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 in the limelight this week
Posted on June 18th, 2010 by Rudi Eliott Lockhart, under News, PoliticsIndependent schools have been in the limelight this week for a variety of reasons. Today the Telegraph ran a piece from St Pauls’ Martin Stephen on why UK private schools are the best in the world: a measured and contemplative article that made…
University standards, Swedish schools and race discrimination hit the headlines
Posted on March 15th, 2010 by AndrewHamilton, under NewsConcerns over the worth of university degrees are hardly new, but the issue was thrust back into the limelight this week when a major body of employers suggested that standards had slipped. The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR), which…
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…
ISC pupils take the lead on so-called ‘harder subjects’
Posted on August 21st, 2009 by Rudi Eliott Lockhart, under NewsWith impeccable timing given the publication this week of A level results, Cambridge Assessment have released new research that seeks to explain why pupils choose the subjects they do. Their research highlights a whole range of factors, from gender to ethnicity,…
Public vs. Private Benefit: Possible attitudes towards independent education
Posted on August 6th, 2009 by Ian Summersgill, under NewsToday I came across a very interesting report1 while trawling the internet for articles on attitudes to independent education and public benefit.
The 2004 survey, by Sara Solnick (University of Vermont) and David Hemenway (Harvard School of Public Health), gives…
ISC Bulletin now online
Posted on May 13th, 2009 by Rosie Keeling, under NewsISC’s next bulletin is now available online and contains a range of useful articles:
Chairman’s welcome: Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas
Chief Executive’s Update
Public benefit Update
Meeting the Charity Test and Demonstrating Public Benefit in Scotland
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Keeping up the good work
Posted on July 31st, 2008 by Carl Swift, under Public AffairsOn 11th July ISC submitted its response to the Charity Commission’s latest consultation on their public benefit guidance. To those not involved in charity law, it must seem as though the public…