Friday 10th April 2015

We’re very pleased to report that the average spend per school is UP 14% from the same period last year and you’re also working with 14% MORE schools across the network against the same period last year.

If that’s not enough, we have some more very encouraging network stats to report below -

We continue to invest £5000 per franchisee to supply YOU with regular network meetings. This includes the hiring of venues, refreshment cost, preparation / creation of materials by our head office team / Champions, system upgrades based on your feedback and follow up support.

We’re pleased to launch two new and exciting ranges to help you promote your business.

1. Premier Sport and Inspire to Engage ‘must have’ bundle packages – save up to 10%
2. Inspire to Engage session plans and planners – over 50 available

You can also purchase a number of items in our 50% OFF sale.

The new eLearning platform is live giving YOU access to a suite of learning opportunities including, Safeguarding and Protecting Children & Vulnerable People. To date, over 120 people have completed the course.

To date, 82 learners have attended the 1st4Sport PESS L2 qualification since the launch in November 2013, but ONLY 15 of these have successfully completed, passed and gained the certification.  

Did you know? Learners must complete their packs, within 18 months of attending the initial course.

This week, the Finance Team completed and passed our quarterly compliance check for PCI (Payment Card Industry). Passing the compliance check demonstrates that we have the correct process in place to deal with card payments.

You have until 5pm next Thursday 16th to place your order for bespoke ‘Inspire to Engage’ literature.

The leaflet is A4, printed in full colour on both sides. It can remain flat or folded, depending on your preference.

All you need to do it visit the online shop to place your order.

The Marketing and Skills & Compliance team continued enhancement work on the BMS and Schools Portal based on YOUR feedback. A sophisticated dashboard displaying a number of key reporting elements will be available for YOU and YOUR schools soon.

Great news - we’ve been chosen as Premier Foundation’s preferred delivery partner as a result of our scale, viability and quality of our business.

Premier Foundation is an independent registered national charity (Reg No. 1159095) founded in 2014 by Premier Education Group and was formed as part of our corporate responsibility agenda. The charity is seen as a continuation of our successful community work across the UK.

Premier Performing Arts holiday courses are up by 80% this Easter compared to 2014. This is a real indication the brand is growing from strength to strength. Well done guys...

There is now an option to enter the gender of every child that attends your courses. This is now live on the BMS and can be found on the ‘attendance’ page.

Please ensure you select a gender forevery child that attends your sessions/courses in the future.

The Golden Mile has seen 17.5k NEW children register since the start of THIS school year, that’s a 13% increase compared to the previous year.

• Do you have a strategic plan?
• Do you have the correct structure to maximise a Golden opportunity in September?
• Do you have ALL your staff fully trained so you can utilise them efficiently to support your planning?

The summer term is imminent so now is the perfect time to put everything in to place before the new school year, at a time and place that suits YOU!!!

We’re in the process of creating a range of sparkling new Performing Arts literature to support YOU and YOUR business growth.

To help you do this, we’re looking to get a number of endorsements from your head teachers so we can include these on the new materials.

Please can you email Frankie with your endorsements before Friday 1st May.

We’ve recently had a number of franchisees calling Courtney chasing payments because schools are saying they have paid an invoice. Before we can reconcile your payment, we require the following information from you -

• Method of payment (BACS or Cheque)
• Total payment
• Date payment was made

“Information is king” says Glenn Hoy of TIME Associates as he explains, “when trying to engage with a new school it’s vitally important that you communicate the right information to the right people, and by that I mean knowing the names of the key contacts at your target schools. Such as the head teacher, Business Manager, PE Coordinator etc.

That way you can tailor your contacts for maximum impact and when calling them, you have another reason to overcome the barriers set by The Gatekeeper. Always remember, information is king!”

We have over 50 Inspire to Engage Session Plans and two Camp Planners designed by Andy Heald available to purchase via the online shop.

All of the new Session Plans are available in the bundle packages or can be ordered separately.

Don’t forget to submit your camp return form once your Easter courses have finished, any payments have been accounted for and uploaded onto the BMS.

Please email your form to Courtney so we can reconcile to the BMS and release any payment.

We thought you would find it useful to create a Weekly News Update archive housing previous newsletters from this academic year.

‘Read more’ to catch up on any news you may have missed.