The Independent Schools Association: bringing heads of all types of independent schools together, and supporting them to deliver educational excellence for all the pupils in their care
Championing inclusion in physical activity/sport through positive experiences for young people across a programme of 58 national events.
The home of expression and individuality through the creative and performing Arts.
Inspiring ISA Members with case studies of best practice, the ISA Journal is a spotlight on the excellence and innovation across the schools within our Association. Our latest theme is Independence.
Search ISA-accredited independent schools here.
As an ISA Member, your school is entitled to access ISA’s full range of services, including support and advice for independent schools, courses and training and many more.
We build better leaders for a better society. AQ are industry experts with decades of experience in the education sector across executive search, interim management and advisory. Driven by our core values, integrity, diversity and hands on project ownership. We understand our ability to access and engage the right candidates before converting them to applicants is our most valuable currency to you.
AQ is a business founded on supporting clients and candidates in the education, healthcare and not-for-profit sectors as well as the wider public services. A deep belief in equality, diversity and fairness is at the heart of our values. Our role is to seek out talent in all its forms, identify future talent and challenge assumptions – we do this by having an open mind about sources of talent and we see it as our duty to actively challenge assumptions about what outstanding talent looks like.
Contact us at [email protected] to find out how we can help you.
At apetito, we believe that nutritionally balanced meals are key to supporting your pupils’ growth, which is why we work with Schools across the UK to feed thousands of children every day.
Save time and money with our simple, cost-effective solution which requires no fixed contract. Achieve menus filled with choice and get absolute confidence with assured nutrition and allergen safety across our 200 delicious dishes developed by our talented team of chefs, dietitians and nutritionists. With apetito, your school could see:
• Simplified catering
• Up to 50% reduction in kitchen labour
• Save thousands on catering costs
• Happy children & parents
Interested in seeing how we could help your School? Get in contact today and make the most of a free tasting session. [email protected]
Engage, our award-winning School Management Information System from Education Horizons, empowers over 620 leading independent and international schools spanning six continents. Engage features unique customisable workflows and forms, tracked communications, school-specific terminology and multi-language capability, all in a single database solution. The scope of Engage provides you with a single vendor solution for key academic, administrative financial needs, while our API and custom integrations provide a smooth pathway to other leading school products. Engage provides the essential connection between staff, parents and students, enabling your school to maximise its effectiveness in delivering holistic education.
The right assessments are vital for evidencing performance and uncovering your students’ potential, whether as part of your school assessment programme or your admissions process. With independent schools facing greater demands than ever, assessments also need to be rigorous, easy to use and efficient.
We will help you to meet these challenges with assessments that are built on the best academic research and extensive trialling, and which provide reports to enable you to make quick and effective use of the data with the support of our dedicated team of experienced independent school advisers. Our parent reports also support home/school relationships and help to demonstrate the value you add to children’s learning.
Our assessments are used by the majority of UK independent schools and 19,000 schools worldwide. Find out more and put us to the test.
As a leading immigration consultancy with a track record of success, Holmes & Partners Ltd can help your school navigate the complex and ever-changing world of immigration laws and regulations. Our team of experienced immigration consultants has the knowledge, skills, and dedication to provide you with comprehensive immigration services that are tailored to your unique needs and goals.
At Holmes & Partners Ltd., we understand the importance of personalised service, open communication, and transparent processes for independent schools. We will listen to your school's goals and concerns, and offer you the best possible solutions.
Our fully outsourced service is our most comprehensive offering that takes the burden of immigration compliance off your shoulders. This is ideal for schools that want complete peace of mind, knowing they are fully compliant with immigration regulations. We also offer other service packages, which can be found at: https://holmes-partners.co.uk/services/companies/schools-colleges/ including compliance audits.
Imago is a high quality School Photography and Videography company with strong values and a flexible approach. We provide:
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Please contact Alex at [email protected] or call her on 01252 728457 for further information.
Innermedia is an established, fully in-house digital agency with an open and consultative approach. We work with schools throughout the UK to plan, implement, and measure digital journeys that deliver excellent ROI and create an online presence that works in line with your overall aims. Based in Hertfordshire, our team focuses on building sites that rank well and produce measurable results.
We have extensive experience and success working with both commercial and independent school clients; we understand your market and have a proven track record in planning, creating, and delivering effective marketing solutions to engage with new parents and direct them to your school. Every part of our process is created to help you achieve long-term success online, as well as delivering an attractive and easy-to-use website.
