Interested in School Funding? Join us for this research evidence seminar to receive an update on the state of funding, expenditure and resourcing in the maintained school sector in England.

The seminar is presented by Richard Connor.

Richard has been conducting market research exclusively in the schools’ sector for over 25 years, beginning at BESA then founding C3 Education in 1996.

The National Education Research Panel (NERP) was subsequently founded with the support of key education suppliers in 2005 to be able to provide more robust and representative data on the marketplace.

Building on his experience of running several educational software companies, Richard has developed a wide range of research projects using innovative methodologies and insight to support suppliers in this sector. His latest initiative is launching the International Education Research Panel (IERP) in 2016, which aims to mirror NERP and provide a platform for researching English-medium international schools.

The C3 Education long-running series allow them to review trends and understand how spending on resources may be impacted by the Spending Round increases due to start in April 2020. Their annual survey to over 1,000 school leaders will be reviewed along with an assessment of the views from the industry as compiled in our quarterly barometer.

The seminar is an ideal opportunity to take stock of the recent changes to funding and gain insight into the potential market opportunities through 2020 and 2021. As always, our industry discussion will provide an opportunity for voice your views, while listening to the experiences of other companies.

The running order of this event is as follows:

11.00am: School budgets and structures – a market update

11.15am: Resourcing in Schools  - launch of latest research results by Richard Connor

12.00pm: Industry discussion

12.30pm: Lunch and networking

13.00pm: Close

This seminar is open to BESA members only.