Saxoncourt

Saxoncourt Group is a group of companies that operate English schools in the UK, Taiwan, China, Vietnam, Algeria, Poland, Thailand and Turkey.[1] Saxoncourt Holdings, Ltd, is based in Road Town, British Virgin Islands.[2]

The original company in the group, Shane English School, was founded in Tokyo, Japan, in 1977, by Shane Lipscome.[3][4] Shane English School was sold to the Japanese cram school operator Eikoh in 2010.[5] Saxoncourt continues to recruit teachers for Shane, largely from the United Kingdom.[6]

Group companies

History

Origins

Shane English School was started by Shane Lipscombe in the kitchen of his apartment in Tokyo in 1977.[4]

Growth of the company

One of the co-companies, Saxoncourt Teacher Recruitment, was founded in 1990, and it started to place teachers in Japan. Also in 1990, Shane English School opened its 50th school. Two years later, in 1992, another co-company called Shane Global Language Centre opened in London's West End. The third co-company, Saxoncourt Teacher Training, began a year later in 1993, and started training its first teachers, and also established the first CELTA courses. Also in 1993, Shane English School Japan opened its 100th school, and became one of the founding members of the Japan Association for the Promotion of Foreign Language Education (JAPFLE). The following year, in 1994, operations of Shane English School Taiwan started becoming established.　In 1997, the first kindergarten opened in Taiwan.

In 1997, The Saxoncourt Group invested in Target Co. of Poland and established Target & Shane Language Training.

References

  1. ↑ Saxoncourt Group website Saxoncourt Group Companies Retrieved on November 15, 2013
  2. ↑ Businessweek Company Overview of Saxoncourt Holdings, Ltd. Retrieved on November 21, 2013
  3. ↑ Shane English School website Feature Retrieved on November 15, 2013
  4. 1 2 Saxoncourt Group Message from Shane Lipscombe, Saxoncourt Group founder Retrieved on November 15, 2013
  5. ↑ The Japan Times Cram school buys out Shane English School November 20, 2010
  6. ↑ Saxoncourt website Shane English Schools Japan Retrieved on November 21, 2013
  7. ↑ Shane Global Language Centre Home Retrieved on November 21, 2013
  8. ↑ Shane Global Language Centre Home Retrieved on November 21, 2013
  9. ↑ The Grand Hotel of Nanteos website Home Retrieved on November 21, 2013

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