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Bellevue Education Group Limited is an education management company established in 2003,[1] which owns eleven independent schools in the UK and two Swiss boarding schools.[2] [3]

Through the Bellevue Place Education Trust, set up in partnership with Place Group, Bellevue Education also runs, or has been pre-approved to run, a number of UK state-funded academies, under the Free School programme.[4] [5]

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.[6] [7] [8]

Company history

Bellevue Education Group Limited was founded under the name House Education by Mark Malley in 2003, when he bought Norfolk House preparatory school in London.[1] [9] [10] He also became the headteacher of the school.[11]

In 2008 House Education was renamed The Really Great Education Company Limited (EDCO) and purchased Weston Green School in Surrey.[1] [9] [12] It also purchased Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School in East Sussex in 2010,[9] [13] an expansion which contributed to its identification as an aspirant company in the proprietorial schools sector.[14]

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.[1] [9]

Bellevue acquired its two international Swiss boarding schools in 2012,[9] and opened a new UK independent school, Wandsworth Preparatory School.[9] [15]

During 2013, Bellevue acquired two more UK independent schools: Montessori House Nursery in Muswell Hill and Elmhurst School in South Croydon.[9] In the same year they formed Bellevue Place Education Trust, in partnership with Place Group, and opened their first state-funded free school, Rutherford House in Balham.[16]

Bellevue acquired two more UK independent schools in 2014, making a total of 11: Forest Preparatory School in Altrincham and Forest Park Preparatory School in Sale, Cheshire.[9] [17] Through the Bellevue Place Education Trust it also opened two more free schools, Braywick Court School in Maidenhead and Whitehall Park School in Islington, and obtained Government "pre-approval" to open three more free schools in 2015 and 2016.[4] The establishment of Whitehall Park was controversial, being opposed by the local council and some local residents.[18]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "BELLEVUE EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED". http://www.dellam.com/04924426-BELLEVUE%20EDUCATION%20GROUP%20LIMITED.html. Retrieved on 9 November 2014. 
  2. ↑ "Our UK Independent Schools". Bellevue Education. http://www.blvue.com/uk-independent-schools/schools/. Retrieved on 9 November 2014. 
  3. ↑ "Swiss Boarding Schools". Bellevue Education Limited. http://www.blvue.com/swiss-boarding/schools/. Retrieved on 9 November 2014. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Academies: Schools". Bellevue Education Limited. http://www.blvue.com/academies/schools/. Retrieved on 9 November 2014. 
  5. ↑ "Place Group gains first Free School approval as part of a proposer group". Place Group. http://www.place-group.com/news121.html. Retrieved on 9 November 2014. 
  6. ↑ "Bellevue Education continues empire building". Education Investor Website (Education Investor). 22 Oct 2012. http://www.educationinvestor.co.uk/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=3012. Retrieved on 9 November 2014. 
  7. ↑ "BELLEVUE EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED - Annual Accounts". Bellevue Education Group Limited. https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/documentextract/56750437. Retrieved on 9 November 2014. 
  8. ↑ "Marwan Naja". https://www.nchum.org/marwan-naja. Retrieved on 9 November 2014. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 "About Us: Timeline". Bellevue Education Limited. http://www.blvue.com/about-us/timeline/. Retrieved on 9 November 2014. 
  10. ↑ "Mark William Malley: Director Summary". http://companycheck.co.uk/director/913742040. Retrieved on 9 November 2014. 
  11. ↑ "Norfolk". Independent Schools Inspectorate. http://www.norfolkhouseschool.org/images/uploads/documents/Norfolk_House_School_-Inspection-Report-2011-V1.0.pdf. Retrieved on 9 November 2014. 
  12. ↑ "EDCO". http://www.theagencyforeducation.co.uk/work.php?item=edco&sub=2. Retrieved on 9 November 2014. 
  13. ↑ "EMC brokers a bright new future for Skippers Hill Manor School". http://www.emcltd.co.uk/news/success-stories/emc-brokers-a-bright-new-future-for-skippers-hill-manor-school. Retrieved on 9 November 2014. 
  14. ↑ Croft, James. "Profit-Making Free Schools: Unlocking the Potential of England’s Proprietorial Schools Sector". http://www.adamsmith.org/sites/default/files/resources/ASI_School_report_WEB.pdf. Retrieved on 9 November 2014. 
  15. ↑ "An introduction to Wandsworth Preparatory School by Mark Malley, CEO of Bellevue Education.". http://www.wandsworthprep.com/2012/01/introducing-wps/. Retrieved on 9 November 2014. 
  16. ↑ "About Us". http://www.rutherfordhouseschool.co.uk/aboutus.php?rt3k=. Retrieved on 9 November 2014. 
  17. ↑ "Bellevue buys two schools in Cheshire". Education Investor. 27 Feb 2014. http://www.educationinvestor.co.uk/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=3756. Retrieved on 9 November 2014. 
  18. ↑ Roberts, Alison (24 Feb 2014). "The middle-class parent’s dream school and a battle for an asbestos-riddled site". The Evening Standard. http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/the-middleclass-parents-dream-school-and-a-battle-for-an-asbestosriddled-site-9149092.html. Retrieved on 9 November 2014. 
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