International Schools Groups Report 2026
£995.00
Close to 40% of international schools now belong to a group, and more than half of schools in development are group affiliated. This report looks at how these organisations operate, make decisions and grow.
Full description
School groups are among the most influential forces in the international schools market. They acquire established schools, develop new campuses, and set the systems, standards and suppliers used across dozens, and sometimes hundreds, of schools. No two groups work in quite the same way. Some run highly centralised models with group-wide systems. Others give individual schools considerable autonomy. Regional teams increasingly sit between the two. For anyone selling to, partnering with, investing in or competing alongside school groups, it matters where decisions are made and who makes them. The International Schools Groups Report draws on ISC Research’s market data and intelligence to look inside these organisations. It covers how they are structured, how responsibilities are divided between central, regional and school-level teams, and how those arrangements shape both day-to-day operations and longer-term strategy.
What’s inside
- Governance and decision making: how authority is split between central, regional and school-level teams
- Procurement: where purchasing decisions sit and how group-wide buying works
- Technology: how groups choose and roll out systems across their schools
- Recruitment and retention: how groups attract and keep staff at scale
- Investment and growth: how groups measure performance, allocate capital and expand
Who it’s for
Education suppliers, school groups and operators, investors and advisers, and recruitment and service partners working with the international schools sector.
Pricing
£995
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