The Independent Schools Council is a politically independent, not-for-profit organisation representing 1,270 independent schools educating more than 500,000 children. It exists to promote choice, diversity and excellence in education, developing talent at all levels of ability and from all backgrounds.
Independent Schools Council Census
Posted on June 4th, 2010 by Ian Summersgill, under NewsEach year, the Independent Schools Council conducts a census of all of its 1,260 schools in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (the actual membership number is slightly higher, but schools outside the UK and Irish Republic do not…
Why Schools are Charities
Posted on September 8th, 2009 by Matthew Burgess, under Politics, Private Schools, Private Schools and Charitable Status, Public AffairsMost of us will have opinions about independent schools. It’s also very likely that we think we know what charity means. Put together these two preconceptions, and it’s easy to see why there is such a spectrum of views about whether schools…
Pre preparatory, prep, junior, senior and sixth form what do they mean
Posted on July 9th, 2009 by Rosie Keeling, under Prep Schools, Private Schools, School Fees - Private SchoolsAn Independent or ‘private’ school generally contains four different departments according to the age range of the pupils. Some independent schools contain all four departments where as others may only cater for pupils within a particular age range such as…
London Borough School Search (Independent schools)
Posted on April 30th, 2009 by Rosie Keeling, under Boarding Schools, ISCias, News, Private SchoolsThe ISC website contains several school searches for parents interested in independent schools, including a Postcode Search, the Find an ISC School Search, which allows parents to search by factors such as location, gender, age range and day/…
Looking for schools offering bursaries or other types of school fee assistance?
Posted on April 2nd, 2009 by Rosie Keeling, under News, Private Schools, School Fees - Private SchoolsThe ISC Personalised Advanced School is a sophisticated school search that allows those looking for an independent school to find schools best fitting their requirements. One aspect of the search is that it can be used to find schools offering…
Independent Schools – A Well Rounded Education
Posted on January 30th, 2009 by Liam Butler, under Boarding Schools, ISCias, School Curriculum - Private Schools, School Fees - Private Schools, School League TablesOver 500,000 children benefit from an independent education in one of ISC’s 1276 member schools. Independent schools offer a wealth of facilities and high teaching standards that enable students to achieve great results year after year. Independent schools are in…
We read the papers so you don’t have to!
Posted on December 2nd, 2008 by Hayley Dunlop, under ISC Staff, NewsI love my job at ISC as it is the perfect combination between routine and variety. Each morning I can be found at my desk bright and early with my head buried in a huge pile of newspapers, scouring the…
ISCias Information Officer – Helping parents find independent day and boarding schools
Posted on October 29th, 2008 by Liam Butler, under Boarding Schools, ISC Staff, ISCias, News, School Fees - Private Schools, Special Educational Needs (SEN)ISCias is a FREE information and advice service for parents giving general information about accredited independent schools. ISCias deals with around 800 queries each month and that figure continues to grow!
My role as ISCias Information officer is to answer…
Private schools and charitable status
Posted on October 10th, 2008 by Matthew Burgess, under News, Public AffairsSince time immemorial ‘advancing education’ has been a charitable purpose and independent schools do exactly that. In recent times, some have assumed that to be charitable, relief of poverty needs to be a purpose of the charity in question. However…
You’ll never be bored at boarding school
Posted on August 7th, 2008 by Rudi Eliott Lockhart, under Boarding Schools, NewsBoarding school is a popular option. Whether it’s due to the ‘Harry Potter’ effect, with children keen to go away to boarding school after reading about Hogwarts, or due to the efforts made to advertise the wide range of school fee assistance offered by many ISC schools in the form of bursaries and scholarships, there are now over 67,000 pupils at ISC member schools who are boarders: on a like-for-like basis this represents a 0.4% increase on 2007.