Our new Business Development Manager is…
We have decided to appint Caroline Allen to the post of Business Development Manager. she is a former Marketing Consultant for an Independent School, and lives near Pewsey.
St. Johns Catholic School Prospectus is now completed!
We have recently completed and printed St. Johns Catholic Primary School’s prospectus. Bob Coleman (Headteacher) asked The Mustard Agency to design a landscape prospectus with a pocket. By selecting our photography and prospectus package we were able to design a bright school prospectus. “It looks absolutely fantastic, you’ve done a brilliant job, thank you so [...]
Yewstock Special School Prospectus has now been printed!
We have recently completed and printed Yewstock Special School’s school prospectus. Sean Kretz (Headteacher) asked The Mustard Agency to design an A4 prospectus with a pocket. “I just wanted to say thank you to you and your team for producing our wonderful brochure. We’re very pleased with it and have had lots of positive comments. It [...]
New Blandford School Website
We have recently completed the design and development of Blandford School’s school website. Sally Wilson (Head Teacher) asked us to produce a bespoke website which can be updated on a regular basis using our cms system. To view the new school website click here www.blandfordschool.org.uk
New Vacancy: Account Manager
Account Manager Due to very rapid growth at The Mustard Agency, we are looking for an Account Manager to join our creative design and website team. What are the skills and qualities we are looking for? You will almost certainly have a degree (or equivalent qualification) in advertising and marketing. You will also be a [...]
Great Expectations
The Blandford School in The Dorset Life Magazine Article written by Joel Lacey • Published in January ’12 The only thing for which head teacher Sally Wilson could possibly reproach the architect behind the Blandford School’s beautiful new building is the sound of teenage footfall from the purpose-built drama studio above her office; she does [...]
Wonderful Bristol…
To Bristol today to visit a truly magnificent school building and pitch our ideas for the school prospectus. Completed in 2006, the new school occupies a prominent position on the edge of the City. It looks fantastic. As someone who “collects” beautiful modern buildings (architecture is still an under-rated 21st Century art form), I was [...]
Relief at a job well done…
Well, it is all over! After a couple of sleepless nights, the big inspection with Sir Michael Wilshaw went exactly as it should have done… smoothly and professionally! Regular readers will have picked up on the fact that my partner was given the task of taking the new Head of Ofsted on an Early Years Inspection in North London, [...]
New full-time Sales/Business Development role as Mustard expands
Job Vacancy: New full-time Sales/Business Development role as Mustard expands. As a result of our runaway success, and a huge increase in the number of warm leads, we are looking for a Sales/Business Development Manager to join our team. This is a NEW POST due to rapid business expansion. Over the past few months the [...]
All a flutter in the household…
It is all a flutter in the household this weekend as my partner prepares to meet up with Sir Michael Wilshaw tomorrow morning. Her day job is as an Early Years Inspector and has been chosen to take Sir Michael on an inspection as part of his induction programme. Wild horses wouldn’t drag any of the detail from [...]
Helping your school smell a little sweeter!
One of the joys of my role at The Mustard Agency is that I have to go to LOTS of schools. Last year I visited nearly 150 schools, colleges, 6th forms and nurseries. I travelled 26,500 miles and pitched to 72 potential clients. That’s a pretty tall order and a lot more school visiting than my Partner, who [...]
Why is colour important when marketing your school?
Colour is hugely important in the way we perceive the qualities of a school or a nursery. When it comes to the colour of the school uniform, choosing the paint for the walls in a classroom, or the school carpet we need to bear in mind that the colours we choose can help to create a “feel” which [...]
Creating good signage for your school is fundamental
I’ve just returned from a road trip around Dorset… one of my favourite counties and the venue for the sailing events in the 2012 Olympics. I’m driving down a main trunk arterial road on my way to see a couple of my school clients and suddenly I drive past a school I know well:- Sandford [...]
Horsham Nursery School Family and Childrens Centre Website
We are delighted to announce the launch of the Horsham Nursery School Family and Childrens Centre website. You can see the new website at: http://www.horshamnursery.w-sussex.sch.uk/ The clients wanted a simple, attractive website which showed the new centre, and its services, to best effect. We did the photo shoot during the Summer and you can see [...]
A list of the new Free Schools
We have been asked several times to publish a list of the new Free Schools, and whether we work for them. The answer is “Yes, we are happy to work with Free Schools.” The Mustard Agency does as much work for schools in the state sector as it does in the independent sector – and [...]
How do prospective parents make decisions about which school to choose?
We are frequently asked by our educational clients: “how do prospective parents make decisions about which school to choose?” There is an absolutely brilliant research organisation called RISE (Reasearch And Information on State Education) which can help. They have recently brought together a shed-load of market research on “What parents think of schools” which gives some [...]
What don’t we do?
We’ve had a request from a potential client… What can we do to help? That’s a difficult one to answer really, because we do SO much – but here is a very short A-Z of what we currently cover. I’ve left out lots of things and there is plenty of duplication, but what the heck?… Advertising and advertisements [...]
Our forward work programme…
We’ve just been looking at the forward work programme for 2012 – and it looks as if it will be our best year ever! The Mustard Agency are going to be working on prospectuses and websites for schools, free schools, private schools and colleges all over the South, in: Aldershot, Andover, Basingstoke, Bath, Bristol, Chipping Sodbury, Christchurch, Devizes, [...]
New Blandford Main School and Sixth Form Brochures
We have recently completed the design of a main school prospectus for Blandford School based in dorset. Sally Wilson (Head Teacher) asked us to produce a bespoke prospectus with a unique illustration of their school building with is incorporated into their brochure. To view the main school prospectus click here www.blandford.digital-brochure.co.uk To view the new Sixth [...]
The Phoenix Canberra Federation
The Mustard Agency has now designed and produced three brochures for The Phoenix Canberra Federation. Working with Sir William Atkinson (Head Teacher of The Phoenix High School) we have been able to produce a bright primary school prospectus for Canberra Primary School, a high school prospectus for The Phoenix High School and also a Federation [...]
Prospectus Printed For Hardenhuish School
We have now designed and printed a prospectus for Hardenhuish School based in Chippenham, Wiltshire. They asked us to produce a wide range of marketing materials for their school which followed their ethos an vision. Click here to view our work.
Our New Website Goes Live
Our new website is now finally up and running. Over the past two months we have been designing our new website, you can view our extensive design portfolio in detail, explore a wide range of services we have on offer and view our school training courses.