mtm educational consultancy
London
For more than 35 years, MTM Consulting has supported schools (state and
independent), universities and other education providers to remain in business
and to develop and thrive, whatever the economic climate. We are all about
providing solid data, insightful analysis and clear recommendations to enable
organisations to plan for future stability and success and to uphold their
responsibilities to parents who entrust them with their children’s education. In
fact, we’ve worked with more than 500 schools and researched more than 250,000
parents. Our feasibility studies, supply and demand analyses and stakeholder
research projects are all designed to help school business leaders to understand
the potential of their organisation’s market, where they stand against their
competitors, what the market wants and what it does not want. MTM equips
education decision-makers with the information and insight they need to make the
right choices for the future of their organisations. Education business
expertise MTM’s team are all education business specialists with many years of
experience. We understand the challenges and opportunities of the education
sector and we want to use our expertise to help schools and other education
providers to find the right course and achieve success. We are friendly and
approachable We want to help We enjoy designing bespoke market research,
marketing and business strategies to meet individual clients’ specific needs We
encourage questions We communicate throughout We present or report on our
findings and recommendations in a way that best suits each client We love to
provide all the detail our clients need We follow up to see if we can help
further We keep in touch Meet MTM’s expert team… Evidence-based decision-making
MTM Consulting’s support of its education clients is based on facts, expertise
and experience. Our market research projects focus on providing the data and
information required to make crucial decisions on resourcing and activities to:
improve recruitment and increase the school roll minimise student attrition and
improve retention and raise the organisation’s profile in its target market and
the education sector in order to attract families, teaching and non-teaching
staff, leaders and governors who will bring their skills and work as a team to
ensure the organisation’s future success MTM uses UK-wide demographic
information and a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods
to acquire exactly the data required to inform clients of the realities of their
organisation’s situation. Of course, we don’t expect our education clients to be
experts in market research themselves – through a series of friendly,
collaborative discussions our team members are able to work with clients to
ascertain the information that would be of greatest benefit to them in their
decision-making. We ensure that the pricing of our products is transparent, and
realistic in relation to education organisations’ budgets. In fact, we have
recently revisited our offer in order to break down projects into distinct
elements to improve affordability, particularly with smaller organisations in
mind. We also offer subscription packages and the opportunity to spread payments
over time. MTM’s suite of market research projects is infinitely customisable to
suit the needs of individual clients and can be combined to create a totally
bespoke market research project designed to meet clients’ needs exactly.
Real-world insight, analysis and recommendations for success MTM is a
long-established education market research company, which has a true
understanding – built over three decades – of education, coupled with
unparalleled skills and experience to support education business leaders to make
the decisions that will lead their organisations to be steadfast and successful
in the long-term, for the benefit of their stakeholders, staff and students. Our
researchers have at their fingertips many years’ worth of sector- and
country-wide data and are adept at using this to benchmark our clients’
performance. This helps business leaders to develop a real understanding of
their organisation’s position and to see ‘the bigger picture’ and the potential
in their market. Sometimes it is not just about what the data shows, but what it
doesn’t show – our experts are able to draw attention to the gaps in an
education organisation’s performance that can be crucial when making decisions
on areas of future development. MTM works with a team of business professionals,
all with proven track records in their fields, who work with our clients to
maximise the opportunities revealed by market research and analysis. Business,
marketing and international expertise is on offer to ensure that the client is
able to develop a practical action plan – and a set of key performance
indicators that will allow it to be assessed and scrutinised – as the
organisation heads towards achieving its objectives. Our business professionals
are collaborative team-workers, but they also have the strength and experience
to draw our clients’ attention to areas of weakness and aims that are
unachievable. We know that facing up to realities makes for a healthier business
in the long term and ensures that funds and resources are focused on attainable
goals. Supporting education It is our great pleasure to see our education
clients succeed. There can be no better business to be in than education, and
MTM is a staunch supporter of parents’ right to choose the environment in which
their children are taught – state or independent, small or large… We work with
education providers of all kinds and we are firm believers in the importance of
a breadth of offering to suit all families. Early Years: MTM’s Feasibility
Studies provide vital market information to schools and groups considering
opening a new nursery or re-shaping their existing provision. Independent
schools: MTM’s market research, business and marketing strategy projects are
designed to help schools to be successful and sustainable in the long-term so
that they are able to offer their pupils the education they deserve for the
duration of their school careers State schools: MTM offers great insights into
pupil and parent satisfaction and staff wellbeing to help schools to engage with
the school community and ensure that educational resources are being maximised.
School groups: MTM is able to advise groups (independent and state academies) on
the potential success of new acquisitions and to help streamline the business of
education for efficiency and to ensure maximum resources are available for
education. Higher education: universities and higher education providers turn to
MTM to help them to understand the opinions of their students on the quality of
education they are receiving and the potential effect on their next steps in
education and employment. Long-standing relationships with education clients We
maintain very strong relationships with our clients, many of whom we have worked
with on a regular basis for decades. To see real examples of MTM projects,
please read a selection of our case studies. Over the past three decades, MTM
has worked with big and small names in independent and state education, early
years providers, higher education providers and education suppliers and
investors. Rather than engaging MTM as a supplier, we like to think we are part
of the team, offering information, skills and experience to support education
organisations to maximise their business potential and provide a secure learning
experience for their students well into the future. Communication with our
clients is on-going and we constantly ask which aspects of our service they have
most appreciated, and which could be developed. We act on our clients’ feedback
and hone our products and services to make sure that they offer our clients
exactly what they need.
