2025 Outlook
Education
Dassos Alexandrou, our Head of Education, looks at the importance of understanding your core market, and how to refine unique selling points.
Education
When every day is a school day, our sector specialists can provide you with the bigger picture.
Big Picture Banking
We are a leading banking partner to education providers across the UK. From local nurseries to global research universities we help deliver outstanding student experience and outcomes.
Industry challenges and opportunities
- A responsive, flexible and connected education sector is key to the UK’s much needed productivity boost.
- Integration of eLearning and education technology will help enhance existing teaching and learning practices.
- Serving the needs of a local community and also helping deliver Global Britain.
With a strong regional network of educational banking and financing specialists, we can meet your day-to-day banking needs as well as providing funding and insight to support your longer-term strategic plans.
Insights
Closing the book on fraudsters
Educational institutions are susceptible to financial crime in a growing variety of forms. We’ve identified the key financial crime risks that institutions should be aware of.
Expertise to support your ambitions
We provide specialists in key areas of the education sector to provide focused insight and support to every education provider.
As well as a dedicated Relationship Director you will also have access to a variety of products and solutions. Click on the areas below to find out more about how Barclays can support you.
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Over half the further education colleges in the UK have a relationship with Barclays.
We understand that further education is fundamental to the skills agenda and increasing economic productivity. Our experienced Relationship Directors can work with you to help your college deliver for the communities your serve, be that funding and finance for growth, working capital or investment or bringing efficiency to your banking processes.
Benefit from
- Dedicated Relationship Directors across the UK
- Networking opportunities and access to our industry contacts, plus regular sector meetings where industry experts discuss current issues and trends
- A range of banking and financing solutions to support your activities, including cash management and payment services, corporate lending and liquidity management.
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Over half the higher education providers in the UK have a relationship with Barclays.
Our support is consistent across all mission groups. Our experienced Relationship Directors can work with you to help your institution with funding and finance for growth, working capital or investment or bringing efficiency to your banking processes.
Benefit from
- Dedicated Relationship Directors across the UK
- Networking opportunities and access to our industry contacts, plus regular sector meetings where industry experts discuss current issues and trends
- A range of banking and financing solutions to support your activities, including cash management and payment services, corporate lending, debt capital markets, FX and liquidity management.
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Cognisant of the unique environment in which Independent Schools operate, Barclays can provide finance packages designed to support your school’s requirements.
Our solutions include, but are not limited to, an innovative digital banking service, a range of finance solutions that can be tailored to your growth aspirations, working capital products and access to investment management, including sustainability-linked and ethical funds.
Being the only bank with its own in-house payment provider, Barclays can offer you access to advanced payment issuing and acquiring infrastructure to streamline the making and acceptance of payments coupled with ease of reconciliation.
Benefit from
- Dedicated Relationship Directors across the UK, with a local specialist expertise to support your needs and help achieve your short and long-term objectives
- Networking opportunities, access to market intelligence, our industry contacts, as well as regular education sector events where industry experts discuss current issues and trends
- An array of banking and financing solutions to support your objectives, including cash management, payment services and liquidity solutions
- An approach that combines banking capability with sustainability, citizenship, mental health as well as fraud prevention – all tailored to meet your specific needs.
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Barclays supports MATs with banking costs and efficiency, maximising returns and security on cash balances and helping deliver outstanding student experience and outcomes.
Benefit from
- Dedicated Relationship Directors across the UK
- Networking opportunities and access to our industry contacts, plus regular sector meetings where industry experts discuss current issues and trends
- A range of banking and financing solutions to support your activities, including cash management and payment services, FX and liquidity management.
Find out about industry solutions
Solutions
Corporate Banking Solutions
We provide a complete spectrum of solutions to enable your business to transact and trade easily, manage risks efficiently and finance its plans for growth.
Solutions
Lending
Discover flexible, expert financing solutions built around your business – from meeting day-to-day expenditure to funding your ambitions for growth.
Solutions
Barclaycard Payments
Powering your ambitions through payments, helping to keep you ahead in a constantly changing world. The payment part is just the start.
Industry lead
Leadership team
Orias Imafidon
Mid-Corporate Head of Education (Independent Schools Focus)