Given that staffing accounts for between 60 and 80% of a typical school’s costs, schools therefore need to look to reducing their staffing costs.

What we do:

Steed Education can support School Leaders in reducing their staffing costs. Sometimes it is easier for someone outside the organisation to see how to do this. The reality also is that most Heads and Bursars don’t have capacity to lead a major project of this nature. A staffing cost review can be very time-consuming and needs to be conducted in a short period of time.

The key to an effective staffing cost review is to identify those areas that do no impact significantly on the core educational offering.

Ultimately, it is about a school achieving value from its staffing budget.

Our Services:

1. Establishing a Metrics Data Set for analysing Financial and Educational Efficiency 

2. Identification of potential areas for cost savings

3. Project Management of the Cost Reduction Programme;

   1. Project management of a migration from old scales to new

   2. Human resources support;

4. Running sessions for SLT on how they might reduce costs.

5. Running sessions for Boards on the dynamics of staffing cost reduction.

6. Providing expert services for Salary Review Appeal Boards

International Schools

International Schools are often under pressure from owners and boards to deliver best value. At Steed Education, we are aware of the need to navigate the complexities that many international schools face, such as employing both an expatriate and local staff who may be on different pay and benefits packages.

Why Steed Education?

Mark Steed has 23 years’ experience as a Headteacher in five very different schools: ranging from a small boarding school in Devon which faced challenging financial pressures; to a large, very well financed 6-month to age 18 day school north of London with a day nursery, three preps, separate girls’ and boys’ schools and a co-ed sixth form  as part of the Group.

He has a proven track record of ensuring value from the staffing budget.