ISC Research: The International Schools Market
International Education in Great Demand
The demand for international education is increasing dramatically in many parts of the world, creating a growth market for organisations involved in educational goods and services. International schools cater for the richest 5% of the non-English speaking world. A typical international school teaches wholly or partly in English, is independent and is located in a non-English speaking country.
Reach a worldwide market
The international school market is far bigger than many people realise and provides lucrative opportunities to suppliers of educational resources. When your company or organisation wants to reach this worldwide market the ISC Research online service brings it within easy reach. This contains a complete graphical analysis of the size of the market.Roughly 20% of students in international schools are from expatriate families but the biggest group, and the most rapidly expanding, comes from the wealthy local population. The demand for English-medium schools (British, American, international and bilingual) is increasing dramatically in many parts of the world.
A school is included on our database if it teaches wholly or partly in English outside an English-speaking country. Language schools are therefore completely different and are excluded. There are exceptions and grey areas. India, for example is in many ways an English-speaking country, so we only include English-medium schools in India that also have an international curriculum.
Growth of international school market
New schools are being opened all the time and it is clear that there is no end in sight for the demand for places at all types of English-medium international schools.
Governments increasingly recognise the importance of having a vibrant international schools market and some, like Korea for example, are actively encouraging schools to open. There are considerable economic advantages and it reduces the need for their own students to study abroad. More and more countries are allowing their nationals to attend these schools.
International schools are now big business and there many well-funded groups buying and building schools. Altogether, the proportion of schools run for profit is increasing significantly.
The number of expatriates at international schools continues to grow, particularly in China.
But it is the demand by the increasing number of wealthy parents for places at English-medium schools in their own countries that, in many cases, already dominates enrolment and will dominate future growth.
Free access to ISC Research for international schools
All international schools receive free access to the ISC Research system. You may obtain a login id and password by sending an email to ISC Research including the full name of your school.