We have provided over 150 independent schools with our expert strategies as well as our digital services which include websites, MIS integration, school apps, social media, photography, video, drones, paid advertising, SEO, virtual reality tours and ongoing measurement, tracking, and support.
Let us help you discover online success.
JTRS are Certified Apple, Google and Microsoft Education partners. We provide technology solutions, technical services, technology financing plans and training support to help you create an inspiring teaching and learning environment according to your needs.
Modulek are a market leading true hybrid construction company.
Specialising in providing state of the art learning environments we are proud to have completed projects with some of the country’s leading Independent and Preparatory schools.
We understand the importance of designing and constructing new buildings, so that you can accommodate the latest facilities for modern learning.
Designing buildings that are bespoke to your requirements and setting, we provide a fixed price complete turnkey solution that covers the entire design and installation solution, covering all aspects of the project from start to finish.
We understand schools are busy places, and work with you to offer minimal disruption by:
Take your school provision to the next stage:
The Penningtons Manches Cooper Education Group works with a wide range of independent schools (including Pre-Prep, Prep and Senior) to help them achieve their goals while managing risk. Schools choose to work with us because we pair commercial guidance with a broad understanding of the sector and an appreciation of the reputational issues that schools face.
With UK offices in London, Basingstoke, Birmingham, Cambridge, Guildford, Oxford and Reading, as well as our international offices, our specialists are described as providing ‘an excellent level of service and responsiveness’ (Legal 500 2019).
Our multidisciplinary team of lawyers provides advice across a range of services, including:
Perry is a leading school uniform and sports kit supplier with an extensive range of services that make us a natural choice as your uniform supplier.
We work alongside our partner schools to deliver distinctive uniforms and high performance sports kit with an exceptional service to parents, tailored to meet the needs of both school and parent alike.
Perry offer the convenience of online shopping supported by in-school fitting events; showrooms and school shops. Providing a truly integrated and multi-channel shopping service is just one of the many benefits of working in partnership with Perry.
SDS are experts in managing school archives, working with nearly 600 UK independent schools.
We are digital heritage experts creating inspirational resources for your school’s history and nostalgia by utilising the archives with alumni engagement.
Capture and present your school’s history, nostalgia and archives on a forever website.
School archives are the perfect tool for reaching out and connecting with your alumni community. SDS can help you use the school history/heritage strategically, to develop relationships and increase your fundraising capacity.
Scan material from your school archives, harvest posts from your social media channels and showcase this on an interactive and searchable website.
Involve your students with their DofE programme / archive club, retired members of staff and PTA, local businesses…..a real community project.
Perfect for forthcoming and significant Anniversaries.
SDS are also IT Specialists, GDPR and records management consultants. Paperless Office and smart Governor Minute solutions. SDS Group are a scanning bureau providing school bursars with a suite of solutions centred around Records & Data Management and IT document management workflow systems.
SDS Group are The ISA’s digital archivists.
Tooled Up Education is the home of evidence-informed resources covering all aspects of parenting, education and family life. Tooled Up supports schools all over the UK and in Europe, providing world-class resources, webinars, podcasts and a bespoke service to its member schools including staff CPD sessions.
Read more about the work of Tooled Up and its founder, Dr Kathy Weston here: www.tooledupeducation.com
Contact details: [email protected] or telephone 0203 951 8828.
Unifrog is the universal destinations platform trusted by over 3,500 schools globally. We bring all the available information of every post-16 and post-18 pathway into one impartial, user-friendly platform to support students make the best choices and submit the strongest applications. As well as connecting students to the best university courses, degree apprenticeships, and placements in the UK, Unifrog helps them compare every English-taught undergraduate programme around the world.
We empower teachers and careers advisors to manage the progression process effectively, saving time and money by bringing the whole-school careers provision into one place – including work experience, psychometric testing, and plug-and-play lessons for the entire careers, PSHE, and personal development curriculum. Our application management tools offer complete oversight of personal statements and teacher references.
Unifrog’s tools and resources are tailored to engage students from Year 7 to 13. Younger years start with psychometric tests to explore interests and skills, extensive careers and subjects libraries to inspire potential pathways, and space to record and reflect on their skills development. Students can make meaningful interactions with top universities and employers through our webinars, virtual and in-person events, and short courses. We also give parents and caregivers platform access to engage with their children’s careers learnings.