Insights

Notes from the schoolhouse.

Field notes, operating principles, and quiet positions from the Thames team. We write when there is something worth saying — not before.

01/The archive

3·In total

Latest·Perspectives·April 2026

What makes a school acquirable?

Strong academics are the price of entry. We look for something rarer — leadership willing to plan ten years out.

02/Earlier

Operating Notes·March 2026

Names on the gate. Heads in the corridor. Why we treat the first 18 months of a partnership as protect-mode, not change-mode.

Field Notes·February 2026

A read on the European independent-school market — fragmentation, succession, and why long-horizon ownership now beats roll-up scale.