Looking at the keywords people are using to hit my blog, I see that affordable education is at the fore of most of their minds. Not surprising given the number of parents who have taken their children out of independent schools already in response to the credit crunch and the anticipated exodus from those schools [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘GEMS’
28 November 2008
An affordable private school alternative in London: the New Model School
Filed under Affordable Education, Civitas, Cognita, Credit crunch, Education-related companies, Faraday School, Fee-paying schools, GEMS, Independent schools, Maple Walk School, Means-tested bursaries, New Model School Company, People, Private schools, Sarah Knollys, no frills school, no frills schools
Tags: Affordable Education, affordable school, Brent, chronological history, Civitas, Cognita, Credit crunch, Docklands, East London, Faraday School, GEMS, Maple Walk School, New Model School Company, North Greenwich, phonics, Roundwood Park, Sarah Knollys, school fees, Trinity Buoy Wharf, tuition fees
23 November 2008
Would you like fries with your education?
When I see a characterful individual restaurant open another branch, I always despair. Will it retain its character and quality? Will it expand and become a chain equivalent to Pizza Express or Wagamama — perfectly adequate but lacking that je ne sais quoi that the individual restaurant possessed? I feel the same way about schools. [...]
Filed under Cognita, Cram schools, Credit crunch, David Thomas, Davies Laing & Dick, Fee-paying schools, GEMS, Hampshire School, Hampton Court House, Harrodian School, Hill House, Independent schools, Joanna Thomas, Lady Houstoun-Boswall, Pembridge Hall, Private schools, Southbank International School, Sunney Varkey, Sunny Varkey, Thomas's Day Schools, Wetherby, no frills school, no frills schools
Tags: Alpha Plus, Cognita, David Thomas, Davies Laing & Dick, Englefield Capital, GEMS, Hampshire School, Hampton Court House, Harrodian, Hill House, Joanna Thomas, Lady Houstoun-Boswall, no frills school, Pembridge Hall, Southbank International School, Sovereign Capital, Sunny Varke, Thomas's Day Schools, Wetherby
