PLMR’s award-winning education practice delivers positive impact for organisations across the sector, helping them achieve their objectives.
Our extensive knowledge and experience across the education sector, means we can support a range of clients with:
- Strategic advice and consultancy, providing peace of mind and expert advice on communications
- Public affairs, engaging with key decision makers and political figures to build advocacy and influence change
- Crisis communications, helping navigate and overcome sensitive and complex situations that pose a reputational risk
- Positive PR, raising the profile of institutions and organisations across the sector, helping to build awareness and credibility amongst target audiences through thought leadership and media engagement
- Stakeholder engagement, communicating key messages and scenarios with internal and external audiences, including staff, students, families, community members and leaders, wider education sector influencers and more
- Digital services, including website, design and branding, social media and digital advertising to capture the attention of audiences and drive interest.
Over the years, our education campaigns have won awards, secured strategic objectives and achieved policy changes, for clients spanning some of the country’s biggest and best-known academy trusts; maintained and independent schools; world-leading universities; further education, training and skills providers; exam boards; nurseries and Early Years associations; education charities; curriculum organisations; edtech providers; and headteacher unions and associations.
PLMR’s education practice is led by Tiffany Beck OBE, a co-founder and Chair of Trustees of a school trust in London and the South East, and Ollie Lane, a former chief media adviser to Michael Gove, Nick Gibb, Elizabeth Truss, David Laws and Lord Nash in his four years at the Department for Education. Ollie also worked in the 10 Downing Street press team when David Cameron was Prime Minister. Clients also benefit from the strategic advice and consultancy of John Cope, who has held senior leadership roles at the Education Policy Institute, CBI, UCAS and the Institute of Apprenticeships; and served as an adviser to Nicky Morgan, former Education Secretary and David Willets, former Universities Minister.
PLMR is also a proud Platinum Partner of the sector body the Confederation of School Trusts, and produces Trust: The CST Podcast.
Get in touch with the team to find out how your education organisation could achieve its objectives through tailored, strategic communications support.
