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	Independent School Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Independent Schools Council has 1270 accredited schools in membership which are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) every six years to ensure that standards are being maintained and improved.
		The Independent Schools Council exists to promote and advocate high quality independent school education in the United Kingdom, its worth to individuals and its value to society.
		ISC schools educate 80% of the 600,000 children in the British independent sector.
	www.sfia.co.uk /isc.stm (371 words)

	Independent school (UK) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Independent Schools not affiliated to the ISC in England and Independent schools accredited to the ISC in Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland are inspected through the national inspectorates in each country.
		A public school (in the independent sense) usually teaches children from the ages of 11 (for girls) or 13 (for boys) to 18, and was traditionally a single-sex boarding school, although many now accept day pupils and are coeducational.
		University College School, founded in 1830 as part of University College London, was unique in that it neither took boarders nor gave religious education; indeed, by not limiting its intake to a specific religious denomination, it gained the claim of being the first truly "public" school, open to all.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Public_school_(UK) (3489 words)

	eteach.com - Independent schools
		Independent schools are usually selective but cater for special needs and special talents, talents that may not be supported through the maintained sector.
		Independent schools can vary enormously in size, ranging from fewer than 100 pupils to up to 2000 on roll, and can be either single-sex or co-educational.
		More than half of the pupils are from families where neither parent attended an independent school and this is actively encouraged through scholarships and bursaries: 32% of pupils in independent schools receive help with their fees.
	www.eteach.com /page.asp?id=indesch&host=10 (582 words)

	Independent Schools Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There are a few Associations of independent schools, foremost amongst which are the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) and the Girls' Schools Association (GSA) at senior level and the Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools at prep school level.
		For schools in membership of the Independent Schools Council (ISC), inspections are carried out by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, which works closely with OFSTED and the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).
		Schools not in membership of ISC are inspected by Her Majesty's Inspectorate (HMI) every six years.
	www.independentschools.com /index_uk.htm (437 words)

	Telegraph \| Education \| Independent schools must throw off their chains
		I asked one headmistress of an "independent" school why she did not give up computer lessons or merely provide a short course, instead of taking time away from genuine, academic subjects.
		In an extreme case, Summerhill, a school that allows children to decide whether or not to attend lessons, was severely criticised in an Ofsted report and the Government threatened to close it down.
		Personally, I find it galling to spend a fortune in fees for an independent school only to find it is increasingly dominated by the state – the very organisation whose incompetence in education I am trying to get away from.
	www.arts.telegraph.co.uk /education/main.jhtml?xml=/education/2005/01/20/tefchains20.xml (959 words)

	Working together: the independent/state school partnerships scheme Paul Sharp, Jeremy Higham, David Yeomans and David ...
		But action against independent schools was prevented by the majority view in the Party that it would be unpopular with the electorate, and that these schools would anyway 'wither on the vine as parents abandoned them for a steadily improving state sector.
		This was: 'justified by the damage which the very presence of independent schools is said to inflict on public education and by their importance as 'a huge barrier to equality of educational, social and occupational opportunity'.
		In December 1998, the School of Education at the University of Leeds was contracted to undertake this independent evaluation.
	www.leeds.ac.uk /educol/documents/00002223.htm (7677 words)

	info4local: Independent Schools Council Inspections 2003-04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Independent schools that are members of the associations that constitute the Independent Schools Council (ISC) are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), the operationally independent inspection arm of the council.
		Since September 2003, independent schools that do not belong to the ISC have been inspected by Ofsted under section 163 of the Education Act 2003.
		This is Ofsted's fifth report on the inspection of schools by the ISI and covers the three terms from autumn 2003 to summer 2004.
	www.info4local.gov.uk /searchreport.asp?id=23000&heading=e-mail+alert (99 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The school campus is attractive, clean and well cared for, and contributes positively to the pupils’ education, behaviour and welfare, and enables the curriculum to be taught effectively.
		Admission to the school is largely determined by academic potential, although sympathetic consideration is given to candidates who narrowly fail to satisfy the academic criteria for entry but for whom, for family or other reasons, the school is particularly suitable.
		Independent learning is encouraged by publication of a reading list and websites, by homework assignments on famous scientists in Year 10 and by a biology discussion group for sixth-form students.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /keith.taggart/physics/Information/InspectionReport2005.doc (19085 words)

	Independent Schools UK. Day, boarding, SBSA & International schools
		Which School Ltd was founded in 1987 to help parents make shortlists of possible schools for their children.
		isbi schools are able to amend their information at any time throughout the year and new information is uploaded weekly to the website.
		The isbi photograph is the copyright of Lambrook Haileybury School and is used with permission
	www.isbi.com (286 words)

