategies. In these challenging times, are you maximising your opportunities? Contact Daniel Cohen, Director of Business Development for an initial chat or to find out more. #DirectDataInsights #FutureProofing #MarketResearch #MarketingStrategy #BusRoutes #MTMConsulting

Situated between the Lake District National Park and the Yorkshire Dales, Sedbergh School is a co-educational boarding school. Established in 1525, it is one of the few remaining full boarding schools in the UK with 97% of pupils boarding seven days a week. The school approached MTM Consulting to assist the Senior Leadership Team in planning and understanding how they would be able to mitigate against the impact of VAT being added to school fees. 💷 We proposed using our unique Fee Elasticity Demand research tool to understand the implications of fee changes on the school’s enrolment. 📊 This analysis included the socio-economic profiles of current families and potential families living within a realistic catchment area, allowing the school to visualise the size of its addressable market across all key entry points and providing a detailed analysis of how fee increases could affect market size, parental roll and ideas of how fees could be increased at different levels across different entry points. 👩👩👦👦 👩👧 👨👩👧 Using the markets of over 1,000 schools in the UK, we implemented a non-random coefficients logit estimation of the fee elasticity of demand. This allowed us to predict the best-case and worst-case scenarios of differing fee increases, in terms of pupil contractions. This provided the school with a complete demand and supply analysis, and full visibility over the markets to which it caters. Our investigation successfully provided the leadership team at Sedbergh School with comprehensive insight into the ramifications of fee adjustments across the year groups. Much like our experiences with numerous other schools, we identified variations among distinct entry points. This nuanced understanding enabled the school to adopt a more strategic approach to fee increases, opting for a tailored adjustment strategy rather than a uniform rise across all entry points. In these challenging times, being able to implement a more adaptive fee strategy could be a crucial step in future proofing your organisation. For an initial chat or to find out more about MTM’s unique Fee Elasticity Demand research tool, contact Dan Cohen, Director of Business Development. #FeeElasticity #FutureProof #RevenueManagement #FinancialStability #MarketingStrategy #MTMConsulting

It was a pleasure to catch up with so many familiar faces and to meet new people too. 😃 We hope you enjoyed the conference and we look forward to getting in touch. If you'd like to have a conversation about how MTM can help future proof your school, please contact: Daniel Cohen, Director of Business Development or Duncan Murphy, Director of Education. #FutureProof #DirectDataInsights #MarketResearch #BusinessStrategy #Mergers&Acquistions #Governance #MTMConsulting

It was great to see so many schools on our VAT webinar this afternoon, although perhaps not surprising given the impending January 2025 deadline. A huge thank you to Mark Ellis from PKF Littlejohn for his contribution to the session, and to Duncan Murphy and Daniel Cohen. All of the upcoming MTM Consulting webinars can be viewed on our events page: https://lnkd.in/eYnPmTjc and Natalie Braier's article on what schools should be doing now to prepare for VAT on school fees can be found under News.

“40% of surveyed schools are actively considering a potential merger or acquisition.” Confidence Index 2023 At MTM, we are committed to delivering exceptional results for senior leaders and trustees in the independent sector. Following a period of record growth, we proudly offer bespoke services to support the effective planning, communication and execution of your strategic development plans. We have successfully guided stakeholders across the UK and beyond through various strategic diversification projects. Our proven track record in providing research, feasibility studies and strategic project management ensures that the long-term viability of schools, especially during these challenging economic times. Duncan Murphy, Director of Education, and Strategic Consultants, Jason Whiskerd and Helen Hutton-Attenborough bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to augment our renowned MTM data. Highly respected by his peers, Duncan has worked with a broad range of schools and helped them consider the relevance of their current business model as well as their potential options for the future. Typically, our strategic consultancy involves significant preliminary work to glean a coherent understanding of each client’s context as well as their aspirations. Popular trends due to the volatile climate in the sector include Merger & Acquisition mediation, expansion of a school’s age range and professional governance. If you are ready to explore how to elevate your school’s strategic development and ensure its long-term success, then don’t miss out on the opportunity to benefit from our proven track record and expertise in the education sector. Whether you are looking to expand, transition, enhance admissions strategies or explore international development, MTM has the comprehensive solutions you need. Contact Duncan Murphy, Director of Education, for an exploratory, confidential chat or to find out more about using MTM data to inform strategic development planning. #StrategicPlanning #Mergers&Acquisitions #Governance #BespokeAdvice #DataDrivenInsights #MTMConsulting

The MTM Consulting newsletter is out! It's our first edition since the VAT announcement so unsurprisingly this topic features heavily, including an informative article by Natalie Braier from PKF Littlejohn, which includes her top tips on getting your school ready. https://lnkd.in/eXSWxrA4 If you would like to learn more about how your school can prepare, why not join our webinar on this very topic tomorrow? You can sign up for it on our Events page - over 75 schools have registered so don't miss out! #independentschools #bursars #heads #VATonschoolfees

And they are ready to go…. If you are at the IAPS conference over the next couple of days then do head to the exhibition hall where Duncan Murphy Jason Whiskerd and Helen Hutton-Attenborough are waiting to talk to you about the challenges and opportunities facing the sector. Just in case that isn’t enough for you, there’s also the chance to win a Harvey Nichols Afternoon Tea Hamper! #IAPS24