Inspired Education Group

Inspired Education Group is a group who operates and builds schools in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia and Latin America.

Inspired Education Group
TypePrivate
IndustryEducation
Founded2013
HeadquartersLondon, Milan, Auckland, Bogota, Johannesburg, and Dubai.
Area served
Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia and Latin America.
Websitehttps://inspirededu.com/

History

Inspired was founded by Nadim M Nsouli in 2013,[1] when his group acquired Reddam House in South Africa.[2] Since its founding, Reddam House has acquired and built 9 schools in South Africa, along with the group's flagship school, Reddam House Berkshire, near Wokingham, England. The school grounds in Winnersh were taken over from Bearwood College, in 2015.[2]

Nsouli - the founder, CEO and Chairman - has worked as a lawyer and as an investment banker, and he has led the group since its founding.[3] Inspired's President is Graeme Crawford, a South African educator and founder of Reddam House.[4] Dr Stephen Spurr is the Group Education Director and was the Head Master of Westminster School in London from 2004 to 2015.[5] He joined Inspired in 2014[6]

The group's strategy has been described as "buy and build",[7][8] involving the purchase of existing schools, as well as the building of new schools. It has offices in London, Milan, Auckland, Bogota, Johannesburg,and Dubai.[9]

Schools in other European countries that form part of the Inspired group include St. George's International School in Switzerland,[10] St. John's International School in Belgium,[11] St. Louis School in Italy[12] and Sotogrande International School in Spain.[13] In the Middle East, the group has acquired British School of Bahrain.[3] Inspired's Latin American schools include Blue Valley School in Costa Rica,[14] Colegio San Mateo in Colombia,[15] and Cambridge College Lima in Peru.[16] By 2017, Inspired operated more than 30 schools,[17] and as of 2018 educating over 35,000 students in 46 schools.[18]

Inspired acquired part of New Zealand's biggest private-education provider ACG Education’s schools division in 2018 from Pacific Equity Partners for about $500 million.[19]

References
  1. "Inspired | Oakley Capital Investments". Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  2. "Group Opens Flagship School in UK". Business Day. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  3. gulfinsider (2018-02-11). "The British School of Bahrain gets inspired". Gulf Insider. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  4. "HSC results 2016: Rise of Reddam House". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  5. "10 ways to enrich your child's science education". The Times. 2012-01-25. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  6. "Inspired - Meet the Team". inspirededu.com. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  7. "Inspired | Consumer Sector | TA | A Private Equity Firm". TA Associates. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  8. "Investments : EDUCAS, an education investment firm". www.educasinternational.com. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  9. "CONTACT US". inspirededu.com. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  10. "St. George's | International School in Montreux Switzerland". stgeorges.ch. Retrieved 2019-01-21. St. George's International School is a proud member of Inspired, a leading global premium schools group operating...
  11. SU. "The Brussels Times - St John's International School in Brussels joins the "Inspired Network"". Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  12. "EducationInvestor - Article: Italy: Inspired invests in two Italian schools". www.educationinvestor.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  13. "Sotogrande International School". Sotogrande International School. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  14. "Inspired Group invertirá $2 millones en centro educativo costarricense Blue Valley". La Nación, Grupo Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  15. "Colegio San Mateo Apóstol (Bogotá)". Los Mejores Colegios de Colombia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  16. News, The PIE. "Inspired international schools group acquires Cambridge College Lima". thepienews.com. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  17. GmbH, finanzen net. "EQT Credit Completes Financing to Leading Premium School Group Inspired | Markets Insider". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  18. "Inspired Schools - Premium Private Education". inspirededu.com. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  19. "Inspired Is Said to Near Acquisition of ACG's Schools Unit". Bloomberg.com. 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
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