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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Teaching Staff & Teacher/Pupil Ratio

In 2008, there were 46,160 full time teachers in ISC schools and 15,188 part time teachers who worked 225,126 hours.

This led to another fall in the pupil/teacher ratio to 9.6:1 from 9.7:1 in 2007. The weighted pupil/teacher ratio (with each sixth former counted as two) was 11.2:1, down from 11.3 in 2007. This compares to a ratio of 18.2:1 in maintained schools. The continuing fall in the pupil/teacher ratio not only indicates the importance of low classes sizes to parents but also reflects the determination of ISC schools to continue to teach a wide range of subjects even if uneconomic.

Teacher turnover, as a proportion of the number of full-time staff employed, remained relatively constant at 12.4%. A total of 2,116 teachers from maintained schools took up posts in ISC schools, while 597 moved from ISC schools into the maintained sector, giving a net gain of 1,519.