Press releases

ISC response to Halifax research

12 July 2008
ISC is keen that the most accurate and up-to-date figures are used to inform parents and others about affordability of independent education.

ISC submits response to the Charity Commission's consultation on Public Benefit and Fee-Charging and Advancement of Education

11 July 2008
The Independent Schools Council (ISC) has submitted its response to the Charity Commission's consultation on Draft Supplementary Guidance on Public Benefit and Fee-charging and Consultation on Draft Supplementary Guidance on Public Benefit and the Advancement of Education.

ISC gives evidence at Select Committee hearing on public benefit

2 July 2008
The Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) this week continues its examination of the impact of the public benefit test on charities.

LibDem and Conservative Lords join forces to protect independent schools from creeping regulation

17 June 2008
LibDem and Conservative Lords join forces to protect independent schools from creeping regulation.

Announcement from ISC

12 June 2008
Chris Parry has today (12 June 2008), by mutual agreement, stepped down as chief executive of the Independent Schools Council (ISC).

Ipsos MORI poll shows record demand for independent education

4 June 2008
A survey by Ipsos MORI for the Independent Schools Council (ISC) has found independent education to be more popular than ever. Nearly three in five (57%) of all parents would send their child to independent school if they could afford it.

ISC Annual Conference 2008 - Chris Parry address

3 June 2008
ISC Chief Executive emphasises the importance of independence and agility in annual conference address

New era of cooperation between state and independent sectors

19 May 2008
Independent and state schools will join forces to raise the aspirations of gifted and talented pupils and encourage more disadvantaged children to go to university in a scheme announced by Ed Balls and Andrew Adonis today.

ISA chairman Deborah Odysseas-Bailey addresses annual conference

15 May 2008
The chairman of the Independent Schools Association (ISA) today told head teachers that the independent sector must promote a leadership culture that empowers staff at every level. Deborah Odysseas-Bailey was addressing the association at its annual conference in Brighton.

COBIS to become member association of ISC

12 May 2008
The Council of British International Schools (COBIS, formerly COBISEC) is to become the eighth Constituent Member Association of the Independent Schools Council (ISC). COBIS is an association of high-quality British curriculum schools and has schools in over 25 countries.