Performance was founded by Owen Firth and Matthew Reede combining their expertise in education, recruitment, professional services and business. They both shared a belief that international students in particular, needed more than a good technical education to allow them to achieve career success in Australia. They had identified that professional career success also needed strong communication skills, job search skills, an understanding of expected workplace behaviours and meaningful work experience. They also understood that English is the international language for business and believed that the globalising marketplace would increase the demand for a professional level of English language training.
We opened our Sydney Campus in 2006. Our Melbourne CBD training facility was opened in 2010 and has since grown to look after the same student population as Sydney. The Performance Education Group of companies has grown strongly and was featured in the BRW Fast Starters in 2011 and 2012.