Stagecoach franchise

Management Franchise Opportunity

Child enrichment is big business!

Stagecoach Performing Arts is a management business model where your role as franchisee is to operate and grow your business, working with professionals to create and deliver your classes using our educational framework.

You don’t need any performing arts or teaching experience… simply a passion for working with children

Don Porter, right, Surrey franchisee and owner of several Stagecoach schools, with one of his teaching team and students as they learn life-enriching skills

Do you have…

Running your own business with Stagecoach

Established in the UK in 1988, the network of Stagecoach franchisees now numbers 300+, with a growing global presence across eight countries. This equates to 1,800+ schools and more than 48,000 students every week worldwide.

With Stagecoach you are following a well-proven business model with an established leading brand which enables you to command a premium price for your classes. An ever-evolving educational framework guides your teachers and the state-of-the-art business management system reduces your administration.

Our large central support team are passionate about ensuring your business is successful from launch right through your entire journey as a Stagecoach franchisee. From marketing to recruiting and retaining teachers, we will be there with the guidance and support you need, when you need it.

Investment & Returns

There are three routes to becoming a Stagecoach franchisee, each with different investment levels in time, and money, offering different speeds of realising your return on investment. Up to 70% loan funding is typically available (subject to status).

Starting as a franchisee means working Saturdays to oversee your teachers and classes, with the rest of your work based from home, flexible around your family and other commitments.

Once you have 200+ students in your territory and are earning an average of £70,000 per year, you can look to expand further with more schools and more territories. We will help you recruit managers and you will move up into a director-level position.

With multiple territories established you could be earning £150,000+ per year and have the security of an asset of considerable value to sell in the future.

My success story with Stagecoach…

To be successful with Stagecoach you need to:

• Be a genuine people-person, passionate about giving children Creative Courage For Life
• Have the desire to work with teachers and build a multi-school management business
• Commit to our reputation for maintaining a best-in-class safe environment for children
• Be willing to follow the proven business model and work with your support team
• Choose the right route for you:
  • New territory P/T startup – at least £9,000 in cash to invest + loan funding
  • New territory FAST startup – at least £13,500 to invest + loan funding
  • Purchase an established business for sale

The projection (forecasts) of profits or earnings are merely illustrative and should not be considered as the actual profits or earnings which will be expended or realised by you. Stagecoach Theatre Arts Ltd does not claim that you will or can necessarily expect such profits or earnings.

Stagecoach was founded by actress Stephanie Manuel and banker David Sprigg in 1988. Stephanie developed the idea in her 30s when she noticed the alarming lack of theatre training schools. 10 years later, she met banker David Sprigg; since then their dynamic duo has made changed the field of children’s' arts.  

Allison Malone - The secret to my success!

 Former actress, Allison Malone, lives in Epsom with her teenage daughters. From Monday to Friday, you’ll find the busy Mum dashing around, running her Stagecoach Performing Arts franchise from her home office whilst ferrying Ellie and Imogen back and forth to the infamous BRIT school.

“Living in far from desirable digs and working until the early hours was never going to work around being a Mummy, so I did what any other expectant parent would do and looked for a job with a consistent income and better working hours. I started working with a marketing company, which specialised in training for sales companies. At the time, I thought it would suit me down to the ground – I’m a good communicator and enjoy helping people. Ultimately, though, I missed performing and my new-found determination to do well in an office environment was slowly chipped away. I felt uninspired and frustrated, so I started teaching for Stagecoach part time.“