Grebot Donnelly Associates - The Leading Education PR & Marketing Specialists

“The Grebot Donnelly team was instrumental in helping us to ensure that our public face and communications reflected the strength and quality of our school. Their work has raised pride in our successes and achievements and demonstrated that celebrating achievement can be an important factor in encouraging further achievement. Their approach has made the whole school appreciate the importance of a strategic marketing and publicity campaign. We are delighted that our outstanding school has been recognised in our recent Ofsted inspection dated May 2010.”

John McLeod, Overall Project Manager CASL

“Grebot Donnelly provide a friendly and professional service with a high level of support that has given us the strategies, tools and confidence to promote our school to our relevant audiences. Their approach is strategic and practical and their level of understanding and expertise is invaluable.”

Louise Ceska, Headteacher

“Thanks to Grebot Donnelly our local reputation has improved. We are well known for all the right reasons and, under their guidance, we continue to engage with our various audiences in a consistent and considered way that directly supports our goals and long-term objectives for promoting the Academy.”

Andrew Crees, Business and Finance Director, North Birmingham Academy

“Working with Grebot Donnelly has made a difference because they have enabled us to realise the true potential of what we have at Ricards Lodge.  Thanks to their guidance we now work together effectively as a whole school to celebrate the positive for the whole community.”

Alison Jerrard, Headteacher

“Grebot Donnelly provide a personalised, high quality and professional service. They have succeeded in capturing the essence of both schools whilst creating something new and fresh for our combined sixth form branding. The DVD was a huge success and very well received by students, parents and staff.”

Alison Jerrard, Headteacher, Ricards Lodge High School and Alex Williamson, Headteacher, Rutlish School, Wimbledon

“Working with Grebot Donnelly has made us think about our strengths and what makes us unique. We have been able to use these insights to celebrate our school’s strengths and to go out to our community with a new confidence. The training for Front of House staff and the school based Marketing/PR group has equipped and empowered our staff and governors and helped our understanding of the importance of marketing the school in a positive way, highlighting and celebrating those things that make us special.”

David Dasey, Bursar

“Grebot Donnelly have worked on all of my Academy development projects and have brought an impressive professionalism to firstly understanding my needs and the needs of my projects and then to delivering the project. Their approach and experience in Academy project PR is unchallenged. Their creativity, insight and ability to deliver appropriate PR programmes on time, at high quality and on budget is impressive.”

Peter Rawlinson, Woodard Schools

“Working with the GD team on the Academies programme has been a great experience they are innovative, reliable, a critical friend, deliver on time and go the extra mile. I especially love their Trinny and Susannah experience. Without a doubt first choice every time.”

David Stones, Principal Consultant

“GDA have worked with us throughout the Feasibility Stage of the proposed North Halifax Academy. The experience they have brought to the project, along with the professionalism of their approach, has been invaluable in enabling Sponsors to be proactive in all aspects of building community relationships.”

John McLeod, Overall Project Manager CASL

“We have worked with Grebot Donnelly Associates over the last year to develop and implement a marketing strategy that has helped us to build our profile and improve our reputation in the local community, reflecting the school as it is today. GDA provide a friendly and professional service with a high level of support that has given us the strategies, skills and confidence to promote our school to the relevant audiences. Their approach is strategic and practical and their level of understanding and expertise is invaluable.”

Alan Birchall, Headteacher, Byrchall High School, Wigan

“Working with Grebot Donnelly has been revealing, rewarding and enjoyable.  They have provided us with strategies by which we can consider and improve on existing practice. We have really improved the ways in which we promote our school and relate to parents and external partners.”

Beverly Dobson, Headteacher, Bow School, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

“Grebot Donnelly developed and implemented a Marketing and PR Strategy that has helped us to improve our reputation and raise our profile as a centre of excellence for deaf education. They provide a friendly and professional service based on an informed understanding of the education sector and have equipped us with the skills, confidence and strategies to promote our school.”

Karen Simpson, Headteacher, Frank Barnes School

“Grebot Donnelly have helped us develop and implement a borough-wide approach to the marketing of secondary school education. They provided a strategic and practical approach, always working in close partnership with us to ensure that all stakeholders were considered and consulted in the planning and execution of the project. We are grateful for their expertise and very pleased with the quality of their work.”

Janet Martin, Head of Education, London Borough of Merton

“GDA’s contribution to the Academy has been outstanding in every way, reflecting the highest level of excellence and professionalism. We could not have achieved the opening of the Academy without them.”

Colin Hopkins, Principal Representative of the Sponsors of St Mark’s Academy, Mitcham

“GDA provide a friendly and professional service with a high level of support that has given us the skills and confidence to promote our school.”

Jacques Szemalikowski, Head Teacher, Hampstead School

“The Misbourne School realises the importance of accessing the opinions of our stakeholders so that we are able to reflect on current perceptions and trends in order to plan for future development. Our partnership with GDA has resulted in a comprehensive marketing, PR and communications strategy. This identifies an opportunity to build on the success of our school through celebration of achievement and to increase the level of our engagement with stakeholders; particularly parents/carers.”

Mrs Amanda Kelly, Associate Headteacher, The Misbourne School, Buckinghamshire