We are delighted to announce that Dr Simon Hyde, currently Headmaster of the King’s School, Macclesfield, will become the Membership Secretary of HMC in autumn 2020 upon the retirement of… Find out more
Andrew Halls – Head Master, King’s College School Earlier this year, Louise Richardson, vice-chancellor of Oxford, announced two major initiatives to help increase the number of students at the university… Find out more
Independent school pupils are benefitting from greater choice of post-GCSE pathways, with a growing number of schools offering their students alternative qualifications to A-levels. Year 13 exam results, which have… Find out more
Responding to a TES article entitled “Top unis’ GCSE demands favour private pupils” published on Monday 19 August 2019, HMC Executive Director Mike Buchanan said: “Heads of HMC schools choose qualifications… Find out more
Responding to erroneous claims in The Telegraph that the presence of Oxbridge academics on 31% of HMC schools’ boards of governors is being used to unfair advantage, the following statements… Find out more
HMC has long campaigned for more reliable and transparent exam grading. The problem – that different, subjective or ‘fuzzy’ marks awarded to essays often straddle hard grade boundaries – is affecting… Find out more
Responding to an article by the former Education Secretary Justine Greening, in which she calls on the Conservative Party to make greater efforts to promote social mobility, HMC Executive Director Mike… Find out more
In response to the speech by the Minister for Children and Families, Nadhim Zahawi, to the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) conference in Manchester on 5 July 2019,… Find out more
Following media reports of moves by Labour activists to introduce a more punitive approach to the independent sector, HMC Executive Director Mike Buchanan said: “It would be a shame for this issue to be a… Find out more
Commenting on new Department for Education figures that show a small drop in the numbers attending independent schools (1,910 fewer than in 2015), HMC Executive Director Mike Buchanan said: “The figures show… Find out more
Commenting on the Sutton Trust’s ‘Elitist Britain’ report published on June 25, HMC Executive Director Mike Buchanan said: Many independent schools are centres of intellectual, artistic and sporting excellence. They… Find out more
Following the announcement today by Lord Agnew at the Schools Together annual conference of a new fund to help independent schools, state schools and universities share expertise and resources, Mike… Find out more
Commenting following news items re: Oxbridge contextual offers and admissions, HMC Executive Director, Mike Buchanan, said: HMC schools are amongst the most academically successful in the UK and across the… Find out more
HMC’s 2019 Spring Conference, ‘Partnership & Collaboration in Practice’, was held at the British Library on Wednesday, 1st May. To view the speech by HMC Chair, Shaun Fenton, please click… Find out more
UK independent schools have recorded an increase in the number of pupils from European Economic Area (EEA) countries in the current academic year despite ongoing Brexit uncertainty. The finding… Find out more
The report by Professor Peter Clough, the head of the Department of Psychology at Huddersfield University, showed that physical activity significantly improved mental toughness and can help students cope with… Find out more
Responding to the DfE consultation on the future funding of BTECs, HMC Executive Director, Mike Buchanan said: “We have concerns about the risk to the future of BTECs as part… Find out more
Responding to the announcement by the Department for Education over the teachers’ pension scheme, Mike Buchanan, Executive Director of HMC said: “We support the provision of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme to… Find out more
Mike Buchanan, HMC Executive Director, said: “Many HMC schools continue to choose IGCSEs because they can be more interesting courses and have a proven track record of preparing young people for… Find out more
Following suggestions that schools may have, in the past, received funds from sources that have subsequently been linked to illicit activity, Mike Buchanan, Chief Executive of HMC, said: “HMC takes… Find out more
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