Under his leadership, Simon's school grew from a single language in one country to 15 languages across 25 countries and territories.
That growth didn't happen by accident. It required building robust systems for host family recruitment and management, developing rigorous student placement processes, and maintaining the welfare standards that home tuition demands — all while running a commercially viable operation. Simon has navigated every stage of that journey firsthand.
He now brings that operational depth to language schools that are considering home tuition as a new revenue stream. The advice he gives is rooted in direct experience — not frameworks borrowed from adjacent sectors, but the specific knowledge that comes from having built and scaled provision of this kind.
Simon works with a small number of clients at any one time, which means the schools he advises receive focused, personal attention — not a generic consultancy package applied at arm's length.
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