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Independent Schools Council

The Independent Schools Council (ISC) is a non-profit lobby group that represents over 1,300 private schools in the United Kingdom.[1] The organisation comprises seven independent school associations and promotes the business interests of its independent school members in the political arena, which includes the Department for Education and has been described as the "sleepless champion of the sector."[2]

Independent Schools Council
AbbreviationISC
TypeLobby group
HeadquartersQueen Anne's Gate
London, SW1
Region served
Mainly United Kingdom
Chairman
Barnaby Lenon
Chief Executive
Julie Robinson
Websitewww.isc.co.uk

History

The ISC was first established (then as the Independent Schools Joint Council) in 1974 by the leaders of the associations that make up the independent schools. In 1998, it reconstituted as the Independent Schools Council.

Schools that are members of the associations that constitute ISC are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). Since December 2003, ISI has been the body approved by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills for the inspection of ISC schools and reports to the DfE under the 2002 Education Act. ISI was part of ISC until, in late 2007, the ISI became its own limited company, thereby separating itself from ISC.[3]

The current chairman of ISC is Barnaby Lenon. ISC is managed by the Chief Executive, Julie Robinson.

Partnerships with state schools

Figures from the 2019 ISC Annual Census show 11,466 partnerships were recorded in that year.

The types of partnerships vary from academy sponsorship to seconding teaching staff, serving as governors at state schools and sharing facilities to partnering for activities and 5,000 projects.

The ISC has published an annual report of cross-sector partnership work between independent and state schools called Celebrating Partnerships.

Operation

ISC has five principal activities:

  • Provide authoritative research and intelligence about the sector
  • Provide legal and regulatory information/guidance
  • Provide online access and support informing parental decisions
  • Promote the sector through lobbying and communications
  • Provide a meeting place in central London for members

Current priorities include the following activities:

  • To represent the views of our member associations in the National education debate
  • To champion and channel sector consensus on public examinations and national curriculum frameworks
  • To protect and promote the sector’s interests on charitable status, public benefit and social mobility
  • To promote the sector’s view on a proportionate regulatory and inspection regime
  • To promote the sector’s view on the proper regulatory framework for all aspects of safeguarding
  • To protect and promote the sector’s interests in recruiting overseas pupils
  • To support schools offering early years education
  • To carry out annual data gathering and analysis on the sector via the Census
  • To analyse the sector’s performance in national exams and university offers and admissions
  • To carry out surveys on attitudes towards the sector and financial benchmarking
  • To provide support for our expert groups
  • To promote and coordinate the views of the sector, the associations and their members through the media
  • To ensure consistent media responses across the sector
  • To provide a high quality daily news service to all schools
  • To support the marketing and promotion of schools, including user friendly access to information about schools
  • To promote and catalogue independent-state school partnerships and provide an analysis of what works best
  • To detail training opportunities for unqualified teachers in ISC schools
  • To encourage good graduates to work in independent schools
  • To counter misconceptions about independent schools
  • To provide guidance and support for members and schools on all of the above[4]

Judicial review of the Charity Commission, 2011

In 2011, the ISC challenged the Charity Commission in relation to the latter's statutory guidance on public benefit. The Upper Tribunal heard the judicial review, which was combined with an Attorney General's reference, over five days in May 2011 and reserved judgment until October 2011. The lengthy ruling upheld ISC's main ground of complaint, which was that the guidance did not reflect the true state of charity law on public benefit and charities which charge fees.[5] A subsequent hearing and ruling in December 2011 ordered that the Commission withdraw large parts of its guidance or face a quashing order. The disputed guidance was withdrawn shortly before Christmas 2011, and replacement guidance was put out to consultation in 2012.

Constituent associations

  • Girls' Schools Association (GSA) – the main association to which heads of girls' senior independent schools belong.
  • Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) – represents the heads of 298 boys' and co-educational independent senior schools.
  • Society of Heads (SoH) – represents the heads of independent schools of all sizes, many of which have a long tradition of boarding.
  • Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS) – represents the heads of more than 670 boys', girls' and mixed preparatory schools for children mainly between the ages of 7 and 13. Many IAPS schools take children from age 3, however, and some schools go up to the age of 16.
  • Independent Schools Association (ISA) – ISA members include heads of nearly 600 schools for children of all ages. They represent both boarding and day schools, co-educational and single gender, and specialist schools in the arts and music.
  • Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools (AGBIS) – represents the interests of the governing bodies of schools whose heads belong to GSA, HMC and SoH (and some belonging to IAPS & ISA).
  • Independent Schools' Bursars Association (ISBA) – represents the bursars of over 800 senior and junior schools.

