Discover how Litmus Partnership helped Marlborough College approach a re-design of their historic dining space through consumer insights.
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Discover how Litmus Partnership supports Independent Schools with expert consultancy across catering, cleaning and soft facilities management to deliver excellence, efficiency and long-term value.
Creating exceptional environments where students and staff can thrive
Independent education has always been at the core of Litmus. For more than 30 years, we’ve partnered with schools across the UK to deliver excellence in catering, cleaning, and facilities management.
Our consultants have worked with over 80 independent schools, each with its own distinctive culture, community, and ambitions. We understand that no two schools are the same — and that every support service must reflect each school’s individuality and values.
Our aim is simple: to help your school flourish by ensuring that your catering and facilities services are fit for purpose, financially sustainable, and truly enhance the student experience.
Meeting the unique challenges of independent schools
Independent schools often face distinct operational pressures — from maintaining premium service standards to balancing heritage with innovation and cost efficiency.
We provide clarity and structure through strategic insight that reveals what others miss, helping bursars and management teams make informed decisions with confidence. Whether the challenge lies in enhancing in-house operations, tendering for outsourced services, or ensuring contracts deliver measurable value, we bring the expertise to make it happen.
How we can help
Our consultancy services are designed to give independent schools complete confidence in their catering and facilities management.
Core services include:
- Benchmarking, Reviews & Audits of catering and soft facilities services
- Operational Strategy & Solutions offering strategic insight that reveals what others miss, and practical delivery that help organisations design, implement and optimise catering and soft facilities services for lasting improvement
- Tender Project Management for catering, cleaning and other soft services
- Consumer Insight Programmes to understand pupil and staff satisfaction
- Contract Performance Monitoring to ensure ongoing compliance and improvement
- In-house Support for schools managing their own operations
- Smart software solutions to increase efficiency and profitability
Client Success Stories
Discover how we’ve helped organisations across education, healthcare, business and the public sector achieve measurable improvements in quality, efficiency and value.
Discover how Litmus Partnership helped Marlborough College approach a re-design of their historic dining space through consumer insights.
Read moreDiscover how Litmus Partnership helped Wellington College & Eagle House School successfully negotiate and improve their facilities services.
Read moreLitmus was asked to find a contractor that would focus on delivering a fresh food offer using quality, local ingredients
Read moreLitmus performed a highly collaborative facilities service review with Thomas's London Day Schools.
Read moreBackground In 2012, the College identified that a new kitchen was a priority and asked Litmus to assist them with this project. However, there were challenges that needed to be met in the process: Brief Together with the contract catering team Litmus’ first task was to construct a new kitchen to deliver improved efficiency and…
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Are you ready to see the difference?
Talk to our education specialists
If your independent school is looking to improve the quality, compliance or cost-effectiveness of its catering, cleaning or other soft facilities management services, we can help.
Get in touch with our education team to discuss your challenges and explore how we can create measurable, long-term improvements for your school.
Contact Us
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