Student retention. How many lessons do students take? (All Teachers)

[Phil Schneider]

The point about adult learners Alan raises is interesting. I only take adults. The lack of time to commit is a common reason. Then lack of money. Also people move jobs or are travelling away for work regularly. Retirees are good. My figures are skewed because I have students who take a 10 lesson package subsidised by their employer. Then that ends.

its not just retention its also regularity that counts. Im plannig next year to specify an 80% attendance rate.

I agree with Matt besides the difficulty of collecting age and gender of students it will not reveal much of use (too many confounding variables).

But the number of times a student has taken a lesson, how frequently those lessons are and the average number of lessons a student will take before they stop taking lessons is the key stat.