What School Workshops does

School Workshops, operating as School Select, is a UK-based online directory platform that connects schools with educational workshop providers. Founded as the original directory of school workshops, the company maintains 655 active provider profiles spanning 25+ curriculum subject categories including performing arts, STEM, heritage, creative arts, sports, languages, and adventure activities. The platform serves UK primary schools, secondary schools, nurseries, and colleges, complemented by a legacy printed directory distribution of 150,000 copies across 40,000 schools.

The technology underpinning the service is a web-based searchable directory with filtering by curriculum subject, geographic region, and keyword search. The platform is complemented by a blog, RSS feed, Google Ratings page, and Facebook presence for organic audience development. The platform offers self-service Provider Listings (subscription-based) and Featured Provider Listings as premium homepage placements. No mobile app, API, or SDK is offered.

The business model is a two-sided marketplace monetized through provider subscription listings — workshop providers pay recurring fees to maintain active profiles visible to schools, while schools access the directory free of charge. The company operates as a privately held independent business with 7 employees, headquartered in Birkenhead, United Kingdom, with no disclosed outside funding, no institutional investors, and no M&A activity identified.

Name

School Workshops

Legal name

School Select

Website

https://school-workshops.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

School Workshops (School Select) is a UK-based online directory marketplace connecting 40,000+ schools with 655 active educational workshop providers across 25+ curriculum subjects, monetized through provider subscription listings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Services Marketplace

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Instructor Marketplaces (Find-a-Teacher / Book-a-Class) (EDAFAIAD)

Keywords

• Educational workshop directory
• School workshop marketplace
• Teacher resources directory
• UK education services
• Curriculum enrichment providers

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Provider Subscription Listings: Workshop providers pay for active directory profiles to be visible to schools. The site mentions having 655 active profiles, suggesting a subscription-based model for workshop providers to list their services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

School Workshops operates an online directory platform that connects UK schools with educational workshop providers offering curriculum-enrichment activities. The service includes a searchable web database of 655 active provider profiles and a printed directory with 150,000 copies circulated annually to up to 40,000 schools across the UK.

Product overview

School Select is a directory platform for educational workshops serving UK schools. The offering consists of an online searchable directory (School Select Directory) with 655 active provider profiles, complemented by a legacy printed directory distributed to 40,000 UK schools. The online platform allows teachers to search workshops by curriculum subject, geographic region, or keyword. Featured Provider Listings offer premium visibility for workshop providers on the homepage. The platform categorizes workshops across 25+ subject areas including Performing Arts, STEM, Heritage and Cultures, Creative Arts, Sport and Recreation, Environment and Nature, Media, Languages, and Adventure Activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• School Workshops Online Directory Searchable web-based directory connecting UK primary and secondary schools with educational workshop providers offering curriculum-enrichment activities. Contains 655 active provider profiles accessible via keyword search to teachers and school staff.
• School Workshops Printed Directory Annual printed directory of educational workshop providers, with 150,000 copies circulated to up to 40,000 UK schools each year. Used by teachers and school leadership to discover and select workshop providers for curriculum enrichment.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40,000 schools reached through printed directories

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Yell: Established UK business directory covering local services including education and tutoring providers. Overlaps with School Select's directory function but as a broad horizontal incumbent rather than an education-specific niche specialist.

Direct peers

• Superprof: Global instructor marketplace where teachers and tutors advertise lessons across subjects including arts, languages, and academic enrichment. Closely mirrors School Select's find-a-teacher / book-a-class marketplace model.
• First Tutors: UK private tutor and teacher directory covering academic subjects and extracurriculars. Comparable as a UK education provider directory serving schools and parents seeking enrichment and tutoring services.
• Class4Kids: UK-based directory platform connecting parents and schools with providers of children's classes, workshops, and activities. Operates a directly comparable marketplace model to School Select in the same UK kids-workshops category.
• Bark: Marketplace platform connecting consumers with local professionals across hundreds of service categories, including tutoring and lessons. Operates a comparable provider-listing, school-side search marketplace dynamic in the UK.
• Tutorful: UK-based online tutor marketplace connecting students and parents with vetted tutors. Comparable as a UK education marketplace that uses provider subscriptions and teacher/parent search to facilitate discovery and booking.
• Childcare.co.uk: UK directory connecting families with childcare providers, including nurseries, after-school clubs, and activity providers. Operates a similar provider-listing, family-search marketplace in the UK children's services space.

Regional players

• Outschool: US-based online learning marketplace for small-group classes and enrichment sessions across academic and creative subjects. Operates a comparable provider-led, parent-discovered marketplace model though geographically focused on North America.

Others

• Kidadl: UK platform providing activity ideas and listings for children, including workshops, days out, and classes. Comparable audience of UK parents and schools seeking enrichment, though Kidadl is content-led rather than a marketplace.
• Bookwhen: UK-based online booking platform used by workshop and class providers to manage sessions, payments, and registrations. Enables competing functionality for School Select's provider base even though it is a tooling platform rather than a discovery marketplace.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Workshops.for.Schools
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/school-workshops

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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