Press releases
5 December 2003
The Independent Schools Council has this week - following discussions with the Office of Fair Trading - issued advice to all its 1,300 member schools to help ensure that their decision-making processes are in accordance with competition law.
10 November 2003
State education funding should "follow the child" and be available to spend in independent schools, a top girls' school head said today.
6 October 2003
GCSE could be reduced to a two-subject examination, taken a year earlier than at present, to leave more time for a broader advanced programme, a leading independent school head suggested today.
6 October 2003
The Independent Schools Council (6 October) welcomed Tory proposals put forward by their spokesman Damian Green at the Conservative Party Conference today.
24 September 2003
Key Stage 2 test results from more than 300 preparatory schools, released today, show that ever higher numbers of their 11-year-old pupils are outperforming their state school contemporaries.
24 September 2003
An education that contains no risks may leave children unable to assess risk for themselves, said a leading independent school head today.
23 September 2003
The Independent Schools Council today issued the following statement responding to the consultation document published by Professor Steven Schwartz's Admissions to Higher Education Steering Group.
17 September 2003
Independent schools are to be advised to encourage their sixth formers to look more widely for the best and most appropriate choice of university course, following a new survey of admissions patterns by the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) and the Girls' Schools Association (GSA).
1 September 2003
Simon Carder assumes office this month as chairman of the Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools (IAPS) which represents more than 500 independent junior schools.
22 August 2003
This summer's provisional GCE Advanced Level results from schools in membership of the constituent associations of the Independent Schools Council (ISC) show that their candidates achieved a near-perfect pass rate.