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.
Calling all jobseekers!!
Posted on April 21st, 2011 by Liam Butler, under School Job Search, Teaching JobsAs the prolonged recession takes hold it seems that interest in working in the independent sector remains strong as page views for the ISC Job Zone consistently showing around 100,000 views a month.
ISC’s Job Zone is open to all…
A public school education for my child?
Posted on April 20th, 2011 by Liam Butler, under News, Private Schools, Special Educational Needs (SEN)You’d be forgiven if the thought of ‘public schools’ still conjured up images of severe headmasters and stodgy lumpy custard but step into an independent school today and you might find yourself pleasantly surprised.
Public school education has evolved into…
Looking for an independent school teaching job?
Posted on February 10th, 2011 by Liam Butler, under NewsThe Independent Schools Council provides a free Job Zone with hundreds of jobs listed each month, allowing you to find the job that suits you.
Independent schools upload their vacancies every day to the Job Zone meaning that you…
Language studies in jeopardy, from primary to post grad
Posted on February 10th, 2011 by Kristen DiLemmo, under NewsDriven by concern for the state of language learning in the UK, the British Academy presented a position statement yesterday before a panel of professors, researchers, and Universities Minister David Willetts. The Academy set forth a series of…
ISC ICT Conference: Collaboration, engagement and confidence
Posted on January 31st, 2011 by Adele Gilpin, under Briefings from ISC's ICT Strategy Group, NewsThe subject of ICT in schools may not float everyone’s boat but I’ve got to say I was really excited to receive an invitation to the ISC ICT conference at Bedford School. I must admit I am a bit of…
Fancy a career change?
Posted on July 16th, 2010 by Liam Butler, under ISCias, NewsDo you fancy a career change, one that gives you the opportunity to shape the young lives of children on a day to day basis and one that is as much about vocation as it is about career? Independent schools…
Teacher Taster Days in independent schools
Posted on May 11th, 2010 by Amy Cheung, under Prep Schools, Private Schools, School Job Search, Teaching JobsIf you are a teacher in training, or interested in working in an independent school, then Teacher Taster Days will offer a valuable insight to what it’s like teaching in the independent sector.
What are Teacher Taster Days?…
ICT Advice: Management Information Systems
Posted on January 6th, 2010 by ICT Strategy Group, under Briefings from ISC's ICT Strategy GroupManagement information systems are helping schools reduce administrative burdens and helping managers make informed decisions.
What you need to know
School Management Information Systems (MIS) should:
- reduce bureaucratic burdens by reducing time spent on administration;
- raise…
How much of the population actually went to independent schools: 7% or 14%?
Posted on December 11th, 2009 by Rudi Eliott Lockhart, under NewsReading the media on schools, you tend to hear a lot about how the independent sector in the UK only accounts for 7% of pupils, (see for example this article from The Telegraph last month). The figure is used as…
How can schools think strategically to cope better with the rapidly changing digital landscape?
Posted on December 8th, 2009 by Rudi Eliott Lockhart, under NewsWhat can Heads learn about ICT from Music? Not so much I thought, or at least that was my opinion before last Wednesday’s ISC ICT Strategy Conference at Radley College. One of the presentations at the conference was a high-energy…