Independent Schools Council

Independent Schools Council
AbbreviationISC
Founded1974 (1974) (as Independent Schools Joint Council)
1998 (as ISC)
TypeLobby group
HeadquartersQueen Anne's Gate
London, SW1
Region served
Mainly United Kingdom
Chairman
Barnaby Lenon
Chief Executive
Julie Robinson
Websitewww.isc.co.uk

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. The ISC has received much positive comment for their work to support independent education in the face of ideological and politically motivated attack on the sector. Even critics of the ISC describe them as the "sleepless champion of the sector"[2] and doing so in a "very forthright manner."[3]

  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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "Heffer, Simon James, (born 18 July 1960), columnist, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, since 2015", Who's Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.41475, retrieved 8 October 2023