The database

A K-12 school database
built on verification, not volume.

Every contact is mapped to a defined role — inside the school and across the group office — and every email is verified for validity and deliverability before it reaches a campaign. Not a static list imported once and left to go stale.

45,000+
Schools
International, state, independent, MATs
419,000+
Verified contacts
Role-mapped at school and group level
181
Markets
Every major K-12 market covered
23
School-level roles
Leadership, academic, ops, admissions
16
Group-level roles
The full central-office buying committee
100%
Emails verified
Every address validation-checked before use

Anatomy of a record

Not a name and an email. A complete, structured record.

Every institution is a full profile — school details, scale, group affiliation, and a set of role-mapped contacts whose emails are verified for deliverability. Here's what one looks like.

  • Institution, curriculum, scale, and group in one place
  • Multiple contacts per school, each mapped to a role
  • Every email checked for validity before it goes live
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Meridian International Academy

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

International School

Curriculum

IB (PYP · MYP · DP)

Enrolment

1,850 students

Campuses

3

Group

Northbridge Education Group

Role-mapped contacts

4 of many
  • James Whitfield

    Principal

    Senior LeadershipVerified
  • Amara Okafor

    Head of IT

    ITVerified
  • Sophie Laurent

    Chief Financial Officer

    Finance & ProcurementVerified
  • Daniel Reyes

    Director of Admissions

    AdmissionsVerified

Illustrative example. Coverage varies by market — fields marked “where available” are populated where public data exists.

Data quality

A living database, not a one-time list.

Bought lists start decaying the day they're exported. Big School's data is sourced from public professional records, verified before it goes live, and continually refreshed — so what you send to is what's actually there.

How we source & protect data

Every email verified

Each address is passed through a validity and deliverability check before it enters the live database — keeping bounce rates low and your sender reputation protected.

Refreshed continually

New schools, contacts, and markets are added every month, while stale or invalid records are removed. Coverage grows without you lifting a finger.

Role-verified contacts

Every contact is mapped to a defined role at two levels — 23 categories inside the school and 16 more across the group office — so you reach the person who owns the decision, not a generic inbox.

Complete school records

What's in every school record

A complete profile — not just a name and email. Every email address is verified for validity and deliverability before it reaches your campaigns.

Institution

  • School name
  • School type (International, State, Independent, Catholic, MAT, IALP)
  • Curriculum (IB, Cambridge, National, etc.)
  • Year levels / grade range
  • School group / chain affiliation

Location

  • Full address
  • City / region / country
  • Website

Scale

  • Student enrolment
  • Staff headcount
  • Number of campuses

Contacts (419,000+)

  • Full name
  • Job title
  • Role category (23 at school level)
  • Contact level: school or group
  • Work email
  • LinkedIn (where available)

Groups & Networks

Group tier
  • Parent group name
  • Group type (MAT, chain, diocese, etc.)
  • Number of schools in group
  • Group HQ location
  • Group contacts (16 role categories)
Tier 1Inside the school

23 role categories at every school.

There is no single decision-maker in a school. A Head, a Business Manager, an IT Director, a Head of Department, a Deputy Head, and an Admissions Director can all be involved in a purchase. The most common mistake in school sales is targeting only the principal — and missing the five other people who shape the outcome.

Use the Audience Builder to filter by role category, country, school type, size, curriculum, and group — then save the segment and attach it directly to a campaign.

5functions of a school, mapped end to end

Selling to school groups and MATs? Their central offices are mapped separately — see the 16 group-level categories below.

Leadership & governance5
Senior LeadershipDeputy / Vice PrincipalHead of DivisionHead of Early YearsBoard Member
Academic5
Head of DepartmentTeacher / EducatorCurriculumExaminations & AssessmentSEN & Inclusion
Student services4
Counsellor / WellbeingCareers & University GuidanceActivities CoordinatorLibrarian
Business & operations6
Head of OperationsITFinance & ProcurementHuman ResourcesOperations & FacilitiesAdministration
Growth & front office3
MarketingAdmissionsGeneral Contact

Advantages competitors can't copy

Scale that compounds.

Two things a generic tool structurally can't give you: leverage into the groups that own hundreds of schools, and the ability to open an entire new market on day one.

Group-level outreach

One group deal could be worth 20+ school deals.

School groups, MATs, and networks often make group-wide decisions centrally. Reach the executive who owns the decision at group level and a single yes rolls out across every school beneath them.

1 group decision-maker
School — DubaiSchool — LondonSchool — SingaporeSchool — Mumbai+ 40 more schools

And it's not one inbox — groups are mapped across the full buying committee, so you reach the right function directly.

