For more than two decades, our team of experts have built a reputation for providing industry-leading support to the education sector, across schools, universities, and wider educational institutions.

Whilst the sector faces many common challenges, we believe in working with organisations to understand their specific needs and deliver bespoke advice.  

Our overriding aim is to focus on the specific challenges facing each institution and our experience ensures you make the best possible decisions for you and your staff.

 

Our clients

Universities and other HE Institutions

We have worked with a range of institutions spanning both pre-and post-1992 institutions.

Independent schools

We advise more than 100 independent schools. Click here to discover more about our bespoke solutions.

Education charities

Our consultants have supported charities with developing risk management and cost reduction strategies to support long-term financial sustainability.

Multi Academy Trusts and School Groups

Working across a range of services, including enabling risk management and reporting at school and overall organisation level.

Our services

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Pensions

 

  • Strategic pensions advice across the key sector DB schemes.
  • Design and implementation of DC schemes.
  • Due diligence around DC schemes.
  • Support with ongoing governance of DC arrangement(s).
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Strategic investment advice

We help increase the likelihood of meeting your investment objectives through strategic advice, careful selection and monitoring of investment managers, and enhancing your approach to sustainable and responsible investment.

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Group health and protection

We believe all employers have unique health, protection and wellbeing risks when it comes to their employees. Our group health and protection solutions are designed to be tailored to target those specific risks, whatever they may be.

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Benefit consultancy including platform solutions

  • Strategic benefit reviews.
  • Flexible Benefits.
  • Total Reward.
  • Wellbeing analytics.
  • 4me benefits platform.
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Member engagement support from DrumRoll

  • Written communications.
  • Presentations/webinars.
  • Newsletters.
  • Education material.

 

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Services to universities’ own SATs

  • Market-leading administration services and access to our bespoke software.
  • Deep understanding of the sector and the long-term funding and strategic issues facing universities and their pension schemes.
  • Independent investment strategy advice and monitoring.
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Pay gap consultancy

Across both gender and ethnicity pay gaps, we can support with reporting, benchmarking and data-driven insights.

Pay gap reporting
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Risk management, business continuity and resilience

  • Embed risk management to drive strategic confidence.
  • Successfully navigate disruptions through effective business continuity and crisis management strategies.
  • Drive effective governance through good risk oversight.
Risk Consulting
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Management decision analytics

  • Actionable, data-led insights.
  • Benchmarking financial and operational performance for communications and improvement opportunities.
  • Understanding current and future students to optimise marketing and attraction.
  • Sustainability reporting with detailed Scope 3 breakdown, including commutes.
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Contact us for all enquiries

For more information about the independent, expert services we provide in this area, speak to our team today.

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Get in touch with our team to discuss your needs.

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Enhancing your university’s investment strategy

Find out how we can give you greater clarity on your investment objectives, improve your investment outcomes and mitigate the reputational risks for your university.

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Pensions: managing your costs and risks

Pensions: managing your costs and risks

Every HE institution faces unique cost and risk challenges when it comes to their pension provision. Find out how our 20 years of experience in the sector can help you turn these challenges into opportunities. 

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Bespoke solutions for independent schools

Bespoke solutions for independent schools

We have over 20 years’ experience of working with independent schools and have supported over 100 schools - from the very small to some of the largest and most well-known schools in England and Scotland.

Our services include strategic pensions advice, benefit consultancy, member engagement support, risk management and data analytics. Discover how we tailor our solutions to meet the specific challenges and needs of independent schools.

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