by Simon Moran | Jan 21, 2019 | English Schools
Training can be a huge headache for small schools. It is great if the teacher you have just recruited has several years’ classroom experience and a TEFL certificate of some kind, though be sure to check they are actually familiar with everything their course or...
by Simon Moran | Jan 14, 2019 | English Schools
Recruitment is defined by BusinessDictionary.com as: The process of finding and hiring the best-qualified candidate for a job opening; it includes analyzing the requirements of a job, attracting employees to that job, screening and selecting applicants, hiring, and...
by Simon Moran | Jan 7, 2019 | English Schools
Anybody who has heard me speak at a conference will have heard me say there are only three problems running English schools: students, parents and teachers. People, people, people. Leaving aside the students and parents for now, we are left with the teachers. We need...
by Simon Moran | Dec 17, 2018 | English Schools
Last week we mentioned income, salary, rent and pricing. The other stats to look at are: Capacity: How many bums on seats could the school actually get, and what percentage of that is filled? At Modern English we use the term ‘seat’ as a restaurant would use the term...
by Simon Moran | Dec 10, 2018 | English Schools
One way to get into your own school is to buy an existing one. Given the often-transient nature of school owners, schools come on the market quite frequently. Whether they are good or not, only close inspection will reveal. When you find a school for sale, you’ll need...
by Simon Moran | Dec 3, 2018 | English Schools
Numbers, numbers, numbers. So, tell me about the numbers. I ask this question all the time when looking at schools to buy, or help out with management. Sometimes people have very good answers and have kept all the figures since they started. More often, they only have...
