Barnaby Lenon, chair of the Independent Schools Council, looks at the strength of the sector.

Were it not for independent schools, UK GDP could have been £73 billion lower last year – according to new research revealing the independent education sector’s value to the national economy.

Barnaby Lenon, Chairman of the Independent Schools Council, tackles the question that every parent should ask...

The Independent Schools Council (ISC) has published its 2017 Census, which shows that the number of pupils educated at ISC schools is at the highest level since records began, and that partnership work between ISC schools and state schools is at its highest ever level.

The Independent Schools Council has responded to the Labour Party's proposal to extend free school means to all primary school pupils by introducing VAT on independent school fees.

​The majority of people in Britain think the proposal for independent schools to create up to 10,000 free places a year for children from low income families, through joint funding with government, is a good idea, according to the Independent Schools Council.