A new alliance between Lord Wandsworth College and its neighbour, Long Sutton Primary School, will see the two share resources, expertise and opportunities 🌟

Find out more in today's Daily News Summary: isc.co.uk/media-enquirie…

Schools are being invited to bring people and communities of different cultures together through shared meals and conversations.
Together at Christmas is the first national campaign of We Are United and aims for 1,000 locally-hosted tables of welcome.
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We're excited to announce our final speaker for the Independent Schools SEND Conference: Dr Katharine Sharpe!

Alongside James Garside, Katharine will explore the key legal challenges facing school leaders and SEND professionals.

Click here for more info: ow.ly/m2RJ5103gLr

We are delighted to share Hannah Lovegrove Campion as our fifth seminar speaker for our upcoming Independent Schools SEND conference!

Hannah’s session explores the growing role of staff wellbeing as a powerful SEMH intervention.

Click here for more info: iaps.uk/cpd/ems-event-…

From the Premier League to creative arts, Bryanston School believes new partnerships with AFC Bournemouth, Pulse Netball, Dorset Cricket, the BRIT School and Ferndown Upper School open doors and "share expertise, raise aspirations and extend opportunities beyond our campus" 🌟

A BTEC launched by Longridge Towers School plans to give pupils the skills and confidence to forge a career in farming 🚜

Deputy head Jenell Arnott said: "Agriculture is a big part of the world round us and the BTECs are exciting introductions to our curriculum."

We are thrilled to announce our fourth speaker for our upcoming Independent Schools SEND Conference: James Garside!

James will explore the key legal challenges facing school leaders and SEND professionals today.

To find out more, visit the IAPS website: ow.ly/naAU50ZZjob

Malvern College and Chelsea Football Club have launched the Midlands' first Chelsea Development Programme, allowing young footballers – both boys and girls at Malvern College and The Downs Malvern – to combine an enhanced sporting pathway with a leading independent education ⚽

We're very pleased to announce Samantha Dholakia as our third seminar speaker for our Independent Schools SEND Conference!

To find out more and book tickets, visit the IAPS website: iaps.uk/cpd/ems-event-…

Howzat! 🏏👕

Hurstpierpoint College sisters Honor and Cat Black founded Maiden in 2024 to create cricket kit specifically for women and girls.

It now sells to clubs, schools and cricket organisations across the UK, and has the support of all five dragons from Dragons' Den.

We're excited to announce Domini Choudhury as our second seminar speaker for our upcoming Independent Schools SEND conference!

For more information on Domini's session and booking details, visit the IAPS website: iaps.uk/cpd/ems-event-…

Dragons' Den next?

It's been a remarkable year for Young Enterprise teams at @ChanningSchool. The Highgate school took their student-led ventures, Interlinked and Seeds & Greetings, a joint effort with @StAloysiusC, all the way to the UK National Finals in Cardiff.

It was a pleasure to be involved in this, and the findings are definitely worth a read. Click the link below.

We’re thrilled to announce Frances Akinde as our first seminar speaker for the Independent Schools SEND Conference!

Frances’ session will explore how assistive tech and AI can support SEND leaders and classroom practitioners.

Book your place here: ow.ly/Z2Mj50ZT4ho

And here we were thinking our painting by numbers effort was quite good...!
Pupils of @LuckleyHouse School in Wokingham have set the bar very high indeed with outstanding achievements in this year's ISA Digital Art Competition 🎨+🖌️+💻=🖼️

Partnerships are part of what independent schools offer and one branch of that is music. It is something Lord Black is passionate about and he used it in his argument for a review into VAT on school fees during the Lords debate.
#IndependentSchools #VATReview #MusicInSchools

Lord Shinkwin focused on SEND in the Lords debate into VAT on independent school fees. He said: "Nowhere is [the counterintuitive nature of the policy] more apparent than the case of pupils with SEND. They and their hard-pressed families deserve not just an answer but a rethink."

This is how Baroness Cash's speech in the House of Lords debate on VAT and independent school fees ended:
"I support the call for a review into this policy. To add one last thing, I can reassure my noble friend, Lord Black that we will, and have pledged to, repeal this policy."

Do @LboroFairfield Prep have a future chess grandmaster on their hands? Year 6 pupil Tara has reached the finals of the UK Open Blitz Championships, a major UK tournament, for the second successive year. She came top in her qualifying round at Nottingham.
Brilliant stuff!

This is Lord Fuller speaking in the House of Lords on the debate about VAT on independent school fees. He talks of the unseen damage done to the staff, to the towns where these schools support the local economy and to the national economy itself.
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