Crisis Prevention Institute, a portfolio company of FFL Partners, has acquired Pivotal Education Ltd., a provider of education and training services.
Pivotal Education provides behavior and classroom management consultancy services to mainstream schools as well as schools with challenging situations. The company was founded in 2001 by Paul Dix and has provided its services to more than 1,000 schools and colleges in the UK and internationally. Pivotal Education is based northwest of London in Chesham, UK (www.pivotaleducation.com).
Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) was acquired by FFL Partners in December 2016 from Brockway Moran & Partners. The company is a provider of de-escalation and intervention training specializing in the safe, respectful, and noninvasive management of disruptive and assaultive behaviors. CPI’s customers include professionals working within the health, education, social care, mental health, and learning disability sectors. More than one million people receive CPI training every year in more than 17,000 facilities around the world by more than 31,000 certified instructors. The company is headquartered in Milwaukee (www.crisisprevention.com).
The acquisition of Pivotal Education will enable CPI to extend its customer reach in the education sector. “These are exciting times for CPI and we’re delighted to be working with Paul and Ellie Dix and the team at Pivotal Education,” said Martyn Dadds, Managing Director of International Operations for CPI. “With Pivotal Education as part of our fast growing team, it will enable us to combine their expertise with our own extensive behavior management experience and provide even better and broader solutions for our customers.”
FFL Partners makes control and minority investments of $50 million to $300 million in middle-market companies across a range of industries. The firm is currently investing out of its $2 billion fourth fund which closed in early 2015. FFL Partners was founded in 1997 and is based in San Francisco (www.fflpartners.com).
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