Future-proof your school estate for the post-VAT landscape.
VAT is coming.
The ISC census reports 60% of parents are considering taking their children out of their independent school, when Labour add VAT to fees.
We can help you prepare your school for the post-VAT landscape.
Identify and safeguard critical estate works
SWOT Analysis
Get to grips with the opportunities and threats facing your school and invest your resources where they matter most.
Adapt spaces for changing numbers of students
Capacity Audit
Engineer ways to increase capacity within years or by expanding provision to boost revenue.
Generate more revenue outside of school hours
Facilities Optimisation
Design your facilities and open your estate to maximise non-fee income.
Predict buy-in from parents and stakeholders
Qualitative Research
Use data to test and validate your strategy, and ensure you have the support of your school community.
Validate projects before committing major investment
Feasibility Study
Undertake one-off studies to test the viability of development, for example repurposing an underused building to create a new nursery.
Visualise and assess bold new models for your school
Scenario Mapping
Explore future scenarios such as downscaling, school mergers or a co-ed transition to see how they would impact your estate and support business-case modelling.
Resilient
Estates
Framework
Fortify your school estate against the uncertainty ahead and thrive in the post-VAT landscape.
Ways we can help you
Identify and prioritise urgent works
SWOT Analysis
Evaluate what the most critical works are for your estate, by holistically assessing challenges and opportunities.
Maximise your school’s pupil intake
Growth Optimisation
Explore ways to accommodate increased pupil numbers either within years or by expanding provision, in order to boost revenue.
Make more of underutilised spaces
Capacity Audit
Audit your campus to understand it's capacity and to make more of what you already have.
Keep your parents on side
Market Research
Qualitative research at scale to understand how parents will respond to changes your school is making.
De-risk potential new development projects
Feasibility Study
One-off studies to test the viability of specific a potential development on your site, for example repurposing of an existing building for a boarding house to expand capacity.
Explore bolder changes to your school model
Scenario Mapping
Run tests of future scenarios such as downscaling, school mergers, or a co-ed transition to see how they would impact your estate and support business case modelling.
What you’ll get
Confidence in the face of the unknown
We analyse, test, and visualise data in ways that provide objective results that can be plugged into a business model and used to drive decision making.
A more resilient business model
Whether the focus is optimisation, consolidation or growth, each service focuses on the underlying factors that will allow you to to thrive in the new financial landscape
Let’s work together
Book a free 30-minute workshop to explore how we can work together.
Of the 5 or 6 architectural firms that we have worked with in the last 5 years, Kennedy Woods are amongst the very best and I have no hesitation in recommending them to other educational providers.
Mark Dingle
Operations Director
Wishford Education
We found Chris, Tom and the team to be full of ideas, keep well to the brief, respond to critique constructively and importantly to fit well with our way of thinking and doing things.
Vicky Garner
Director
Living Villages Cook School
I highly recommend their services to any school seeking innovative and thoughtful architectural solutions.
Paul Neagle
Bursar
St Christopher’s Hampstead
For a group of franchise CEO’s who rarely have the opportunity to come together, we were a hard group to please. Tom and the team exceeded all expectations.
Emily Vermont
Director
School of Social Entrepreneurs
I would recommend them to other clients looking for a practice who can apply fresh thinking and dedication to a project.
Neil Kirby
Head of Regeneration
Southwark Council
Finding architects who understand school needs are rare and I despaired - until I met Tom and Chris. From the beginning, they listened to us and guided us as we created our forward-thinking masterplan and rolled out its first phase.
Sandrine Pailasse
Headteacher
St Christopher’s Hampstead
Chris and the team are commercially minded and easy to work with - their focus on delivery, fast turnaround times, and willingness to adapt made them a great architecture and design partner for our first 30 sites.
Pete Spencer
Project Manager
N Family Club
Schools we’re working with
St Christopher's School, Hampstead
10-year strategic masterplan for an all girls school in Hampstead.
Glendower School, Kensington
Engagement-led Masterplan to help a Kensington school optimise its estate.
St Davids Prep, Bromley
Phased masterplan to help a growing school in South London.