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<title>Independent Schools Show 2008: 31st October - 1st November 2008 Battersea Park</title>
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<title>Many thanks to all who attended the Independent Schools Show last weekend</title>
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<description>Many thanks to all who attended the&#13;&#10;Independent Schools Show last weekend. Over 2,350&#38;nbsp;parents&#38;nbsp;visited&#13;&#10;the Show, which was&#38;nbsp;an almost 100% increase on the inaugural 2007 visitor&#13;&#10;number and, in this economic climate,&#38;nbsp;testament to the brilliant education&#13;&#10;that&#38;nbsp;independent schools&#38;nbsp;can provide.&#38;nbsp;It is also worth noting&#13;&#10;that,&#38;nbsp;in the run up to the show through October, we were getting over&#13;&#10;1,500 visitors&#38;nbsp;per day onto www.schoolsshow.com.&#13;&#10;However, we will of course continue to&#13;&#10;refine our marketing and endeavour to improve these numbers considerably again for&#13;&#10;2009.&#13;&#10;Already at this early&#13;&#10;stage,&#38;nbsp;86&#38;nbsp;out of the 120 or so schools that exhibited this year&#13;&#10;have&#38;nbsp;reserved their place at&#38;nbsp;the Independent Schools Show 2009 (30-31st&#13;&#10;October).&#38;nbsp;This is a very large proportion and&#38;nbsp;emphasises the value&#13;&#10;of&#38;nbsp;this event, re-affirming&#38;nbsp;its position as the&#38;nbsp;most significant&#13;&#10;Independent Schools showcase anywhere in the world.&#13;&#10;Some Visitor Comments:&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Insightful information on independent&#13;&#10;schools and a great overview&#13;&#10;Fantastic show &#38;ndash; got a real feel&#13;&#10;for the schools meeting face to face&#13;&#10;Very informative and extremely useful&#13;&#10;Met two very suitable schools&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Some Exhibitor Comments:&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;The storm clouds, (climatic and&#13;&#10;economic) notwithstanding the exhibition was an incredible&#13;&#10;achievement&#13;&#10;Immaculately organised.&#13;&#10;&#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;Great atmosphere.&#13;&#10;You moved things on from last year and&#13;&#10;there is no doubt, credit crunch notwithstanding, that many more visitors came&#13;&#10;over the two days&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Thank you for the great show. It went very well for us!</description>
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<title>WE ARE OPEN AT 10.00am THIS MORNING FRIDAY 31st OCTOBER</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Coming Very Soon: The annual Independent Schools Show arrives in Battersea Park in just 3 days time - 31st October and 1st November</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
<description>Over 3,000 parents have already registered for this&#13;&#10;year&#38;rsquo;s Independent Schools Show. &#13;&#10;Building upon the success of last year&#38;rsquo;s inaugural&#13;&#10;show, the Independent Schools Show presents an invaluable resource to all&#13;&#10;parents considering independent education for their children: bringing together&#13;&#10;over 120 of the UK&#38;rsquo;s leading independent schools (day and boarding,&#13;&#10;single-sex and coeducational, catering to ages 2-18), with senior teachers from&#13;&#10;each of these schools, able to answer your questions informally, as well as&#13;&#10;educational experts offering further knowledge, insight and guidance through a&#13;&#10;programme of seminars, discussing varying aspects of independent education and&#13;&#10;the differing stages of a school career.&#13;&#10;The show also offers practical advice on financial&#13;&#10;planning, advice from independent educational consultants, children&#38;rsquo;s&#13;&#10;activities, cr&#38;egrave;che, organic caf&#38;eacute; and champagne bar.&#38;nbsp; Last year&#38;rsquo;s show was&#13;&#10;hailed as &#38;ldquo;a lifeline for parents&#38;rdquo;; children also&#13;&#10;&#38;ldquo;raved&#38;rdquo; about the show, excited and confident in the&#13;&#10;&#38;ldquo;knowledge of having been able to choose the right school&#38;rdquo;.&#13;&#10;Located in Battersea Park, the Independent Schools Show&#13;&#10;is easily accessible by train, tube, bus and car (outside the congestion zone&#13;&#10;and with ample parking). A frequent courtesy shuttle service will also operate&#13;&#10;from Sloane Square.&#13;&#10;Please see the Schools Show website for further&#13;&#10;information on participating schools and seminar programme.&#13;&#10;Register now on www.schoolsshow.com&#13;&#10;for free tickets to the 2008 Independent Schools Show (saving up to &#38;pound;20 per&#13;&#10;family).</description>
