John Catt Educational?s schoolsearch.co.uk gives families access to hundreds of schools and a wealth of essential information in just a few clicks. Schoolsearch.co.uk is the online guide to 2,104 independent schools across the UK, including the...

Year 9 is a big deal. It?s the first year of senior school in the independent sector, a new environment, new friends and new teachers to get used to. For many it?s even their first experience of boarding. Millfield?s innovative Nine at Millfield...

Suzannah Cryer, Head of Highfield and Brookham School, speaks about the exciting scholarship programme for year five children. What is the year five scholarship" We?re extremely proud of our children and how they approach their education with...

?Are you insane"?. Friends weren?t reacting to me climbing Everest or swimming the Bosphorus, but to the decision to take seven teenagers riding and camping in Kyrgyzstan this summer. Words: Alexandra Tolstoy I?ve been running trips for intrepid...

Independent schools are widening the opportunity net for girls? sports, often breaking down barriers to traditionally ?boys-only? games and disciplines Words by Katie Hughes According to the Women?s Sport Trust, a record-breaking 22.6-million...

The Autumn 2024 Edition of The Guide to Independent Schools is out now! In a year where it felt as though I was becoming a permanent fixture at my local polling station, it?s heartening to see that student activism has never been stronger, with...

Win a luxurious five-night family stay at Mount Cinnamon Beach Resort & Spa, Grenada Fancy a getaway to picturesque Grenada, known as the Caribbean?s ?Spice Isle?" This dreamy resort is tucked into the hillside overlooking Grand Anse Beach, one...

The winners of the Independent Schools of the Year 2024 Awards have been announced! At a glittering awards ceremony held this evening, the winners of the Independent Schools of the Year 2024 Awards campaign, now in its seventh year, were revealed...

From ample grounds to state-of-the-art sports centres, here?s a round-up of some of the highest-ranking school facilities The facilities a school offers can be the key to discovering talent within a pupil. Whether as a dance or sports player,...

From spending quality time with residents at local care homes to lending their efforts to charitable projects, there are countless benefits to independent school students engaging with community-based volunteering, Laura Sutherland...

Cornwall-based contemporary artist, Nina Brooke recalls the many happy years she spent at Bryanston School in Dorset Your school in three words" I?d say creative, nurturing and progressive. Who was your best friend" I had loads of great pals...

At Highgate, one of our academic priorities is to promote reading for pleasure. There are no tests or assessments though ? this one?s ?just for fun?. A recent report commissioned by the National Literacy Trust states: ?If reading is to become a...

A unique partnership at Ashville College in North Yorkshire aims to help the children of relocated US armed forces staff at nearby Royal Air Force Menwith Hill settle into school life, says Head of Prep Phil Soutar The huge white ?golf balls? that...

With school fees set to rocket, many parents are asking if going ?state before eight? is the way to go. By talking to the heads of some of the country?s top prep schools, Laura Sutherland learns what makes the early years worth the investment On 29...

Samantha Dainty of Bespoke Minds Education looks at the pros and cons of educating siblings at the same school In Larkin?s often-quoted poem ?This Be The Verse?, he uses humour to make light of generational trauma and how children can be damaged by...

By the age of 12, 97% of pupils in England and Wales* own a mobile phone.  We asked five head teachers about their schools? mobile phone policy? Daniel Cox, Edgeborough School, Surrey Edgeborough is proud to have established itself as a mobile...

The free places are available for over 100 exceptionally talented young students at Thomas’s College, a new senior school in South-West London opening in September 2025 In an exciting development for London?s independent school landscape,...

Choosing an independent school can seem like an overwhelming task, so where do you begin" Laura Bursey Faulkner, Director of Admissions at Rugby School, Warwickshire takes you through the process Just as families compile a list of non-negotiables...

The judges are pleased to announce the Finalists of the Independent Schools of the Year 2024 awards The judges are pleased to announce the Finalists of the Independent Schools of the Year 2024 awards. Thank you to all schools for taking part and...

A new year is a big transition for teens, with a new class, teachers and possibly a new school. Dr Bettina Hohnen, Clinical Psychologist, gives advice for how parents can set their teen up for a successful year.  1. Let the brain take the...

Sylvia Brett, Principal of Harrogate Ladies? College espouses her students to embrace a love of learning – not be defined by their GCSE exam results It has long been my belief (perhaps based on my own not so illustrious performance at O-level)...

When you think of a barrister, you often imagine someone in a wig and gown, using their powers of rhetoric to persuade a jury. But there are many key transferable skills that a good barrister will use when acting on behalf of another.  Words by...

The Head Girl and Head Boy of Dame Allan?s School in Newcastle upon Tyne have achieved an outstanding combined total of eight A* grades in their A-levels, securing their places at prestigious Russell Group universities Imogen Golding-Douglass and...

Here, Heriot-Watt University dispels some of the myths surrounding Clearing and tells you why the process can be so useful There are a lot of myths surrounding the university experience. Whether you?ve been told that students don?t cook or that the...

With only days to go until the first set of summer exam results arrive it?s not always a case of what to say to anxious teenagers, sometimes it?s what not to say, says Toby Spence, Headmaster of Wrekin College in Shropshire? During their A-level or...