About Us
Place Group is a specialist consulting, project management and research company with 18 years’ experience in the field of education. We have a strong track record of developing winning free school applications and have successfully opened over 100 new schools for clients and Trusts across the country.
Place Group is synonymous with establishing new schools, in particular the Free Schools Programme; we were involved with the very first bid that was submitted to the Secretary of State in 2010. Our profile and success rates are second to none.
Whatever your specific needs and requirements with regard to education, social mobility and early years themed projects are, we are ready and motivated to help with our friendly, knowledgeable and bespoke service.
Awards and Accreditations
We are proud to have achieved the following awards and accreditations for our work supporting schools and MATs across the country.




Bellevue Place Education Trust
Learn, Enjoy, Succeed
Our Multi-Academy Trust successfully opened seven new primary schools to support communities with excellent education across London and Maidenhead, with a new converter that joined in January 2020.
Our vision is for all pupils and staff to enjoy a broad and enriched learning experience, enabling them to achieve far greater individual success than they might previously have thought possible. All our schools are focused on delivering a high-quality provision in areas where there is a shortage of primary school places.
Our pupils continue to achieve strong outcomes across our schools:
- 80% of pupils across BPET schools achieved a Good Level of Development, 8% above the 2019 national average of 72%
- 91% of pupils passed the phonics screening in Year 1 – 9% above the 2019 national average of 82%.