3,000+ groups
New market entry

Enter any market on day one.

The database already spans 45,000+ schools across 181 markets — and it grows every month. Opening a new region isn't a sourcing project. It's a filter. This is the thing competitors structurally cannot match.

Everyone else
Big School
Buy or build a contact list
Filter the database you already have
Clean and verify it
Contacts already role-mapped
Wait weeks to launch
Launch the same week

A living database — new schools and contacts added every month, with every email re-verified for deliverability. It keeps growing while you sell.

Tier 2Across the group office

16 group-level categories — the whole committee at the top of the group.

Beyond the 23 role categories mapped inside each school, central group offices are mapped across a further 16 — so you can brief the right function directly, from the Chief Education Officer to the Group Head of IT.

16 group-level categories
Leadership & governance3
  • Executive

    e.g. CEO / Managing Director

  • Board / Governance

    e.g. Trustee / Board Member

  • Legal & Compliance

    e.g. Chief Legal Officer

Academic & standards4
  • Education / Academic

    e.g. Chief Education Officer

  • Quality & Standards

    e.g. Director of Quality

  • Teacher Training & CPD

    e.g. Head of Professional Learning

  • Admissions & Enrolment

    e.g. Chief Admissions Officer

Business & operations7
  • Operations

    e.g. COO / Regional MD

  • Finance

    e.g. Chief Financial Officer

  • Technology / IT

    e.g. CISO / Group Head of IT

  • Data & Analytics

    e.g. Head of Data & Insights

  • Procurement

    e.g. Group Procurement Lead

  • HR & People

    e.g. Group HR Director

  • Administration

    e.g. Group Operations Admin

Growth & partnerships2
  • Commercial & Partnerships

    e.g. Chief Corporate Dev Officer

  • Marketing & Communications

    e.g. Chief Communications Officer

Country breakdown

181 markets. One subscription.

Beyond the map, here's the coverage country by country — so you can see exactly where you stand before you commit. Enter any market on day one, with no separate data purchase and no setup delay, and new schools added every month.

181
Markets covered
6
Regions mapped

Showing our 181 most-established markets. Don't see yours? Ask us — we add markets on request.

Asia-Pacific

34 markets
AustraliaNew ZealandChinaIndiaSingaporeMalaysiaPakistanIndonesiaJapanThailandSouth KoreaVietnamHong KongCambodiaPhilippinesTaiwanMyanmar (Burma)Sri LankaNepalBangladeshKazakhstanMongoliaLaosPapua New GuineaUzbekistanBruneiMacaoKyrgyzstanMaldivesFijiTimor-LesteTajikistanVanuatuGuam

Europe

55 markets
United KingdomSpainItalyTürkiyeGermanyNetherlandsFranceSwedenSwitzerlandPolandPortugalCzechiaRomaniaDenmarkCyprusBelgiumGreeceHungaryNorwayIrelandAustriaBulgariaFinlandRussiaSlovakiaAzerbaijanLithuaniaSerbiaPalestinian TerritoriesAlbaniaGeorgiaLuxembourgUkraineCroatiaEstoniaNorth MacedoniaLatviaMontenegroSloveniaArmeniaMaltaIcelandBhutanBosnia & HerzegovinaMonacoAndorraMoldovaBurkina FasoCuraçaoBelarusNew CaledoniaNorthern Mariana IslandsRéunionSolomon IslandsTurkmenistan

Middle East

13 markets
United Arab EmiratesSaudi ArabiaQatarKuwaitOmanJordanBahrainLebanonIraqIsraelIranSyriaYemen

Africa

43 markets
South AfricaEgyptNigeriaKenyaMoroccoGhanaZimbabweTunisiaBotswanaTanzaniaZambiaUgandaMozambiqueMauritiusEthiopiaMalawiRwandaCôte d'IvoireNamibiaMadagascarSenegalCameroonGabonLibyaAngolaTogoEswatiniLesothoMaliSierra LeoneSudanBurundiGambiaSeychellesAlgeriaBeninDjiboutiLiberiaSomaliaMauritaniaChadGuineaNiger

Americas

35 markets
United StatesCanadaBrazilMexicoArgentinaColombiaChileEcuadorPeruCosta RicaDominican RepublicHondurasGuatemalaPuerto RicoUruguayPanamaVenezuelaBoliviaEl SalvadorBermudaCayman IslandsNicaraguaTrinidad & TobagoBahamasParaguayBarbadosHaitiJamaicaSint MaartenGuyanaBelizeSurinameCubaAntigua & BarbudaBritish Virgin Islands

Other

1 markets
Aruba

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