Specialised planning and optimisation services for Diocesan education providers, helping you make the most of your school estate and resources.
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Our Diocese Optimise service provides Diocesan education providers with detailed analysis and planning tools to make the most of their educational estate and resources. We help you identify opportunities for improvement, plan for future needs, and secure necessary funding for your Catholic schools.
Using our proprietary methodologies and extensive experience in the Catholic education sector, we deliver actionable insights that lead to tangible improvements in space utilisation, resource allocation, and educational outcomes across your diocese.
Our team works closely with you to understand your specific challenges and goals, ensuring that our recommendations are tailored to your unique context and Catholic educational mission.
Key Benefits
- Optimise use of existing Catholic school spaces
- Strategic planning across parishes and deaneries
- Identify funding opportunities and cost savings
- Data-driven Catholic education planning
- Diocese-wide resource allocation optimisation
Our Diocese Optimise Services Include
School Space Planning
- School Internal Space & Mainstream Projections
- School/Other Assets External Space Mapping
- BB103 Sufficiency Review
- Timetable/Efficiency Assessments
Projections & Planning
- Potential Risks
- Local Developments
- Changes to Local School Places
- Pupil Home Locations
- Deprivation Data
- Early Years, Mainsteam and SEND/AP Projections
Funding & Resources
- Capital Funding Identification
- LA High Level Profile
Estate Management
- School Block Age
- DEC Energy Ratings
- DfE Condition
Development Planning
- Options Appraisal
- School Level Profile
- BB103 Development Plan
Diocese Optimise Dashboard Examples
Diocese Asset Ownership Dashboard
Our Diocese Asset Ownership dashboard provides a comprehensive view of all church and school assets across the diocese, including detailed mapping of deanery and parish boundaries, asset types, and complete property listings with tenure information.
Diocese Potential Risks Analysis
This powerful dashboard enables diocesan education leaders to analyse potential risks through parish-level catholicity trends, mass attendance projections, and school place planning data. The interactive visualisations help identify areas of concern and support strategic decision-making for future educational provision.
Diocese Local Developments Dashboard
This comprehensive dashboard maps all schools, churches, and local development vectors across the diocese, providing detailed information on existing educational facilities, church properties, and planned housing developments to support strategic planning.
Diocese Capital Funding Opportunities
Our Capital Funding dashboard identifies and tracks funding opportunities across the diocese, including Section 106 and CIL contributions, general education funding, and other named contributions, helping diocesan leaders make informed decisions about resource allocation.
Diocese Pupil Home Locations Analysis
This detailed analysis of pupil home locations provides valuable insights into travel distances, catchment areas, and demographic patterns across the diocese, supporting strategic planning for school places and resource allocation.
Diocese Changes to Local School Places Dashboard
This dashboard tracks and analyses changes to school places across the diocese, providing valuable insights into expansions, reductions, and new provisions. This information helps diocesan leaders understand capacity trends and plan strategically for future educational needs.
High Level Local Authority Dashboard
This dashboard provides diocesan leaders with a high-level view of Local Authority metrics that impact diocesan schools, including EHCP trends, funding allocations, and projected pupil numbers. Understanding these LA-level trends is crucial for strategic planning across the diocese's educational estate.
School Level Profile Dashboard
Our School Level Profile dashboard provides a comprehensive view of individual schools within the diocese, including pupil demographics, SEN data, exclusions/suspensions, historical and projected pupil numbers, capacity analysis, and potential capital funding opportunities to support targeted planning at the school level.
Success Story
Archdiocese of Birmingham
Return on Investment
£1 of 1st Planner Fees Resulted in £150 of capital investment, equating to ROI of 15,047%
How We Helped
The Archdiocese of Birmingham needed to optimise their school estate across multiple locations, while planning for changing demographics and educational requirements. Our Diocese Optimise service provided a comprehensive analysis of their current estate and future needs.
We identified opportunities to repurpose underutilised spaces, developed accurate projections for pupil numbers, and created a strategic plan for estate development that aligned with available funding sources.
Ready to Optimise Your Diocesan Educational Estate?
Contact us today to discuss how our Diocese Optimise service can help you create high-quality school places while maximising your resources.