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AFIS is delighted to announce a new partnership with Political Education for Students (PEFS).

AFIS writes to the Secretary of State for Education to highlight the families caught in ‘no-win’ school admissions limbo

National Parent and Carer Voice Survey

The Association for Families of Independent Schooling is collaborating with Global Equality Collective to bring you the National Parent and Carer Voice survey. The GEC led national survey captures the voice and experiences of families more accurately.

𝗜𝗳 “𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱” 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝟭𝟬𝟬% 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻?

Independent Schools: The New Boiling Frog?

We hear about “boiling a frog” to describe changes we don’t notice. But frogs aren’t stupid. They know how to jump and get themselves out of hot water. Schools can’t jump and they don’t have instincts. As the cost for independent school fees rises and the numbers of pupils exiting the sector grows, we risk accepting the decline as normal.

School Labels Are a Blunt Tool

School type is increasingly used as a shorthand for socio-economic background across policy, public institutions and media coverage. This article explores how such labels can distort understanding, reinforce stereotypes and shape access to opportunity.