June 2015
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Kumon study centre’s move a great success
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t has been nearly two years now since Kumon Bradley Stoke Study Centre relocated to a permanent home in the Willow Brook Centre. We recently met up with Kumon instructor Sarah Nutchey to talk about the impact the move has had on the business. “How quickly those two years have gone, and how much has happened,” reflects Sarah. “It was a big decision to make the move into commercial premises, and it was with some trepidation that we took on the responsibility of a five-year lease, business rates and fire & safety regulations.” “In our previous location we opened for just six hours per week over three days with little scope to extend those hours. The centre now is now open 12 hours per week over four days, with the potential to open for a fifth day in the near future. With so many working parents we are now able to offer maximum availability to busy families.” The Bradley Stoke Study Centre has become recognized as a centre of excellence within the Kumon organization, with fellow instructors and head office
staff visiting to research and gain insight from the methods and systems employed. The centre also works closely with staff in the Bristol Kumon office to continue to refine and improve its instruction and ensure that it is working with best and current practice. “Recently, we celebrated the success of a student who completed the English programme; he was studying degree level literature at age 10. Two more students are on target to complete the maths programme before the end of the year, which means they will study differential calculus, an A-level topic, in Year 8.” Kumon is studied in over 45 countries around the world by nearly two million children. All of these students are developed to study beyond the Kumon international standard equivalent to school age across the world. Currently, 65-70% of the Bradley Stoke centre’s students are studying ahead of the international standard, by as much as three years. An awards ceremony is planned for the end of the summer term to recognise the marvellous achievements of the
Kumon instructor Sarah Nutchey (centre) with some of her assistants
centre’s students. “We need not have worried about whether the decision to move would be a good one business-wise. The centre now has 50% more students than when we
moved in, making ours the largest Kumon centre in the Bristol area. We are currently ranked 72 out of 690 centres in the UK and hope to achieve a top 50 position by the end of the year.”
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