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Resources

Guides, templates and sector news.

The playbooks our advisers use with schools — all available inside DES.

MA templates & guides

Practical, sector-specific, plain English.

Open Morning playbook

The run-up, the day itself and the follow-up sequence that turns RSVPs into visits.

In DES · Enhanced & above

Scholarships & bursaries comms

How to talk about awards and support without muddling the two.

In DES · Enhanced & above

Content calendar template

Map a full admissions year across your channels in an afternoon.

In DES · Enhanced & above

Boarding content kit

The formats boarding parents respond to, with caption starters.

In DES · Enhanced & above

Crisis comms checklist

What to have ready before you need it.

In DES · Enhanced & above

SLT reporting pack

The numbers leadership and governors actually want to see.

In DES · Enhanced & above

News

UK school-sector news, filtered for you.

Personalised alerts pick out what matters for your school and your peer set.

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    What VAT on fees has done to enquiry volumes — a year on.

  • This term

    Where school social engagement is heading, from the DES benchmark set.

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    Search behaviour is shifting: what parents now type before they enquire.