Why work with a specialist education market research company
When choosing a market research agency, organisations in the education sector have a choice about the type of market research provider to work with. One option is a specialist independent consultant and boutique consultancy, like Insightful Research. We feel working with a small and specialist education market research provider provides a lot of advantages.

Here’s why:
Direct communication
At Insightful Research, the person you brief at the start is the same person who conducts your project and writes your report. This continuity means nothing gets lost along the way. Your specific concerns about your education product or target audience are clearly understood by the researcher who'll be asking the questions. The result is research that gains the insights you need.
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Quick responses
With a specialist agency like Insightful Research, you'll get prompt answers to your questions. We don't have an account manager acting as a go-between—you speak directly to the researcher who's handling your project. When you email or call us with a query, you'll hear back quickly from someone who knows your project inside out, keeping your education market research project moving forward and on schedule.
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Deal only with senior experts
Boutique education research agencies like Insightful Research only use experienced researchers. Your project won't be assigned to a junior team member—it'll be handled by someone with years of education sector knowledge. This expertise means we ask more insightful questions, probe deeper into responses, and understand the best education market research methods to achieve your objectives. We also know how to encourage participants to take part and produce reports with more valuable recommendations.
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Industry specialists
Working with education specialists, like Insightful Research, means we already understand your industry. This allows us to complete your research faster as we don't need to waste time getting up to speed with your industry—we’re already experts. Within this niche, we also have established relationships with industry professionals, making it easier to find participants for your education market research projects.​
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More agile projects
Small research teams can work more efficiently without layers of management slowing things down. Specialist agencies, like Insightful Research, build bespoke teams with relevant expertise around your type of business or organisation. Your dedicated researcher isn't juggling multiple unrelated projects, allowing them to focus entirely on delivering quality insights for your project.
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Personalised approach
You can expect a tailored project approach based on your specific needs when you work with a small agency like Insightful Research. We don't follow off-the-shelf methods used by larger agencies. Instead, our specialist teams design research to achieve your goals, with education market research methods that lead to stronger insights and more helpful recommendations.
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More transparent pricing
Whereas large agencies—with many overheads—may have fixed package prices, boutique market research teams, like Insightful Research, benefit from streamlined structures and can be more bespoke with their pricing. When you receive our quote, you’ll receive a detailed budget breakdown that gives you transparency over costs so you know what you're paying for. You can read our page about education market research costs to learn more about pricing.
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More about Insightful Research
We're a small, friendly team that specialises in education market research. For over 12 years, we've helped education businesses get the insights they need. When you work with us, we really get stuck into your project from start to finish. You can read more in our FAQs working with an education market research company. Want to chat about how we could help you? Just give us a call or book a free, no-pressure consultation through our website.​
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How can we help?
If you would like to ask our advice, book a
no-obligation 30 minute consultation with us to discuss your research requirements or to simply have a chat and find out more about what we do.
Alternatively, use the briefing form to start discussing a new project, give Jill Elston a call on +44 (0)7703 462179 or email us jill@insightfulresearch.co.uk