	Bucks CC - Libraries and Heritage - BucksKey to Schools
		Ofsted only inspects Independent Schools at the specific request of the Department for Education and Skills, and only a selection of these are available on this website.
		Schools which belong to the Independent Schools Council are inspected by the Council's own Inspectorate and since January 1999 inspection reports have been available direct from the schools themselves.·
		The Agency responsible for the inspection of those schools which are members of the Independent Schools Council.
	www.buckscc.gov.uk /buckskey/education/schools.htm (252 words)

	UK Independent Schools- Academic
		Of the 500 UK Boarding Schools listed by The Times as achieving the highest GCSE results in 1999, about 380 were independent Schools.
		THE number of young people attending private school in Scotland is on the increase, despite predictions by the Scottish Executive that pupil rolls in the independent sector would fall.
		Figures released yesterday by the Scottish Council of Independent Schools (SCIS) revealed that the numbers getting a private education north of the Border went up from 31,194 last year to 31,256 by the start of the 2005-6 academic year.
	www.emetis.com /resources/academic.htm (238 words)

	Drift to independent schools to become a flood
		All schools are about to feel the impact of Australia's declining birthrate, which by 2008 will see student enrolments start falling and lead to greater competition between schools and school sectors.
		The analysis by the Independent Schools Council of Australia showed the highest growth since 1996 was in low-fee Anglican schools, with annual enrolments growing by about 40% in NSW and Queensland since 2000.
		The council's executive director, Bill Daniels, said independent schools were expected to "fare the decline in Australia's school population better than Catholic and government schools".
	www.cathnews.com /news/509/149.php (765 words)

	Boarding schools act to exclude molesters
		The heads of hundreds of public schools, including Eton and Winchester, are planning to increase vetting as part of a new "kitemark" scheme designed to guarantee standards at boarding schools.
		Schools that want to display the new safety mark on their promotional literature will also have to conform to a number of other rules.
		Each school will also have to provide "independent listeners", such as a chaplain or a teacher's spouse, with whom pupils can discuss their troubles.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/08/02/npae02.html (576 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Education \| MPs seek end to school charities
		Their report, just published, said "we believe that the government should consider reviewing the charitable status of independent schools and hospitals with a view to considering whether the best long term solution might lie in those organisations ceasing to be charities but receiving favourable tax treatment in exchange for clear demonstration of quantified public benefits."
		In a statement, the Independent Schools Council said there was overwhelming evidence of the public benefit provided by its member schools.
		Schools were committed to working "as part of the nation's education system" and increasing their partnership with state schools and the wider community.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/education/3703464.stm (572 words)

	Florida Council of Independent Schools: About FCIS
		The Florida Council of Independent Schools (FCIS) is a professional education association founded in 1954 by a small group of independent private school leaders.
		Traditionally, independent schools establish their own philosophies, standards, and programs, developing their own guidelines for academic achievement, discipline, and, in some cases, religious commitment.
		The Council is an association member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), an affiliate of the Council of American Private Education (CAPE), and a founding member of the Florida Association of Academic Nonpublic Schools (FAANS).
	www.fcis.org /page.cfm?p=2 (173 words)

	Schools
		Our aim for school education is to ensure that each pupil reaches his or her full potential, and to secure the highest possible standards of attainment for all, through a broad and balanced school education which prepares pupils for the responsibilities and opportunities of adult life.
		See our schools database for a searchable list of schools in Surrey, and links to their inspection reports.
		School Organisation Committee Decision on Godstone Village School.
	www.surreycc.gov.uk /sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Schools?opendocument (128 words)

	COBISEC. Council of British Independent Schools in the European Communities. British schools, international locations, ...
		Council of British Independent Schools in the European Communities.
		A report on the Conference will be posted on the website in the near future.
		The 2008 COBISEC Conference for all British International Schools will be held in Central London from 10th-12th May 2008.
	www.cobisec.org (176 words)

	ISNZ Media Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Independent Schools Council represents 43 member schools with 20,000 students and their families.
		It provides the forum for discussion and joint action by independent schools and is committed to the provision of choice for parents in the education of their children.
		As part of the search for a new Executive Director, ISC ascertained that she had the ability to work across party lines and had the respect of members from all parties.
	www.independent.school.nz /documents/releases/appoints_2000.htm (205 words)

