School Services
FINDING A SCHOOL PARTNER / FRANCHISE
Usually, these deals require careful negotiation to align everyone’s educational ambitions, values and financial expectations. We have brought many, major brands to the region and we know how to structure the right agreement, with the right partners.
We know that UK schools are looking to the Middle East for expansion, and our networks within the region are first class so with the right ingredients, we’re confident that we could place a high performing UK school with the right partner.
SCHOOL DESIGN
He has very good international experience and he has the full set of skills that a school developer needs. He can help with the “grunt work”, involved in detailed designing and drawing. And, even better than that, he has a deep understanding of how to develop a school concept – so that function and movement are addressed coherently and lie at the core of every decision on space.
He can produce designs that embrace the biggest ideas and he can value-engineer any proposition. It’s that mix of skills that we love.
SCHOOL FEASIBILITY
BBD has been fortunate. For the last 8 years and more, we have been developing tools for starting up schools and planning their growth. That means we have a set of tools for planning a new school, navigating the next stage in a school’s growth, or rebuilding finances to put a school back on a secure and sustainable footing.
We offer tools and expertise to help schools analyse their timetables, staff deployment, and space utilisation. We have a clear understanding of the financial dynamics in different types of schools, whether they are high-fee, low-fee, profit-making, or not-for-profit. We also recognize the importance of rental expenses, specifically related to buildings and land, in school operations. With our comprehensive knowledge, we can assist schools in optimising their resources and achieving their goals.
SCHOOL HR SERVICES
BBD provides an integrated package of support for school start-ups. Our expert team has recruited teachers to the region for more than 15 years. The service begins with a quick but essential strategic review of the school’s vision and proposition for parents. From that starting point as a workshop, BBD draws on leading edge solutions and research to provide:
- Contract templates,
- Recruitment and search,
- Policies, documents and guidelines,
- Quality assurance and staff management,
- Guidance for establishing your HR office.
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
Schools that require long term school improvement support can work with BBD’s expert team to build capacity in the following areas:
- Supporting students’ learning,
- Assessment and curriculum,
- Lesson observations,
- Professional learning,
- Middle and senior leadership development,
- Inspection preparation,
- Self-evaluation,
- Governance.
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
SCHOOL LICENSING AND ACADEMIC PLAN WRITING
We know what the expectations are and how to navigate the hidden expectations that are implicit within the market. We have worked with individual school owners seeking to buy land and open schools and with larger organisations that are seeking to open clusters of schools in different cities. Our team has extensive experience of working with licence application documents and we are fully-aware of the government expectations to open and licence new schools.
FULL SCHOOL PRE-OPERATIONS