References

  1. ^ "About Us". Independent Schools Council. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  2. ^ Green, Francis; Kynaston, David (2019). Engines of privilege : Britain's private school problem. London. ISBN 978-1526601261. OCLC 1035367106.
  3. ^ "About Us". Independent Schools Inspectorate. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  4. ^ Independent Schools Council | About Us | ISC’s Strategic Objectives. Isc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

  • The Work of Ofsted - Children, Schools and Families Committee – Memorandum submitted to the House of Commons in May 2008

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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Independent Schools Council news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Independent Schools Council ISC is a non profit lobby group that represents over 1 300 private schools in the United Kingdom 1 The organisation comprises seven independent school associations and promotes the business interests of its independent school members in the political arena which includes the Department for Education and has been described as the sleepless champion of the sector 2 Independent Schools CouncilAbbreviationISCTypeLobby groupHeadquartersQueen Anne s GateLondon SW1Region servedMainly United KingdomChairmanBarnaby LenonChief ExecutiveJulie RobinsonWebsitewww wbr isc wbr co wbr uk Contents 1 History 2 Partnerships with state schools 3 Operation 4 Judicial review of the Charity Commission 2011 5 Constituent associations 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditThe ISC was first established then as the Independent Schools Joint Council in 1974 by the leaders of the associations that make up the independent schools In 1998 it reconstituted as the Independent Schools Council Schools that are members of the associations that constitute ISC are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate ISI Since December 2003 ISI has been the body approved by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills for the inspection of ISC schools and reports to the DfE under the 2002 Education Act ISI was part of ISC until in late 2007 the ISI became its own limited company thereby separating itself from ISC 3 The current chairman of ISC is Barnaby Lenon ISC is managed by the Chief Executive Julie Robinson Partnerships with state schools EditFigures from the 2019 ISC Annual Census show 11 466 partnerships were recorded in that year The types of partnerships vary from academy sponsorship to seconding teaching staff serving as governors at state schools and sharing facilities to partnering for activities and 5 000 projects The ISC has published an annual report of cross sector partnership work between independent and state schools called Celebrating Partnerships Operation EditISC has five principal activities Provide authoritative research and intelligence about the sector Provide legal and regulatory information guidance Provide online access and support informing parental decisions Promote the sector through lobbying and communications Provide a meeting place in central London for membersCurrent priorities include the following activities To represent the views of our member associations in the National education debate To champion and channel sector consensus on public examinations and national curriculum frameworks To protect and promote the sector s interests on charitable status public benefit and social mobility To promote the sector s view on a proportionate regulatory and inspection regime To promote the sector s view on the proper regulatory framework for all aspects of safeguarding To protect and promote the sector s interests in recruiting overseas pupils To support schools offering early years education To carry out annual data gathering and analysis on the sector via the Census To analyse the sector s performance in national exams and university offers and admissions To carry out surveys on attitudes towards the sector and financial benchmarking To provide support for our expert groups To promote and coordinate the views of the sector the associations and their members through the media To ensure consistent media responses across the sector To provide a high quality daily news service to all schools To support the marketing and promotion of schools including user friendly access to information about schools To promote and catalogue independent state school partnerships and provide an analysis of what works best To detail training opportunities for unqualified teachers in ISC schools To encourage good graduates to work in independent schools To counter misconceptions about independent schools To provide guidance and support for members and schools on all of the above 4 Judicial review of the Charity Commission 2011 EditIn 2011 the ISC challenged the Charity Commission in relation to the latter s statutory guidance on public benefit The Upper Tribunal heard the judicial review which was combined with an Attorney General s reference over five days in May 2011 and reserved judgment until October 2011 The lengthy ruling upheld ISC s main ground of complaint which was that the guidance did not reflect the true state of charity law on public benefit and charities which charge fees 5 A subsequent hearing and ruling in December 2011 ordered that the Commission withdraw large parts of its guidance or face a quashing order The disputed guidance was withdrawn shortly before Christmas 2011 and replacement guidance was put out to consultation in 2012 Constituent associations EditGirls Schools Association GSA the main association to which heads of girls senior independent schools belong Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference HMC represents the heads of 298 boys and co educational independent senior schools Society of Heads SoH represents the heads of independent schools of all sizes many of which have a long tradition of boarding Independent Association of Prep Schools IAPS represents the heads of more than 670 boys girls and mixed preparatory schools for children mainly between the ages of 7 and 13 Many IAPS schools take children from age 3 however and some schools go up to the age of 16 Independent Schools Association ISA ISA members include heads of nearly 600 schools for children of all ages They represent both boarding and day schools co educational and single gender and specialist schools in the arts and music Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools AGBIS represents the interests of the governing bodies of schools whose heads belong to GSA HMC and SoH and some belonging to IAPS amp ISA Independent Schools Bursars Association ISBA represents the bursars of over 800 senior and junior schools References Edit About Us Independent Schools Council Retrieved 5 September 2011 Green Francis Kynaston David 2019 Engines of privilege Britain s private school problem London ISBN 978 1526601261 OCLC 1035367106 About Us Independent Schools Inspectorate Retrieved 5 September 2011 Independent Schools Council About Us ISC s Strategic Objectives Isc co uk Retrieved 2013 08 13 Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 10 January 2013 Retrieved 12 February 2013 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link External links EditThe Work of Ofsted Children Schools and Families Committee Memorandum submitted to the House of Commons in May 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Independent Schools Council amp oldid 1142483731, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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