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<title>A few of the registered visitor comments from the past few days&#133;</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<description>&#38;ldquo;We are currently searching for a boarding school for&#13;&#10;our children's admission next year. We live in Madrid so this is a fantastic&#13;&#10;opportunity to see several schools at once and hopefully find our school of&#13;&#10;choice !&#38;rdquo;&#13;&#10;&#38;ldquo;I&#13;&#10;think it is great that you have this show to allow parents to get enough&#13;&#10;information so as to make informed decisions with regards our children's&#13;&#10;education.&#38;rdquo;&#13;&#10;&#38;ldquo;I&#13;&#10;will be visiting this event to speak directly to educational providers who undoubtedly&#13;&#10;deliver the very best to the future of Britain, our children.&#38;rdquo;&#13;&#10;&#38;ldquo;Looking&#13;&#10;for an independent school for my 3 children who have lived all their lives in&#13;&#10;France to date.&#38;rdquo;&#13;&#10;&#38;ldquo;Just&#13;&#10;moved to UK with two toddlers, boy and girl and would love to hear about&#13;&#10;independent schools in London.&#38;rdquo;&#13;&#10;&#38;ldquo;We&#13;&#10;have 2 daughters and look forward to attending such an important show.&#38;rdquo;&#13;&#10;&#38;ldquo;I&#13;&#10;would be interested in attending this exhibition with my husband on the&#13;&#10;Saturday, in particular to attend the session about a Catholic Education.&#38;rdquo;&#13;&#10;&#38;ldquo;I&#13;&#10;need to find a boarding school for my 12 year old daughter, she was down to&#13;&#10;join her sisters at XXX but did not enjoy preview weekend so I am rather&#13;&#10;desperate!&#38;rdquo;&#13;&#10;We look forward to welcoming them to the Independent Schools Show in Battersea&#13;&#10;Park, London, next weekend.</description>
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<title>With just two weeks to go&#133;</title>
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<description>Organisers are pleased to announce that there will be a&#13;&#10;total of 132 independent schools, a handful of home tutor experts, several&#13;&#10;school guides, a bouncy castle, four face painters and enough expertise to &#38;lsquo;sink&#13;&#10;a battleship&#38;rsquo; at The Independent Schools Show 2008.&#13;&#10;We have had hundreds of families register for their free tickets&#13;&#10;and we look forward to welcoming them to the country&#38;rsquo;s largest exhibition&#13;&#10;of this kind. &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Limited free tickets remain available.</description>
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<title>Independent Schools Show 2008 Expert Timetable Announced</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
<description>Parental Guidance: The Full Story on How to Give Your&#13;&#10;Child A Head Start from Nursery to University&#13;&#10;Next Step Exhibitions presents a sequel to last&#13;&#10;year&#38;rsquo;s highly successful show, bringing together over 120 of the&#13;&#10;UK&#38;rsquo;s leading schools and featuring an extensive programme of expert&#13;&#10;educationalists, including: Ralph Lucas (The Good Schools Guide); Barnaby Lenon&#13;&#10;(Head Master of Harrow School); Dr Helen Wright (Head Mistress of St&#13;&#10;Mary&#38;rsquo;s School, Calne); Hilary Moriarty (National Director of the Boarding&#13;&#10;Schools&#38;rsquo; Association); Paul Teulon (Oxford University), Lauren Welch&#13;&#10;(Fulbright Commission) and Thomas F Mayer (British Home Tutors).&#13;&#10;These teachers and educational experts will lead discussions&#13;&#10;on a range of topics, including: How to Choose the Right School; How to Coach&#13;&#10;Your Child to Self Fulfillment; A-level Alternatives; &#13;&#10;What UK and US Universities Look For in School Leavers;&#13;&#10;Catholic Schools; Bilingual Schools; Prep Schools; Boarding in the 21st&#13;&#10;Century; and The Impact of Video Games of Boys&#38;rsquo; Academic Performance.&#13;&#10;The action-packed Independent Schools Show provides an&#13;&#10;invaluable resource to all parents interested in independent education for&#13;&#10;their children at any stage of their school career.&#38;nbsp; The show also offers&#13;&#10;practical advice on financial planning, advice from independent educational&#13;&#10;consultants, children&#38;rsquo;s activities, cr&#38;egrave;che, organic caf&#38;eacute; and champagne&#13;&#10;bar.&#38;nbsp; Last year&#38;rsquo;s show was hailed as &#38;ldquo;a lifeline for&#13;&#10;parents&#38;rdquo;; children also &#38;ldquo;raved&#38;rdquo; about the show, excited and&#13;&#10;confident in the &#38;ldquo;knowledge of having been able to choose the right&#13;&#10;school&#38;rdquo;.&#13;&#10;Please click here for the TIMETABLE and to plan your&#13;&#10;visit. &#13;&#10;Don&#38;rsquo;t miss this year&#38;rsquo;s must-visit educational&#13;&#10;forum: The Independent Schools Show 2008.&#13;&#10;Coming&#13;&#10;Soon: The Independent Schools Show&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;31st October and 1st November 2008,&#13;&#10;Battersea Park</description>
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<title>Kent College and Blythe Hall School sign up to The Independent Schools Show 2008</title>
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<description>Fantastic&#13;&#10;news for the visiting parents as the selection of schools on show keeps&#13;&#10;improving.</description>
