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.

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Fees

The average termly fee at an ISC school for 2007/2008 was £3,751 per term. In addition:

The average termly day fee at a day school was £3,023
The average termly day fee at a boarding school was £4,110
The average termly boarding fee was £7,353

Fees are typically cheaper than the average in schools in the North and at prep schools.

Fee increases in 2007-8 averaged 6.2%. This rise is similar to the inflation of all paid for education which was 13.7% in 2007. As for any service industry, increased staff costs are the chief determinant of annual fee rises. Salaries of teachers and other staff are the largest items of school expenditure, accounting for around two-thirds of a school's costs. In the past few years many of the other costs that make up the remaining third, such as utilities bills and insurance, have increased substantially. Energy prices, especially, have increased by up to 30%. School fees, therefore, are rising for the same reasons that costs for other services are rising: staff costs, utilities prices and limited supply.

ISC fee rises are the lowest in paid for education
Fee increases at ISC schools are less than half those of all paid-for education. ISC school fees account for less that a third of overall private education expenditure. All other private education costs are therefore rising faster than those in ISC schools.