Partner Services

The central MCI team offers comprehensive ongoing support to all schools, encompassing a range of both formal and informal engagement. Through regular on-site visits and virtual meetings and conferences, we collaborate closely with school leaders and academic personnel, sharing best practice from around the group and the latest developments from within the education sector. Our services range from the foundational aspects of curriculum design to the intricate processes of examination board authorisation, ensuring a robust educational framework for our partner schools. All schools are afforded access to our central ‘Resources Portal’ which includes a complete suite of school policies and a wide range of other resources.

Proprietors and Senior Leaders from MCI schools are invited to attend this annual event held at Malvern College in the UK. The event features expert keynote speakers, updates from MCI and specialist break-out sessions, and is conducted both in person and online simultaneously. This is an ideal opportunity for senior leaders to meet peers from other MCI schools and to visit the home campus.

Conducted biennially, our academic and management audits are performed by an experienced team adhering to the Combined Education and Management Audit (CEMA) framework. These visits provide a supportive but critical assessment of the school’s educational and managerial operations, with a view to supporting schools in aligning with international standards. The CEMA team also support schools looking to undergo external accreditation from bodies such as COBIS or CIS.

MCI offers support with initial facility and budget planning, architectural and QS consultancy and project management support. This includes working with existing project design teams and any third parties already engaged by partners.

Assisting partners with the deployment of the Malvern College brand both in terms of ‘visual identity’ and ‘local implementation’ with the aim of ensuring a consistent brand presence and a common educational experience for students at all MCI schools worldwide. This service also includes trademark and website domain registration.

Both on a consulting basis prior to new school opening and on an ongoing basis thereafter. This includes initial business planning and modelling as well as support for school administration functions. Support is also available from our central marketing team to assist with the development of local marketing strategies.

MCI is able to support its partner schools with a wide range of specialist skills which can be made available if required, via secondments, to assist both with initial school set-up and with occasional skills or resource gaps. Example resources include digital marketing, interim leadership positions and IT support.

Malvern College has a well-established network of educational consultants and agents who assist with the recruitment of students for our schools around the world (in particular for our boarding schools). The central MCI team also attends a range of student recruitment events around the world on behalf of our schools.

MCI provides a range of services to assist partner schools with the recruitment, retention and ongoing support of staff teams. This includes training for HR staff, facilitating inter-school transfers and career development, group membership of the www.tes.com jobs portal and dedicated support for the recruitment of senior leadership positions.

MCI is committed to the ongoing professional growth of our staff through a series of centrally facilitated and specially commissioned CPD courses called Malvern Pathways. These encompass targeted programmes for Senior Leaders, Middle Leaders and Teaching Assistants, with future courses to include opportunities for non-teaching personnel. Additionally, Malvern Pathways enriches the educational experience for both students and staff through exchange opportunities, promoting global perspectives within our educational community.

New staff joining our international schools are invited to attend a two-day induction programme hosted at Malvern College, UK, in the summer prior to taking up their post. This provides an informal setting to meet new colleagues, to tour the UK campus and to learn more about the history and values of Malvern College

MCI provides pupils at our schools around the world with opportunities to work together and collaborate in a variety of academic and co-curricular activities, spearheaded by our C&I Committee. All schools provide representatives for the committee and organise a range of inter-school events. Examples include academic ‘Olympiads’, debating competitions, business games, arts competitions and community events.

MCI organises a range of residential experiences hosted at Malvern College in the UK. These include the National Schools Symphony Orchestra, the Harvard Model Congress Young Leadership Programme (which also runs annually at Malvern College Egypt) and the annual Malvern College Summer School programme. An annual Residential Experiences Brochure is produced by MCI outlining the opportunities available for that year.

MCI schools are offered access to expert counsellors at Malvern College who have many years’ experience of managing applications to leading academic and specialist universities and colleges in the UK, USA and other popular locations. The team also offers coordinated trips to universities, both in the UK and USA, which are available to students from all MCI schools. Students at our schools also have access to our team of alumni representatives who are current undergraduates at leading universities and who can provide support with up-to-date advice on university life and experiences

In partnership with the highly experienced College Guardians, we provide a bespoke University Guardianship service to graduates of Malvern College schools attending university in the UK.

Graduates and former pupils of MCI schools are now offered exclusive membership of the alumni association of Malvern College, the Malvernian Society. We are currently in the process of developing a range of bespoke services and events for the graduates and former pupils of MCI schools. Graduating students are also invited to attend a combined graduation ceremony and Leavers Ball at Malvern College in the UK.