Strategic Marketing for Schools’ offers Parents Guide to Opening a ‘Free School’ Academy

Oct. 6, 2010 - PRLog -- A new website has been launched to provide specialist marketing advice to schools, parent and faith  groups, charities and educational trusts thinking of opening a new ‘Free School’ Academy or to existing  independent and special schools who want to attract more student .

The website at http://www.strategicmarketingforschools.co.uk is provided by Strategic Marketing for Schools, an affiliation of highly experienced specialist marketers led by Jonathan Fingerhut, a marketing consultant with a business track record spanning over 30 years on both the client and consultancy sides.

Jonathan Fingerhut was the founding chair of a groundbreaking parent group that established a new £50 million, 1,250 place, parent promoted secondary school in London in 2010. This was effectively the fore-runner under the Labour Government to the Coalition’s ‘Free’ schools policy.  As one of the first parent promoted school in the country, Jonathan’s extensive experience over nine years with national and local government put him in a unique position to help others with similar ambitions.

Hs experience has been distilled into a free guide aimed at parents thinking of opening an 'Free School’ Academy which is available to download on the website. The guide features 10 top tips for planning a new school project and highlights some of the most important considerations, challenges and potential pitfalls.

Strategic Marketing for Schools also works with established schools and educational organisations to help them increase pupil numbers through more effective marketing. Competition for pupils between schools is now greater than ever, and so the consultancy offers pragmatic business development and marketing solutions for independent schools, Special schools (independent and non-maintained), ‘Free Schools’, voluntary aided/community /trust/faith schools and FE colleges, and Academies.

Strategic Marketing for Schools’ marketing services are targeted to each organisation’s unique needs. They are supported by a tried and trusted network of professionals in all the different areas of marketing a school - PR, direct marketing, digital/web marketing, design, research and advertising – to help schools recruit more students in a cost effective and proven way.

More information is available at http://www.strategicmarketingforschools.co.uk.

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Strategic Marketing for Schools works with schools and educational organisations to help them increase pupil numbers through more effective marketing.