Why social media alone isn’t enough
Social media (and Facebook in particular) is a fantastic way of showcasing your school. It allows you to reach your audience of prospective parents (and students for sixth forms or UTCs), to create a sense of community and as a game-changing way of telling your school’s unique story. But where’s it all going? So often […]
The falling birth rate in England and Wales – how it will affect schools
Stark fact No 1: The birth rate in England and Wales is now lower than it has been since records began. In 2019, some 640,370 babies were born here and in the Principality. Now, that might seem like a very large number of children brought into the world, but it is a 12.2 per cent […]
How we run a successful student recruitment campaign
Since 2012 the birth rate in England has fallen 10%. It doesn’t take much working out that this, eventually, will mean a decrease in student numbers in our primary schools. But this is by no means the only reason why more schools across the country are struggling to recruit students. There can be local reasons […]
