Bellevue Education
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| Education | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Independent schools and colleges |
| Founded 📆 | 2003 |
| Founder 👔 | Mark Malley |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , London , United Kingdom |
Number of locations | 21 schools across the UK, France and in Switzerland |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Mark Malley (CEO), Steven Wade (Schools Director), Jay Varkey (Board) |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| Parent | Bellevue Education International Limited |
| 🌐 Website | www.blvue.com |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Bellevue Education is an international private schools group founded in 2003 and based in London, UK.[1] By 2019 it has grown to consist of 19 schools in the UK and 1 each in France and Switzerland.[2][3] The Group also provides educational support to Bellevue Place Group,[4] a group of Free Schools to which Bellevue's CEO, Mark Malley, and its Group Schools Director, Steve Wade, are Trustees.[5] Bellevue Education was acquired by GEMS Education in 2018, and is a UK and European subsidiary of the Group.[6] In 2019, CVC acquired a 30% stake in GEMS Education, which also includes its stake in Bellevue Education.[7]
History
Bellevue Education was founded under the name House Education by Mark Malley in 2003, when he bought Norfolk House preparatory school in London.[8][9] He also became the headteacher, and when the school was inspected in 2007 it was reported to be significantly improved from its previous inspection.[10]
In 2008 House Education was renamed The Really Great Education Company Limited (EDCO) and purchased Weston Green School in Surrey.[8][11] It also purchased Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School in East Sussex in 2010.[12][13]
The company adopted the name Bellevue Education Group in 2011, prior to acquiring three more independent schools: Edenhurst Preparatory School in Staffordshire, Brabyns Preparatory School in Cheshire, and Gateway School in Buckinghamshire.[8]
In 2012, Bellevue Education Group was reported to be jointly owned by Mark Malley, with a 35% stake, and its chairman Marwan Naja, owner of Plato One Ltd and Plato Two Ltd.[2] Further investment in that year by Plato Two Ltd coincided with the establishment of Bellevue Education International Limited, of which Bellevue Education Group became a wholly owned subsidiary.[14][15] The parent company completed the acquisition of a Swiss boarding school, Surval Mont-Fleuri, subsequently renamed as Surval Montreux.[16]
Bellevue Education formed a joint venture with Place Group, the Bellevue Place Education Trust (BPET), which operates seven, state funded, primary "Free Schools" across London and the South-East.[17][18] The Group's CEO, Mark Malley, and School Director, Steve Wade, form part of the Trustees of Bellevue Place.[19]
Bellevue Education was acquired by GEMS Education in 2018, and is a UK and European subsidiary of the Group.[6] In 2019, the private equity group CVC Capital Partners acquired a 30% stake in GEMS Education, which also includes its stake in Bellevue Education. Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia's sovereign fund, owns a 3% stake.[7]
The Group has continued its growth with its new shareholders, and acquired Farlington School in September 2019.[20]
References
- ↑ "Company House". Company House.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Bellevue Education continues empire building". Education Investor Website. Education Investor. 22 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Bellevue Schools". Our Schools. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Bellevue Place Trust". Bellevue Place Trust.
- ↑ "Bellevue Place Trustees". Our Trustees. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 "GEMS Global completes acquisition of a controlling stake in Bellevue Education". Assignment Report.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "CVC-led consortium to take 30% stake in Dubai's GEMS Education". Financial Times.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "BELLEVUE EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED". Dellam Corporate Information Limited. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ "Mark William Malley: Director Summary". Company Check. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ "2007 Inspection Report on Norfolk House School". Independent Schools Inspectorate. Retrieved 23 January 2016.[dead link]
- ↑ "EDCO". The Agency for Education. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "EMC brokers a bright new future for Skippers Hill Manor School". EMC. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ Croft, James. "Profit-Making Free Schools: Unlocking the Potential of England's Proprietorial Schools Sector" (PDF). Adam Smith Institute. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ "Bellevue Education Limited – Annual Accounts". Companies in the UK. Bellevue Education Group Limited. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Bellevue Education continues empire building". Education Investor Website. Education Investor. 22 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Bellevue Place Education Trust Free Schools: Master Funding Agreement". Department for Education: School Performance Tables. Department for Education. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ↑ "Bellevue Place Education Trust: Director's Report and Financial Statements for the year ending 31st August 2013". School Performance Tables. Department for Education. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ↑ "Bellevue Place". Our Trustees. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Bellevue acquires UK school". Education Investor.[permanent dead link]
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