Approaching Schools

In this week's episode we are exploring funding for your children's activities in schools and nurseries. We are going to be considering a wide range of aspects of the funding so that you can make the most of contacting schools and nurseries.  I talk about: how budgets are awarded in schools and nurseries how you can consider making your activity cross curricular the funding formula that...

In this week's episode I want to share with you my top tips for creating high converting emails and letters. I will discuss: what content I suggest for high converting letters and emails how you can compel people to respond to you why personalisation is important and how you can do it effectively what happens when your letter or email is generic how long we have to capture the readers attenti...

In this week's episode you will learn how to use the STOP system to communicate more effectively with schools or nurseries. We will think about: what actions you can replace to create more success should you pitch in a sales email some of the sure fire ways your emails will get deleted or put in the bin how you can find out what a nursery or school needs what your offer is The key is to be pe...

In this week's episode I want to share with you another way to grow your business. Have you considered getting more daytime work in schools and nurseries? For some of you there might be a worry that you need a teaching qualification or that you're not sure how to fit your activity with the curriculum or Early Years Foundation Stage statutory framework. Worry not, there are so many opport...

In this week's episode I want to explore with you extra curricular clubs and how you can get more of them into schools. I discuss: what extra curricular clubs are and how they are broader than just after school clubs how to find more hours in the week that you could offer your club how to handle any objections to running clubs in the setting ways to create opportunities  within the settings t...

In today's episode I want to talk to you about how to follow up with key decision makers in nurseries and schools. I know it can feel demoralising when you send an email or a letter and get no response but are you stopping there? Is there something more you could be doing? I am going to talk about: are your emails working for you? how you feel about following up and how many times is the righ...

In this week's episode I want to talk about how you communicate with educators more effectively. The key to this is to make sure that you're speaking their language. How do you do that? I will share: how you can swap language in your communications to match terminology that you would see in lesson plans or. government educational documents examples of language that will be understood by...

In this week's episode we are talking about how you can get a school or nursery to buy into your services. One of the big things we're going to think about is how on earth you communicate value: We will think about: how we can remind potential clients of the value in our activities how do we align with the curriculum or early year framework how to craft a valuable offer so that you can s...

In this week's episode I want to help you think about who the best person is to contact in your local school or nursery. Now it's not as easy as it might sound because there are a range of people who might be appropriate to contact. I talk about: who is the right person to speak to and does this vary dependent on the setting? if you're not sure who to contact is there someone that a...

In today's episode I would love to talk to you about when is the best time to approach schools and nurseries. You might be surprised by the answer! I will discuss: when the right time is to approach schools and nurseries does it make a difference if it is local authority school or a private establishment my methodology that ensures your approach is relevant, useful and valuable the problem th...

Welcome to the very first episode of the Approaching Schools podcast!  My name's Cerys Keneally and in this episode I walk you through how my A.C.E background in Activities, Coaching & Education informs the methods I now teach to  thousands of children's activity providers who want to get their business into schools and nurseries. You will discover: - The key mistakes I come across w...

Welcome to the Approaching Schools Podcast with Cerys Keneally. Listen in for a short introduction to what this podcast is all about. I can't wait to share my knowledge, tips and expertise with you. View transcript Join the Approaching Schools Community For Children's Activity Providers