	Independent schools – Schools - Education – British Council – Lebanon
		The wide choice of includes day and boarding schools, single sex and coeducational schools; schools for boys and girls of every age and ability, from 2-19 years, special needs schools.
		Children who attend independent schools come from every sort of background including international students.
		The main accreditation body for independent schools is the ISC - Independent Schools Council, which runs the ISCIS - Independent Schools Council Information Services.
	www.britishcouncil.org /id/lebanon-education-studyuk-schools-independent.htm?printout=1 (181 words)

	Telegraph \| Education \| Independent schools must throw off their chains
		It is time for independent schools (perhaps in co-operation with leading universities) to create their own exams.
		Not long ago, independent schools were not inspected.
		They could take more teachers from independent teacher training schools (there is only one at present, at Buckingham University).
	www.telegraph.co.uk /education/main.jhtml?xml=/education/2005/01/20/tefchains20.xml&sSheet=/education/2005/01/20/ixtetop.html (959 words)

	Independent Schools Council
		The Independent Schools Council is a politically independent, not-for-profit organisation representing 1,270 independent schools educating more than 500,000 children.
		The Independent Schools Council allows you, the user, access to this website only on the provision that you unconditionally accept full responsibility for using the information provided on it.
		ISC is not responsible in any way for the content of those websites.
	www.isc.co.uk /disclaimer.htm (279 words)

	More students head to private schools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		More than one third of Australian children will be educated in private schools by 2010, according to a new study by the Independent Schools Council of Australia.
		The Council predicted in five years the independent sector's share of school enrolments would be about 16.6%, compared with the current figure of 13.9%.
		The executive director of the independent schools council, Bill Daniels, said the analysis showed the health of the independent schools sector.
	www.cathnews.com /news/507/88.html (253 words)

	ISCis - London and South East (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		ISCis London and South East is funded by member public schools to provide a service to parents who are interested in a public school education for their children.
		ISC has overall responsibility for the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), which ensures high standards among ISC public schools and which works under a framework agreed with Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education).
		Public schools are evaluated on their educational standards (including attainment, learning and behaviour), quality of teaching, assessment and recording, curriculum, staffing, premises and resources, links with parents and the community, pupils’ personal development and pastoral care, management, efficiency, aims and ethos.
	www.isis.org.uk /southeast (396 words)

	Florida Council of Independent Schools
		The Florida Council of Independent Schools was established in 1954 to set high standards for quality elementary and secondary nonpublic education.
		It assures, through the accreditation process, that member schools maintain those high standards and independence in the areas of administration and academic programs.
		These schools are some of the finest preparatory schools in the south and many of the best small specialized schools in the state.
	www.fcis.org (105 words)

	About COBISEC, British international schools
		COBISEC was founded in 1981 as the Council of British Independent Schools in the European Communities and is a Charitable Association registered in The Hague.
		COBISEC has always sought to admit only schools providing a high standard of education into membership. The Annual General Meeting of the Association held in May 2000 voted in favour of all Members in Europe having an official British Inspection, or an inspection acceptable to the British Authorities, on a regular basis.
		At the Annual Conference in London in 2001 the representatives of member schools were able to welcome, for the first time, COBISEC’s new Patron, HRH Princess Alexandra, who attended a reception in her honour, and met personally the representatives of member schools present.
	www.cobisec.org /about.htm (745 words)

	INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS COUNCIL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This inspection report is based on a framework laid down by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) and agreed with the DfEE and OFSTED for the purposes of ensuring that standards are maintained and that the school complies with relevant legal requirements.
		The main challenge for the school now is to review the ways in which it assesses its pupils, so that it can be certain that they are indeed reaching their potential.
		There is at present no independent measure of pupils' progress and attainment relative to national norms or to schools with similar profiles.
	www.bishops-stortford-college.herts.sch.uk /js/report2000.html (1647 words)

	Stonar School - Independent Girls School, Wiltshire, UK.
		The ISCis (Independent Schools Council information service) web site is the official site for the 1,300 UK schools accredited by the Independent Schools Council.
		ISC promotes the schools' common interests at the political level by making representations to government ministers, politicians of all parties and civil servants.
		The Girls' Schools Association represents over 200 leading independent schools for girls in the UK and overseas, educating approximately 110,000 girls.
	www.stonar.wilts.sch.uk /resources.asp (222 words)

	ECIS - European Council of International Schools
		Students and teachers of St Dominic's International School, Portugal are campaigning in all possible ways to help find the missing girl, Madeleine McCann.
		An Invitation to Heads of School from the Klingenstein Center...
		Graduating seniors in ECIS member schools are encouraged to apply for a $5000 scholarship more>>
	www.ecis.org (342 words)

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