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.
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…
Choir Schools
Posted on December 8th, 2009 by Judith Fenn, under NewsIt is fair to say that a choir school can offer a truly unique opportunity, twinning first-class independent and musical education. As Christmas approaches, and the eyes and ears of the country turn to Cambridge, King’s College and the Festival…
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…
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.