Let’s celebrate our sector’s role in the national education system

Posted on January 13th, 2012 by Matthew Burgess, under News

Matthew Burgess, General Secretary

Fiona Millar (Charitable status for private schools: the judges say politicians must decide 10 January 2012) likens the charitable status debate to the plot of Downton Abbey.  It is her views on this issue and on the…

Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Independent Schools

Posted on July 22nd, 2009 by Ian Summersgill, under News, Private Schools, Special Educational Needs (SEN)

It has been estimated that around 20% of children will need some form of extra support during their time at school. For many this will be relatively short-lived, for others it will affect their entire school – and home –…

Searching for school by county?

Posted on July 10th, 2009 by Rosie Keeling, under Boarding Schools, Prep Schools, Private Schools

Are you looking for an independent school for your child in a particular county? If so then why not try our County School Search.

The County School Search allows you to search for schools by country: England, Scotland, Wales,…

London Borough School Search (Independent schools)

Posted on April 30th, 2009 by Rosie Keeling, under Boarding Schools, ISCias, News, Private Schools

The 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/…

SEN2008 – another successful ISC special educational needs conference

Posted on December 9th, 2008 by Hayley Dunlop, under News, Special Educational Needs (SEN)

One of the most popular dates in the busy ISC events calendar is the annual SEN conference for Learning Support Workers, SENCos and Heads from UK independent schools. Feedback for previous ISC SEN events has always been exceptional, and

The School Open Day Season is upon us!

Posted on November 13th, 2008 by Liam Butler, under Boarding Schools, ISCias, News

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…

The Fonz: Not too cool for school

Posted on November 11th, 2008 by Hayley Dunlop, under ISCias, News, Special Educational Needs (SEN)

When ISC staff members Hayley Dunlop, Alex Caish and Buffy Sansom attended the Teaching Awards this summer, little did they know they would be meeting The Fonz – AKA Happy Days actor and dyslexia campaigner Henry Winkler. ISC Press Officer…

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 Affairs

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…

School League Tables

Posted on August 29th, 2008 by Holly Harris, under News, School League Tables

Over the last few weeks, thousands of students have received IB, A-level, AS-level, IGCSE and GCSE level exam results. Families across the UK will have been looking at newspaper ‘school league tables’ in order to find out which are the…