Bellevue Education: Difference between revisions

'''Bellevue Education Group Limited''' is an education management company established in 2003,<ref name=DellamCompanyInfo>{{cite web|title=BELLEVUE EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED|url=http://www.dellam.com/04924426-BELLEVUE%20EDUCATION%20GROUP%20LIMITED.html|website=Dellam Corporate Information Limited|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref> which has grown rapidly and now owns eleven independent schools in the UK and two Swiss boarding schools.<ref name=EdInvestor2012>{{cite news|title=Bellevue Education continues empire building|url=http://www.educationinvestor.co.uk/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=3012|accessdate=9 November 2014|work=Education Investor Website|publisher=Education Investor|date=22 Oct 2012}}</ref> <ref name=UKIndependents>{{cite web|title=Our UK Independent Schools|url=http://www.blvue.com/uk-independent-schools/schools/|website=Bellevue Education|publisher=Bellevue Education|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref> <ref name=SwissSchools>{{cite web|title=Swiss Boarding Schools|url=http://www.blvue.com/swiss-boarding/schools/|website=Bellevue Education|publisher=Bellevue Education Limited|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref>

Through the '''Bellevue Place Education Trust''', set up in partnership with Place Group, Bellevue Education also runs, or has been pre-approved to run, five UK state-funded [[Academy (English school)|academies]], under the [[Free school (England)|Free School]] programme.<ref name=BvuAcademies>{{cite web|title=Academies: Schools|url=http://www.blvue.com/academies/schools/|website=Bellevue Education|publisher=Bellevue Education Limited|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref> <ref name=PlaceGroupPartnership>{{cite web|title=Place Group gains first Free School approval as part of a proposer group|url=http://www.place-group.com/news121.html|website=Place Group|publisher=Place Group|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref>

35% of Bellevue Education is owned by its Chief Executive, and founder, Mark Malley, and the other major shareholder is Plato One Ltd, a Hong Kong listed company controlled by Bellevue's chairman Marwan Naja, an entrepreneur and investor focusing on the education sector.<ref name="EdInvestor2012" /> <ref name=2011AnnualAccounts>{{cite web|title=BELLEVUE EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED - Annual Accounts|url=https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/documentextract/56750437|website=Companies in the UK|publisher=Bellevue Education Group Limited|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref> <ref name=NCHMarwanNaja>{{cite web|title=Marwan Naja|url=https://www.nchum.org/marwan-naja|website=New College of the Humanities|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref>

Bellevue Education Group Limited was founded under the name '''House Education''' by Mark Malley in 2003, when he bought Norfolk House [[Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|preparatory school]] in London.<ref name="DellamCompanyInfo" /> <ref name=BellevueTimeline>{{cite web|title=About Us: Timeline|url=http://www.blvue.com/about-us/timeline/|website=Bellevue Education|publisher=Bellevue Education Limited|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref> <ref name=MarkMalleyCompanyCheck>{{cite web|title=Mark William Malley: Director Summary|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/director/913742040|website=Company Check|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref>  He also became the headteacher of the school.<ref name=NorfolkHouseInspection2011>{{cite web|title=Norfolk|url=http://www.norfolkhouseschool.org/images/uploads/documents/Norfolk_House_School_-Inspection-Report-2011-V1.0.pdf|website=Norfolk House School|publisher=Independent Schools Inspectorate|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref>

In 2008 House Education was renamed '''The Really Great Education Company Limited (EDCO)''' and purchased Weston Green School in Surrey.<ref name="DellamCompanyInfo" /> <ref name="BellevueTimeline" /> <ref name=AdAgency>{{cite web|title=EDCO|url=http://www.theagencyforeducation.co.uk/work.php?item=edco&sub=2|website=The Agency for Education|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref> It also purchased [[Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School]] in  East Sussex in 2010,<ref name="BellevueTimeline" /> <ref name=EMCSkippersHill>{{cite web|title=EMC brokers a bright new future for Skippers Hill Manor School|url=http://www.emcltd.co.uk/news/success-stories/emc-brokers-a-bright-new-future-for-skippers-hill-manor-school|website=EMC|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref> an expansion which contributed to its identification as an aspirant company in the proprietorial schools sector.<ref name=AdamSmithInstReport2010>{{cite web|last1=Croft|first1=James|title=Profit-Making Free Schools: Unlocking the Potential of England’s Proprietorial Schools Sector|url=http://www.adamsmith.org/sites/default/files/resources/ASI_School_report_WEB.pdf|website=Adam Smith Institute|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref>

The company adopted the name '''Bellevue Education''' in 2011, prior to acquiring three more independent schools: Edenhurst Prep School in Staffordshire, Brabyns Preparatory School in Cheshire, and Gateway School in Buckinghamshire.<ref name="DellamCompanyInfo" /> <ref name="BellevueTimeline" />

Bellevue acquired its two international Swiss boarding schools in 2012,<ref name="BellevueTimeline" /> and opened a new UK independent school, Wandsworth Preparatory School.<ref name="BellevueTimeline" /> <ref name=WandsworthIntro>{{cite web|title=An introduction to Wandsworth Preparatory School by Mark Malley, CEO of Bellevue Education.|url=http://www.wandsworthprep.com/2012/01/introducing-wps/|website=Wandsworth Preparatory School|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref> In the same year they formed '''Bellevue Place Education Trust''', in partnership with Place Group.<ref name=BellPlaceCompanyInfo>{{cite web|title=About Bellevue Place Education Trust|url=http://www.datalog.co.uk/browse/detail.php/CompanyNumber/07956784/CompanyName/BELLEVUE+PLACE+EDUCATION+TRUST|website=Data Log|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref> <ref name=PlaceGroup>{{cite web|title=Support for Free Schools|url=http://www.place-group.com/freeschools/index.html|website=Place Group|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref> They also established parent company '''Bellevue Education International Limited''' of which Bellevue Education became a wholly owned subsidiary.

During 2013, Bellevue Education acquired two more UK independent schools: Montessori House Nursery in Muswell Hill and [[Elmhurst School for Boys|Elmhurst School]] in South Croydon,<ref name="BellevueTimeline" /> and the Bellevue Place Education Trust opened their first state-funded [[Free school (England)|free school]], Rutherford House in Balham. <ref name=RutherfordHouse>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.rutherfordhouseschool.co.uk/aboutus.php?rt3k=|website=Rutherford House School|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref> The company was reported to be partnering with philosopher [[AC Grayling]] on another free school project,<ref name=ACGraylingProjectBBC>{{cite news|title=AC Grayling seeks to open free school in north London|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-21080809|accessdate=9 November 2014|date=19 Jan 2013}}</ref> but that bid was unsuccesful.<ref name=GraylingBidEnds>{{cite news|last1=Osley|first1=Richard|title=AC GRAYLING ADMITS FREE SCHOOL BID IN CAMDEN IS OVER|url=http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2013/aug/ac-grayling-admits-free-school-bid-camden-over|accessdate=9 November 2014|work=Camden New Journal|date=15 Aug 2013}}</ref>

 

 

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