YOUNG MINDS

A 2012 Report on The Relationship between Children's Wellbeing and their Educational Outcomes by University of London and the Childhood Wellbeing Research Centre published by the Department of Education, found the following:

Children with higher levels of emotional, behavioural, social, and school wellbeing, on average, have higher levels of academic achievement and are more engaged in school, both concurrently and in later years.
Children with better emotional wellbeing make more progress in primary school and are more engaged in secondary school.
Children with better attention skills experience greater progress across the four key stages of schooling in England. Those who are engaged in less troublesome behaviour also make more progress and are more engaged in secondary school.
Children who are bullied are less engaged in primary school, whereas those with positive friendships are more engaged in secondary school.
As children move through the school system, emotional and behavioural wellbeing become more important in explaining school engagement, while demographic and other characteristics become less important.
Relationships between emotional, behavioural, social, and school wellbeing and later educational outcomes are generally similar for children and adolescents, regardless of their gender and parents’ educational level.

The franchises in this section claim to address various aspect of child development; creative, personal, social, emotional, communication, language and literacy, mathematical as well as physical development.

Social impact could be increased by offering subsidised places to disadvantaged families.

List of franchise options:

TAG CLOUD

Adults Catering Children Cleaning Clothing Community Day Nursery Disability Education Elderly Care Employability Events Ex-Offenders Fitness Gardening NEETs Play Centres Preschool Retail Sport

BRITISH FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION

In 1977, the major franchise companies in the UK decided to set up their own association. The British Franchise Association (bfa), was formed to act in the interests of the industry as a whole in assessing and accrediting franchising companies as those which meet its criteria for the structure of the franchise business, the terms of the contract between franchisor and franchisee, the testing of the system and its success as a franchise.

On this site, we only feature franchisors who are either:

Full Members of the bfa
Full Members are established franchised businesses with a proven trading and franchising record. They are prepared to have their reputation examined by the bfa, and have an established network of franchisees.

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Associate Members of the bfa
Associate Members have proven their ability to launch and support at least one franchised outlet for 12 months and are now in the business of building their network. There will be few franchisees whose experience you can research and a short period of time over which the business has been tested.

COMPUTERXPLORERS

Preparing children for a technology driven future. The sessions provide a blend of tangible education and technology skills delivered in a fun-filled package for children from the ages of 3 to 13.

CREATION STATION

Award winning art and craft fun. Inspiring imaginations is at the heart of everything they do for 1-11 yrs - sessions, parties, events.

JO JINGLES

Pre-School Interactive Music, Singing and Movement Classes. Educational, Creative and Fun! With the help of their Jo Jingles doll, trained and experienced presenters run the UK's most popular music and movement classes.

KUMON EDUCATIONAL

Learning for the long run: preparing a child to succeed both at school and beyond. Kumon's aim is for each and every child to become an independent, advanced learner, with a positive attitude to study.

MONKEY MUSIC

Using music to make a positive difference in pre-school child development. Built on the premise that music is fundamental to a pre-school age child's development. A progressive and educational four stage curricula designed to nurture a lifetime of music.

PYJAMA DRAMA

Developing confidence, communication, co-operation and creative thinking in children aged 6 months to 7 years through drama. A class takes children on exciting adventures where their imagination has the starring role.

STAGECOACH

The largest UK network of part-time performing arts schools for 4-18 year olds. At Stagecoach, they teach children and teenagers how to sing, dance and act, not only to perform on stage and beyond, but more importantly to perform better in life.

TUTOR DOCTOR

Organising one-to-one at-home tutoring for children and adults to help them progress further. Tutor Doctor organises in-home tutoring covering all ages, subjects and abilities, including: Primary, SATs, 11+, Common Entrance, GCSE, AS/A2 Level, etc.