Still reeling from a Mock Exam Results Shock?

Didn’t do too well in your mock exams? Received lower grades than you expected in your GCSE’s A-Levels, international Baccalaureate or other school examination? The Independent Schools Council information & advice service has some tips on how to make sure…

We read the papers so you don’t have to!

I 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…

The School Open Day Season is upon us!

The try-before-you-buy aspect of schools flinging their doors open to prospective parents is great for both experienced and non-experienced parents. With the school open day season officially upon us they have cemented themselves as an essential part of the process…

Private schools and charitable status

Since 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…

Ofsted regulation.. hands off!

Last week, ISC kicked back against government proposals to make the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) answerable to Ofsted.

At the end of July, just as schools had closed their doors for the summer holidays, the DCSF issued a consultation on…