Henrietta Lightwood

Director of Admissions and Marketing / Dukes Education

"I have been working with Metropolis for over nine years and have found them to be innovative, helpful, informative and extremely supportive for the two schools i have worked with during this time. They are leading the way with online boarding schools marketing, the guide is well distributed and the telephone advice invaluable. Enquiries come from all over the world as well as the UK and the team visit the schools and supply excellent customer service."

Director of Marketing and Admissions

Sidcot School, Somerset

“The investment we have made in Metropolis has been worth every penny. Dominic Moon is a champion for our sector and a font of information useful to our management team and our governors. His desire to support schools in these challenging times is completely genuine. He’s a pleasure to do business with.”

Sarah Hicklin

Marketing & Admissions Director / Oswestry School

“The team at Metropolis are superb. They provide a fantastic service in so many ways; the free workshops, the expert opinion at the end of the phone which is truly invaluable, wonderful inset days that really provide up to date and cutting edge information for staff and excellent boarding reviews are just some of the ways that they help schools throughout the UK. They know the product inside out and the weekly leads are evidence of their standing in a competitive market. Their unique and detailed knowledge of boarding schools really positions them as the leaders in the business – they are A*.”

Nick Pettingale

Director of External Relations / Ellesmere College

“I invited Dominic Moon, from Metropolis to address our Common Room at one of the now, pretty standard, inset training days at the start of September this year. His brief was to give an overview of the issues and pressures facing the marketing team in an increasing challenging market place, both in the UK and with International recruitment, and to address the constant misunderstanding by some that ‘we teach, we don’t market the school – that’s your job’. Dominic communicated with humour and clarity and won over, what can sometimes be a difficult audience, with well supported facts and figures but more particularly with his professionalism. Many teaching staff remarked afterwards that they did not understand the amount of work, the levels of communication and the nurturing of prospective families that goes before getting just one through the door for a visit. A growing number also, maybe for the first time, realised that all that effort can be wasted by a member of staff not ‘showing the love’ to that family as they tour the school. It has helped me and my team in our day to day work and still provides the occasional conversation in the Common Room. I plan to make it a regular session on Inset Day. Thanks Dom.”

Katherine Walker

Former Director of Marketing / Queen Margaret’s School, York

“I have always found working with Metropolis to be very valuable for the insight they provide into the markets that a busy boarding school works in all round the world. Having worked in two busy, but very different, boarding schools over the past few years I have found their regional meetings have given me valuable intelligence into markets round the world that will help me target my marketing budget in the best way. The team are friendly, helpful and very supportive of all the work we do in boarding schools, they are also very knowledgeable and I would recommend anyone new to the boarding schools market makes their acquaintance and uses this knowledge to their best advantage. The investment for being in the guide is well worth it for any school and I would recommend that this is the guide above all others to consider first to get the best return on your investment.”

Jane Gallon

/ Windermere School

“Metropolis was one of the first organisations I met when I started to work for Windermere School. After 25 years in the Hotel Industry they helped me enormously to understand the world of Education. I see the directory wherever I go and I understand that to many agents it is their ‘bible’. I get some excellent leads through the office for students looking for schools and there is always someone to help me if I need to enquire about a particular fair to attend or which school to speak to. They are an invaluable source of information and help and a general pleasure to work with.”

Gareth Collier

Principal / Cardiff Sixth Form College

"We are delighted with the services provided by Metropolis Education and have long since been devotees of the excellent student recommendations through their Helpdesk. There is a very strong match between what we offer as a school and the attributes of the students recommended and this only comes through hours of dedicated work, both with schools to understand their offering and, with the students and their families who are making the enquiries. However, more recently we have also come to value the breadth of services on offer in terms of the informative and stimulating workshops, INSET courses for staff and personalised."

The Ley's School

Director of Marketing and Admissions

We are delighted with the results of the ‘Admissions Healthchecks’ conducted by Metropolis Education over the past two years. Their expertise has enabled us to restructure our team, introduce new systems, and create a much more efficient admissions process – and the results speak for themselves!

Our Services

At Metropolis Education, we’ve been promoting UK independent schools worldwide for over 20 years. We support our partner schools with targeted marketing, admissions advice, and training. From recruitment and school visits to workshops and overseas events, we’re here to help.

For full details on our services, please read our All You Need to Know brochure…

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