Posted:01-February-2022
FIRST CLASS LEARNING ANNOUNCES RECORD NUMBER OF PARENTAL ENQUIRIES
First Class Learning (FCL), one of the UK's largest tuition providers with over 300 tuition centres nationwide, has revealed the first weekend in January 2022 saw a record number of enquiries from worried parents.
Education is one area which has been hit badly by the imposed lockdowns, with many pupils really struggling both academically and emotionally due to the enforced move to home learning. With the end of the pandemic hopefully in sight, concerned parents are now determined to help their children catch up on all the education they have missed over the last two years.
Ed Hyslop, Chief Executive of FCL comments, "This has been the busiest January we have ever experienced. We have received a record number of enquiries from parents who know their children need extra support to make up for the disruption to their learning. Schools have been doing their very best but have been under huge pressure to adapt in very difficult circumstances, and unfortunately it has proved impossible for them to provide pre-Covid levels of education."
Ex-headteacher and FCL franchisee, Shazia Hussain, says that schools need to be open minded, looking at what is on offer in the market and taking the time to understand providers' services before making decisions. Interventions need to be personalised and the human touch is always essential when working with younger learners.
She explains, "Schools are doing their best in offering an enriching and balanced curriculum, but the reality is that schools also go through the curriculum at a pace to complete coverage. This does mean at times many students can't keep up and slip through the net. How tuition or academic coaching works is to help those students keep up rather than catch up. Hence, I feel it is important to supplement school with tuition to enable exactly that."
FCL is a franchise tuition business that focuses on building the skills and confidence of its students. This is achieved by taking a personalised approach to children's learning using the highly regarded maths and English programmes, which are created by the in-house team of qualified education specialists. FCL works with children and their parents to ensure that it is the best fit for them - and, of course, the same goes for prospective franchisees. Core to FCL's success is investment in people, which puts children at the heart of everything it does.
First Class Learning has low start-up costs, with investment levels varying depending on where a centre is situated with initial franchise fees starting at £8,000 + VAT. These costs cover training, website set-up and access to the Centre Managers' Portal, marketing and business support, plus an Accelerator Launch Package worth c.£2,000 and exclusive rights to operate an FCL Centre and use the FCL brand in the franchise territory. Furthermore, FCL offers a 100% franchise fee discount in month one, then a 50% discount for a further three months to give new starters plenty of time to build a critical mass of students.
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