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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> | 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 Group''' 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" /> These purchases were financed by investment from Plato Two Limited.<ref name="2011AnnualAccounts" /> | The company adopted the name '''Bellevue Education Group''' 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" /> These purchases, and the additional purchase of a share interest in [[Gstaad International School]], were financed by investment from Plato Two Limited.<ref name="2011AnnualAccounts" /> | ||
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.<ref name="EdInvestor2012" /> 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.<ref name="Shareholders" /> <ref name="2011AnnualAccounts" /> The parent company | 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.<ref name="EdInvestor2012" /> 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.<ref name="Shareholders" /> <ref name="2011AnnualAccounts" /> The parent company completed the acquisition of Gstaad International School, later re-opened as Surval Gstaad, and purchased a second Swiss boarding school, Surval Mont-Fleuri, subsequently renamed as Surval Montreaux.<ref name="BellevueTimeline" /> <ref name=SurvalMontreauxWiki>{{cite web|title=Surval Mont-Fleuri|url=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surval_Mont-Fleuri|website=Wikipedia|publisher=Wikipedia|accessdate=10 November 2014}}</ref> | ||
Back in the UK, Bellevue Education Group opened a new 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> | Back in the UK, Bellevue Education Group opened a new 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> | ||