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September 2010
 ISC Questions
The Independent Schools Council (ISC) believes research commissioned by the Sutton Trust on bursary provision is flawed and reaches conclusions not supported by the evidence.
ISC has concluded that the Sutton Trust research is based on out of date, incomplete and mismatched data. In contrast, ISC has used the most recent, consistent data across a greater number of schools, and found no statistical correlation between the level of bursary provision made by ISC schools and the A-level performance of pupils or the fee income of the school.
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September 2010
 Adapting to The Wireless World
Almost 1/3rd of teenagers now own a smart phone and so are continuously connected to the internet. Apple have sold over 250,000 iPads since launch, and the continuing development of these types of devices is set to transform education – already some leading US schools and universities have developed “Apps” to support their teaching. Add to this the fact that almost 90% of 6th form pupils in Independent Schools now own a laptop and a serious rethink of how technology is used and controlled in schools is required. Despite this most Independent Schools are still stuck in an old “supply and control” mentality, frustrating pupils, wasting money and failing to deliver.
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September 2010
 From Keeping Records to Beating Records
With the current economic climate as a backdrop, the pressure on independent schools to attract good pupils, hold on to them and deliver even better results than before has become stronger. That means more work to market the school to parents, closer attention on each pupil’s achievement and a tighter control over budgets than we have experienced in recent years.
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June 2010
 School Security
Schools of all sizes face a number of security threats due to their large and easily accessible premises, transient populations and the high value goods often being kept on-site. Criminals are increasingly targeting these premises and so tough security measures are needed. Here James Kelly, Chief Executive of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA), explains the technologies that schools can adopt to better protect themselves against thieves and vandals.
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June 2010
 Conference What's it all about?
Any association organising a regular annual conference must occasionally stop and ask itself: What exactly is it for?
There could be many answers. It is of course for like-minded people in an association which represents them and their shared interests to get together to, well, confer about those shared interests, and shared pasts and proposed futures and imminent threats and delightful opportunities. The chat between old friends, and the late snooker games with new ones, is a major reason to hold the conference at all.
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May 2010
 Ashes to ashes
2010 will figure as a year of travel disruption, and bad balance sheets! Schools seem to have had a real run of bad luck in this respect, forced to close by swine flu and snow, and now facing potential disruption because teachers and students are stuck abroad, held earthbound by a cloud of volcanic ash emanating from Iceland. Is it fanciful to wonder what we have done to offend the Norse pantheon of gods?
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March 2010
 Public benefit
Summer 2009 seems a long time ago now and especially the excitement around the publication of the Charity Commission's assessments of the public benefit provided by five charitable independent schools.
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March 2010
 Practical school science
The unique aspect of science as a subject in school is the combination of rigorous intellectual challenge and motivating practical activity. As teachers it is up to us to ensure that we do the best by our subject and our students so that their school lessons echo the science done in the “real world"
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Jan 2010
 Widening the path
All pupils at boarding schools are posh.
Not true.
Now more than ever, boarding schools are likely to have a thoroughly mixed population, ranging from the children of titled families or international entrepreneurs to children from the most modest of homes....
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