GL Education Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 1980

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 89

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Buyout/​LBO

  • Financing Rounds
  • 4

  • Investments
  • 6

GL Education General Information

Description

Provider of non-regulated pupil and school assessment services to colleges, universities and primary and secondary schools. The company offers paper-based assessments, curriculum software, school management tools, learning platforms and professional development materials, thereby enabling teachers with the tools that are required to measure student progress and help raise the standards in children's education.

Contact Information

Formerly Known As
Granada Learning Group, Academy Television Limited, Granada Learning Limited, Yorkshire International Thomson Multimedia Limited
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
(Operating Subsidiary)
Financing Status
Private Equity-Backed
Primary Industry
Education and Training Services (B2B)
Other Industries
Educational Software
Parent Company
Primary Office
  • 1st Floor, Vantage London
  • Great West Road
  • Brentford TW8 9AG
  • England, United Kingdom
+44 020 0000 0000

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GL Education Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA
Post-Val Status Debt

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GL Education Executive Team (9)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Gregor Watson Chief Executive
Alastair Brooks Chief Financial Officer
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GL Education Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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GL Education Former Investors

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info

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GL Education Investments & Acquisitions (6)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Kingston Smith Consulting 15-Mar-2016 0000000000 Consulting Services (B2B) 00000 000
Lucid Research 01-Jul-2015 0000000000 Publishing 000000 00
The Test Factory 27-Aug-2014 0000000000 Education and Training Services (B2B) 000000 00
W3 Insights 22-Jun-2010 0000000000 00.00 Other Commercial Services 000000 00
Kirkland Rowell Marketing 13-Apr-2010 Buyout/LBO 00.00 Other Commercial Services
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GL Education Exits (1)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
Leckie & Leckie 05-Sep-2002 000000000000000000 00.000 Completed
  • 00 000000000
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