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Class Futures
Global market intelligence for the business of independent education.
About Class Futures
Class Futures is a market intelligence platform tracking strategic activity across the global independent education sector. It is a project built by Jonathan Lloyd. It monitors closures, mergers, acquisitions, investment, governance shifts, and structural change in independent schools worldwide. The analysis combines live market monitoring with intelligence contributed by school leaders, governors, advisers, investors, parents, and education service providers. Class Futures has grown into a community of professionals who rely on sharp insight to stay ahead of where the sector is moving and why. Alongside our intelligence work, we offer creative AI services for schools and education businesses. From marketing and admissions to commercial operations and communications, we help education organisations work smarter, move faster, and present themselves with clarity and purpose. Class Futures was founded by Jonathan Lloyd, an educator, creative strategist, and head of strategic intelligence with a career spent inside independent education and business. Jonathan built Class Futures from a conviction that the sector deserved better intelligence, sharper analysis, and a more honest conversation about where it is heading. Research has been cited on BBC Radio 4. As the community expands globally, key insights are made available in multiple languages to serve an increasingly international readership. Contribute intelligence: confidential submissions on closures, mergers, admission trends, investment, appointments, governance, or strategic change are welcome and treated with discretion. Submit updates: classfutures.co.uk/submit-intelligence Subscribe: classfutures.co.uk/subscribe For commercial and creative services visit Classfutures.com or connect with Jonathan Lloyd.
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Capital & Finance
Class Futures announced that Radley Schools Group is entering a planned £10 million five-year capital project programme across its estates.
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Capital & Finance
Class Futures announced that Radley Schools Group has confirmed a £1.8 million investment in its first year of operation following the merger of eight independent schools.
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People
Class Futures appointed Alan Bird to succeed Helen Pike as Master at Magdalen College School in Oxford, United Kingdom, effective August 2026.
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People
Class Futures announced that Simon Heard will take the new position of Head of Schools.
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People
Class Futures announced that Sherborne Schools Group has appointed Dr Ruth Sullivan as its first Group Chief Executive Officer.
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Operations & Supply
Class Futures reports that The Harpur Trust announced that girls will be admitted to all year groups, including both the Prep School for younger pupils and the Upper School for senior students.
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Operations & Supply
Class Futures reports that Bedford School in the United Kingdom will end nearly 475 years of single-sex education for boys to become fully co-educational from September 2027.
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Capital & Finance
Class Futures reports that The Harpur Trust has committed to significant capital investment to support the move, including a new dedicated girls’ boarding house and a sixth form centre for students aged 16 to 18.
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Strategy & Corporate Development
Class Futures announced that The Cavendish School, Camden has joined the North London Collegiate School (NLCS) Family, marking a strategic expansion of the group's UK prep school provision.
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Strategy & Corporate Development
Class Futures Kingswood House School Trust acquired Woodstock House School in Surrey to prevent its closure following the administration of the school's previous operator, Wemms Education Unlimited.
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Strategy & Corporate Development
Class Futures announced that Erskine Stewart Melville has officially launched as a co-educational school in Edinburgh, Scotland, marking the formal merger of The Mary Erskine School, Stewart’s Melville College, and ESMS Junior School.
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