This section provides contact details for a selection of organisations that will be able to provide you with further information about boarding schools and studying in the UK.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Naval Families Federation (NFF)
Web: www.nff.org.uk
Army Families Federation (AFF)
Web: www.aff.org.uk
RAF Families Federation
Web: www.raf-ff.org.uk
Independent Schools Council information and advice service (ISCias)
Web: www.isc.co.uk
Independent Schools Show
Web: www.schoolsshow.co.uk
Boarding Schools’ Association (BSA)
Web: www.boarding.org.uk/
BSA State Boarding Forum
Web: www.stateboarding.org.uk
INFORMATION FOR OVERSEAS PARENTS AND BOARDERS
Association for the Education and Guardianship of International Students (AEGIS)
Web: www.aegisuk.net
British Council
Web: www.britishcouncil.org
Children’s Education Advisory Service (CEAS)
Email: DCYP-CEAS-Enquiries@mod.uk
National Academic Recognition Information Centre
(UK NARIC)
Web: www.naric.org.uk
UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA)
Web: www.ukcisa.org.uk
SPECIALIST SCHOOLS INFORMATION
Choir Schools’ Association (CSA)
Web: www.choirschools.org.uk
Music and Dance Scheme
Web: www.education.gov.uk
SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES (SEND) INFORMATION
British Dyslexia Association (BDA)
Web: www.bdadyslexia.org.uk
Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils (CReSTeD)
Web: www.crested.org.uk
Dyslexia Action
Web: www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk
Disability Rights UK
Web: www.disabilityrightsuk.org
SSAFA Forces Help, CHSS
Web: www.ssafa.org.uk
RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS INFORMATION
Woodard Schools
Web: www.woodard.co.uk
Methodist Independent Schools Trust
Web: www.methodisteducation.org.uk
Catholic Independent Schools’ Conference (CISC)
Web: www.catholicindependentschools.uk.net
ISC CONSTITUENT MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS
Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools (AGBIS)
Web: www.agbis.org.uk
Council of British International Schools (COBIS)
Web: www.cobis.org.uk
Girls’ Schools Association (GSA)
Web: www.gsa.uk.com
Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC)
Web: www.hmc.org.uk
Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS)
Web: www.iaps.uk
Independent Schools Association (ISA)
Web: www.isaschools.org.uk
Independent Schools’ Bursars Association (ISBA)
Web: www.theisba.org.uk
The Society of Heads
Web: www.thesocietyofheads.org.uk
OTHER USEFUL CONTACTS
Department for Education (DfE)
Web: www.education.gov.uk
ISCis Ireland
Email: palmercarter@eircom.net
Welsh Independent Schools Council (WISC)
Web: www.welshisc.co.uk
Scottish Council of Independent Schools (SCIS)
Web: www.scis.org.uk
Independent Schools Careers Organisation (ISCO)
Web: www.isco.org.uk
Independent Schools Examinations Board (ISEB)
Web: www.iseb.co.uk
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)
Web: www.isi.net
International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO)
Web: www.ibo.org
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
Web: www.ucas.com
The Educational Grants Advice Service
Web: www.educational-grants.org
Royal National Children’s SpringBoard Foundation
Web: www.rncf.org.uk
Web: www.springboardbursary.org.uk
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