We enable schools worldwide to thrive by finding and developing leaders, guiding decisionmakers, making connections and shaping debate
We are known for the calibre and spirit of our people. We exist entirely to help schools, because the world needs schools to thrive.
We support our clients in the following main areas:
01.Strategy consulting
- Advice on strategic planning and assessing specific business initiatives and opportunities
- Financial and operational resilience
- Affordability surveys
- Working with Boards and Senior Teams as a facilitator and guide
- Wide-ranging reviews of a school’s operation, from finance through to governance and leadership
- Strategic communications planning, advice and support
02.Optimising student recruitment and retention
- Catchment area demographic analysis and identification of areas for growth
- Bespoke competitor and market intelligence reports
- Analysis of admissions data and conversion ratios compared to market ‘norms’
- Research to gain insight into what drives student retention
- Development of robust and effective marketing strategies
03.Stakeholder research
- Research to understand the attitudes, perceptions and motivations of stakeholders: current and prospective parents, alumni, staff and students
- Access our robust benchmark data to add more context to research insights
- Subscribe to our Pupil Voice service – a flexible survey programme to systematically gather student feedback
04.Equality, diversity and inclusion
- We provide stakeholder research, while our partners at All-in Education provide the training and consultancy, helping schools to embrace and promote diversity and inclusion
05.Leadership and governance
- The executive search and selection of Heads, CEOs, Principals and Deputies, as well as other senior hires (such as Bursars, Business & Finance Directors, Marketing, Admissions and Fundraising staff). We also help to recruit new Governors and Chairs of Governors
- Reviews of governance as well as training for Governing Boards
- Coaching, appraisals and professional development of Heads as well as middle and senior leaders
06.Philanthropy and fundraising
- A full suite of services, ranging from those aimed at “start-up” Development Offices, through to more advanced and specialised support
07.Thought leadership
- We publish influential reports, our most recent being The New Art of Headship, the ground-breaking Ten Trends series, The Art of International School Headship, and much more. Please visit Insights & Ideas for details
Get in touch
Email us at info@rsacademics.com
Call us on +44 (0) 204 6269 790