Information for Exhibitors

The Independent Education Expo will bring together the world of independent education under one roof, showcasing over 100 exhibitors encompassing all aspects of independent education and support services. It will create a unique platform for families from across the UK and overseas to explore the range of educational opportunities available to them.

The Expo will be run by the globally renowned educational consultants, Gabbitas, in partnership with market leading exhibition organisers Prospects Events. Gabbitas will be offering personal advice and guidance to parents to help direct them through to appropriate exhibitors.

Other features will include:

  • free seminars covering relevant topics featuring key note speakers
  • competitions
  • managed children’s activities
  • a café
  • a range of shopping, finance and lifestyle stands

Highly experienced professionals will ensure a first class show experience. From the minute you book to the time you pack away your stand the Expo will meet and exceed expectations. Gabbitas Consultants will guide parents to talk to the right schools ensuring exhibitors meet qualified leads. A dedicated networking event will ensure exhibitors are not meeting canvassers or agents when they want to be meeting parents.

First impressions last - the Independent Education Expo will be your opportunity to meet families to gain their confidence to entrust you with their children’s futures.

The Independent Education Expo will be a celebration of the diversity within independent education and the wonderful range of opportunities and achievements it delivers.

View/download the Expo 2011 brochure

The organisers of The Independent Education Expo will be upholding a strictly no-canvassing rule at the event.

This policy had been put in place to protect our exhibitors who have given their support to the event. Organisers reserve the right to refuse entry or eject those who are canvassing without permission. We will be hosting an invitation-only networking event for agents to meet exhibitors; if you would like to attend the networking event, please contact us.

Expo News 2011

On one of the hottest late-September weekends since records began the first Independent Education Expo took place in Alexandra Palace. For two days schools, as far and wide from Hampshire, Staffordshire and Scotland met the the hundreds of parents who visited the show.

Oct 12, 2011
It’s less than two weeks until the first Independent Education Expo takes place at Alexandra Palace.  We’re looking forward to meeting you and your family (don’t forget there is loads of children’s entertainment with Science Wizards and activities in and around Alexandra Palace). 
Sep 19, 2011

It's a huge step in any young person's life. Leaving the structure and regimen of school life for the independence of the university environment can to unsettling. As parents, we worry. Will they find good friends and flatmates? Will they eat properly or stay up all night, surviving on a diet of ready meals and will they actually study? In short, can they adapt well to this new stage of their lives? Of course, if we could make it easier for them, we undoubtedly would.

Sep 19, 2011

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