Press releases
14 December 2005
Dr Brenda Despontin, Headmistress of Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls in Wales, is to become the President of the Girls' Schools Association on 1 January 2006, taking over from Ms Clarissa Farr, Principal of Queenswood School in Hertfordshire.
13 December 2005
David Chapman, Principal of Hampshire Collegiate School, Embley Park, is to become the Chairman of the Society of Headmasters and Headmistresses of Independent Schools (SHMIS) on 1st January 2006, taking over from Joe Peake, Headmaster of St George's College in Weybridge, Surrey.
13 December 2005
Colin Ashby, Headmaster of Trinity School in Teignmouth, Devon, is to become the Chairman of the Independent Schools Association on 1st January 2006, taking over from David Vanstone, Headmaster of North Cestrian Grammar School in Altrincham, Cheshire.
22 November 2005
Baroness Warnock will tomorrow (Thursday 24th November 2005) address the ISC Special Educational Needs Conference to be held at The Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD.
9 November 2005
Good morning everyone. May I begin by extending a very warm welcome to you all, both to London and to the Thistle Tower (Guoman) Hotel. The Girls' Schools Association is delighted to be hosting this conference in partnership with the National Coalition of Girls' Schools, USA, as together we welcome delegates not only from our own associations but from around the world.
8 November 2005
An ISC spokesman today made the following statement: "The Office of Fair Trading has indicated that it will be issuing in a week or so its provisional conclusions into alleged breaches of competition law by a number of charitable independent schools.
27 October 2005
Jonathan Shephard, ISC General Secretary, today welcomed Lord Adonis' announcement of new funding plans and guidance for teachers which the Government hopes will lead to every maintained primary school pupil having the opportunity to study a foreign language by 2010: