Starting An Independent School Business: All The Ins & Outs Explained

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A school can be a fantastic business opportunity, especially if you approach the set up correctly. If you are based in an area where there’s a lack of high-quality educational institutions, starting a school could be a great opportunity that it’s worth taking advantage of, even if you lack any educational sector experience. 

Of course, there’s a lot to launching a school – even a smaller one – but with the right plan and a mindful approach, it is possible to see success.

To help guide you through the process, below are some tips, suggestions and ideas that it’s worth having a read of, taking note of, and putting into practice to give your new business the very best chance of success. 

Get your funding organized

First things first, make sure that you have all of the adequate funding in place that you will need to support your business in the first year, from set up to the completion of the first year. You need to think about your short-term funding, as well as how you will sustain your school’s costs in the longer term. 

There is funding available from the government and other key organizations, but often this funding is limited. If you’re planning on running your venture as a fee paying institutions, then you can build an income (and manage your school’s expenses) through the payment of student fees. 

Find the ideal location 

If your school is going to be successful, you need to find the right location that has plenty of space for all the furniture for schools that is needed to run a well functioning educational facility. 

If you are planning on running a day school, then it needs to be situated somewhere easily accessible where there are lots of families of the correct demographic, such as families that can afford to pay the fees that you’re planning on putting in place, for instance. 

However, if you’re planning on running as a boarding school, the premises can be situated anywhere, as students will only need to be dropped off and picked up at the start and end of school terms. 

Market your new venture 

Just like any business venture, along with having a USP (unique selling point), you also need to have a clear marketing strategy in place. If you want to fill all of the places in your school and actually make your venture profitable, you need to know how to market it. 

While you can handle your marketing practices yourself, unless you’re a bonafide marketing pro, it’s probably best to leave your marketing tasks to someone with more experience. That’s where outsourcing can come in handy, and make the process of managing your marketing far easier and less stressful. Especially, if you opt to work with an educational marketing specialist who has a clear insight into the key areas of the education sector. 

There you have it, everything you need to know about starting a school business and how you can give yourself the best chances of success.