by Simon Moran | Feb 25, 2019 | English Schools
To introduce the new media section of the blog, we are including a video of a presentation I gave to the JALT SO SIG in January 2018. It is about budgets, using your time well and profitability. Will be uploading more videos and podcasts soon. If there is anything you...
by Simon Moran | Feb 18, 2019 | English Schools
The first budget article really seems to have struck a chord. Either because people like the Beatles, or they realise they are working too many hours and not spending enough time with the people they love. It’s easily done. I can’t stress this enough – get an...
by Simon Moran | Feb 11, 2019 | English Schools
To run a school as a business is to make a profit. This only makes sense. While spending time to get right all the things that contribute to that, the curriculum, the staff, the systems, the marketing, et cetera, and focusing on the net result, it’s easy to lose sight...
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 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...
