Must a Creative World School manager be present at the Site at all times when the School is open?
Creative_World_School Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You must at all times faithfully, honestly and diligently perform your obligations under the Franchise Agreement, continuously exert your best efforts to promote and enhance the School and not engage in any other business or activity that conflicts with your obligations to operate the School in compliance with the Franchise Agreement. Either you, or one of your principal owners (with ownership of at least 10% of your voting securities if you are a business organization (like a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership)), must meet our qualifications for School managers and participate personally on a daily basis in the direct operation of the School. At all times, the School must be managed by a full time general manager and one other management level employee who both have satisfactorily completed our initial training. You or one of your principal owners may fill one of these two positions. Each of those individuals (one of which must be one of your principal owners with at least a 10% ownership interest) must meet our qualifications for School Managers. Our current qualifications for School Managers are: (i) have a sufficient amount of experience managing and operating full service Schools (in terms of duration, operational responsibilities, previous training, etc.) as a general manager or in a similar supervisory position to demonstrate to us that they are capable of managing a School; (ii) have management responsibility and authority over the School on a day-to-day basis; (iii) be actively employed on a full-time basis to manage the School's operations; and (iv) satisfactorily complete our initial training program and any other training programs we require during the term of your Franchise Agreement. Either you or a manager must be at the Site at all times when the School is open. The hours when the School must be open are designated by us in our Manuals.
Source: Item 15 — OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF THE FRANCHISE BUSINESS (FDD pages 51–52)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Creative World School's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, either the franchisee or a designated manager must be present at the school's location whenever it is open for business. The hours of operation are determined by Creative World School and outlined in their manuals.
To meet the manager qualifications, the individual must have sufficient experience managing full-service schools, possess management responsibility and authority over the school's day-to-day operations, be actively employed full-time to manage the school, and satisfactorily complete Creative World School's initial training program and any other required training programs during the franchise term.
For a prospective franchisee, this requirement means they must either personally manage the school or hire a qualified manager who meets Creative World School's standards. This ensures consistent oversight and adherence to the brand's operational standards. The franchisee needs to factor in the cost of a full-time manager if they do not plan to manage the school themselves, and also ensure that either they or their manager complete the required training programs.