Inspired Education Group is a

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, international provider of

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. It was founded in 2013 by Lebanese-British businessman Nadim Nsouli and is headquartered in

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. It provides education for children aged 1 year up to 18 years, and to date has around 50,000 students globally.

History

Inspired Education Group was founded in 2013 by Nadim M. Nsouli, a businessman and co-founder of Lyla Nsouli Foundation for Children’s Brain Cancer, when his group acquired

Reddam House Reddam House is an independent, co-educational, non-denominational, day school, located in Woollahra (pre-school to Year 9) and North Bondi (Years 10 to 12), both Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Reddam House was acqui ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

. Since 2013, Reddam House has acquired and constructed nine schools in South Africa, along with the Inspired’s “flagship school,” Reddam House Berkshire, near

Wokingham, England Wokingham is a market town in Berkshire, England, west of London, southeast of Reading, north of Camberley and west of Bracknell. History Wokingham means 'Wocca's people's home'. Wocca was apparently a Saxon chieftain who may ...

. In 2015 the school grounds in Winnersh were taken over from Bearwood College. Nsouli, the founder,

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and

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, has worked as a lawyer and as an investment banker, and he has led the group since its founding. Inspired's President is Graeme Crawford, a South African educator and founder of Reddam House. Nicholas Wergan is the Group Education Director; and joined Inspired in 2019. The group's strategy has been described as "''buy and build''", involving the purchase of existing schools, as well as the building of new schools. It has offices in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...

, and

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

. Schools in other European countries that form part of the Inspired group include St. George's International School, Switzerland, St. John's International School, Belgium, St. Louis School, Italy, and Sotogrande International School, Spain. In the

Middle East The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...

, the group has acquired British School of Bahrain. Inspired's

Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...

n schools include Blue Valley School, Costa Rica, Colegio San Mateo, Colombia, and Cambridge College Lima, Peru. By 2017, Inspired operated more than 30 schools, and as of 2018 educated over 35,000 students in 46 schools. Inspired acquired part of New Zealand's biggest private-education provider

ACG Education ACG Schools (formerly known as ACG Education) is a New Zealand-based private education company that operates schools and preschools in New Zealand and Asia. Incorporated as a New Zealand Limited Liability Company in 1994 it established its fir ...

’s schools division in 2018 from

Pacific Equity Partners Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) is a private equity investment firm focusing on transactions in Australia and New Zealand. PEP invests across a range of industries and sectors and in turnaround and growth capital transactions. The firm is based i ...

for approximately 500 million. In 2020, Inspired was described as "the world's largest premium education provider," with 64 schools spread across five continents. In addition to several investments from firms such as Oakley Capital and TA Associates, Inspired has partnered on educational programs with Berklee College of Music. It acquired private tutoring company, Ostaz in 2021. In May 2021, Inspired acquired Wey Education PLC, a leader in online education through its two brands, InterHigh and Academy21. Inspired owned online schools, InterHigh and King's College Online merged in November 2021, relaunching under the new name King's InterHigh. In May 2022, Stonepeak, a US private equity company, invested €1bn in exchange for a minority stake in Inspired. On May 20th, La Miranda The Global Quality School, in Barcelona, Spain joined Inspired.

References

External links

Official website
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