Press releases
22 October 2008
The Independent Schools Council (ISC) welcomes the review announced today by the Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families into safeguarding arrangements in a variety of educational settings including academies, non-maintained special schools, state and private boarding schools and independent day schools.
10 October 2008
The Independent Schools Council notes with interest the research by Cranfield School of Management, published by Halifax, on the relationship between house prices and examination results.
7 October 2008
The Charity Commission has named the first 12 charities to undergo public benefit reviews.
9 September 2008
Jane Le Poidevin has taken up the post of General Secretary of the Independent Schools Association (ISA) from September 2008.
3 September 2008
The Rev. Tim Hastie-Smith, Headmaster of Dean Close School, Cheltenham, is the new chairman of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) for the academic year 2008-09.
30 August 2008
GCSE exam results from 552 Independent Schools Council (ISC) schools show that this year 28.5% of GCSE entries achieved grade A*.
26 August 2008
The Independent Schools Council (ISC) is pleased to announce the appointment of David Lyscom as Chief Executive. David will take up his duties from 8 September 2008.
23 August 2008
A-level exam results from 468 Independent Schools Council (ISC) schools show that this year 50.7% of entries from ISC pupils were awarded grade A. The improvement in performance this year is broadly in line with A-level improvements across all education sectors.
21 August 2008
GCSE results day 2008 - ISC success stories! Members of the press are welcome to contact the schools below for further information, interviews and photos in relation to their success at GCSE today.
21 August 2008
At this morning's JCQ press briefing journalists were shown a graph suggesting that independent schools' performance was dipping below that of maintained selective schools.