Integrating contextual and operational feasibility reporting
Credible feasibility planning that combines contextual and operational perspectives helps partners. investors, operators and academic leaders assess risk and-return dynamics. It helps an understanding of how the school can operate with financial integrity, even during early years when cash flow is tight and while clarifying what is required to establish successful long-term educational quality.
Both reports therefore provide a coherent due-diligence framework. My advice would be to first commission a contextual report, then use its findings to inform an operational study which will lay the basis for both educational and business planning.
Once this framework is in place, school sponsors are able to follow a structured sequence to operationalise the theory for each particular venture and can approach regulators, investors, potential partners and, ultimately, families, with well-informed confidence.
This transparent, risk-aware approach builds confidence with all stakeholders, increasing the odds of establishing a successful, high-quality school that will serve the needs of students, families, and the broader community for years to come.