Independent 黑料福利网: Autumn 2024

Enjoy the latest edition of Independent 黑料福利网 magazine, for school leaders, managers and teachers across the UK independent school sector. For all the latest articles relating to leadership, finance, marketing and admissions, development, HR, governance and more.

Inside the latest autumn 2024 edition:

  • Andrew Lewer examines whether becoming a state-funded free school could be a way out for some institutions as VAT on fees bites.
  • Nick Gallop asks if the struggle to resist VAT on fees failed due to a lack of a single coherent voice in the sector – and looks abroad for inspiration.
  • David Walker looks at some of the wider impacts of VAT on fees.
  • Zoe MacDougall meets Damian McBeath, principal of The John Wallis Church of England Academy and member of the council at Benenden School, to discuss cross-sector partnerships.
  • Louise Brenlund looks at the implications of flexible working and the “right to switch off”.
  • Rachel Hadley Leonard looks at marketing a school in a difficult landscape.
  • Annabel Green and Adriana Williams explore the priorities of a development professional who is new to a school.
  • Ben Vessey writes about the importance of teaching the skills of critical analysis.