King's Group is an international education and training company part of the Inspired Education Group, a co-educational, non-denominational, international provider of for profit private schools founded in 2013 by Lebanese-British businessman Nadim Nsouli and is headquartered in London. It provides education for children aged 1 year up to 18 years, and to date has around 80,000 students globally, across 111 schools in 24 countries.
King's School were originated in Spain when King's College, Madrid was opened in 1969 by Roger Fry but is headquartered in Tenbury Wells in the United Kingdom.[1] King's Group is the parent company of King's College schools[2] and also owns other educational and non-educational entities: King's College, Madrid, King's College International,[3] King's Training (Spain and Panama)[4] and Nexalia Services.[5]
In February 2014 King's Group was granted permission from the Department for Education (DfE) in London to sponsor Academies and Free Schools in England.[6] This new area of the business is called King's Group Academies. Currently, there are five academies in the UK, with another set to open this year.[7]
The business provides pre-school, primary and secondary education to nearly 8000 students of more than 80 nationalities, in the United Kingdom, Spain, Panama and Germany, and employs over 1200 education professionals, specialists and staff.[8]
King's College schools give their pupils an academic, all-round liberal, Christian based education. The schools do not practice strong belief standings, but instead live by the values encased on the school crest of “Honestly, Faith and Courage”.[9]
In 2018, King's Group were awarded the Education Investors Award, for being the winner in the Private Education Group of the Year category.[10]
In 2019, King's Group joined Inspired Education Group, a leading global premium schools group operating in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. And in 2022, the latest King's College School was inaugurated in The Bahamas, with a newly built 10-acre state-of-the-art campus of significant architectural value, offering the highest quality educational facilities.