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<title>Over 700 visitor registrations on the website www.schoolsshow.com last week alone!</title>
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<description>Further visitor comments: &#13;&#10;We are interested in our son (15years) and daughter (13years) going into boarding school september 2009.&#13;&#10;Excellent exhibition last year and pleased to know you are holding it again as we have more choices to make!&#13;&#10;I visited the independent schools show last year as an NQT at a London independent school and it was so informative and such a great experience to listen to some of the wonderful speakers. Thank you for arranging it again, a super event. Well done!</description>
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<title>Sidcot School and Carfax Educational Consultants book stands</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
<description>Sidcot School is a quaker school based in Winscombe, Somerset and Carfax Educational Consultants cater for international families finding schools for their children.</description>
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<title>Elstree prep and Rydal Penrhos schools and Planet BOFA sign-up to the Independent Schools Show</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
<description>Visitor registrations are coming in thick and fast, with&#13;&#10;over 700 tickets already reserved the Independent Schools Show looks set to be&#13;&#10;of vital importance to London based parents choosing the next school for their&#13;&#10;children.</description>
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<title>A further selection of visitor comments...</title>
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<description>I have 2 sons, 4 and 8 years old.  I missed the show&#13;&#10;last year as I only heard about on LBC radio after the event. &#13;&#10;My son is 6 years old and currently in year 1.  We&#13;&#10;want to send him to an independent school and would like to know more at the&#13;&#10;school show.  Can you please send us tickets.&#13;&#10;My husband and I are very interested to attend the school&#13;&#10;show at Battersea Park.  My son Shawn is 6 years old and we intend to send&#13;&#10;him to an independent school.&#13;&#10;Very interested to attend as we are thinking of boarding&#13;&#10;schools for my daughter&#13;&#10;I have a daughter who will be 3 years old in September&#13;&#10;and am interested in independent education for her&#13;&#10;Please send 3 tickets, my husband and I intend to bring&#13;&#10;our eldest son to meet various schools at the Schools Show&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;This will be a very important opportunity to meet schools&#13;&#10;from further afield, please send 4 tickets - thanks&#13;&#10;My daughter is now 2 years old. But I've learnt from&#13;&#10;other mothers that we have to chose and apply for the school as soon as&#13;&#10;possible as waiting lists to good schools are massive. Hopefully, this show&#13;&#10;will help us&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;What a lifesaver &#38;ndash; we had&#13;&#10;been talking about schools and your ticket fell out of a magazine into my lap &#38;ndash;&#13;&#10;my wife and I will visit with our 6 year old and 4 year old on Saturday 1st&#13;&#10;November, what a relief &#38;ndash; thanks!</description>
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<title>Some Readers Comments - Why not add yours!</title>
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<description>Here are some Readers Comments following our 'Register Now for Free Tickets' news article posted on Fri, 23 May so why not add your own comment:&#13;&#10;My daughter is 2 and a half and I am actively looking for her to start in an independent school as soon as possible.&#13;&#10;Posted on Fri, 23 May 2008 20:06 by Aparna Zaveri&#13;&#10;I would like to attend the show and would like to&#13;&#10;request tickets for myself and my husband. We are a French-Colombian&#13;&#10;couple who would benefit greatly from this show.&#13;&#10;THank you,&#13;&#10;Vanessa&#13;&#10;Posted on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:28 by Vanessa Ramirez&#13;&#10;I have 5 children, one which is going to&#13;&#10;unniversity this september and through experience i am concerned which&#13;&#10;school is the best for my other children.&#13;&#10;Posted on Tue, 5 Aug 2008 23:28 by sharon carson&#13;&#10;I would like to attend the show and request two&#13;&#10;tickets for myself and my partner. I have a little girl and start&#13;&#10;school next september. I am very concerned to which school is would be&#13;&#10;best for her. Zewdi &#13;&#10;Posted on Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:18 by Zewdi Mehale&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;We have a two year old and would like find a&#13;&#10;school suitable for now and indeed from the age of 5 onwards; if it is&#13;&#10;not too late to do so.&#13;&#10;Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:17 by Martha Cummings&#13;&#10;Best of luck!&#13;&#10;&#38;nbsp;</description>
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<title>Non-School Exhibitors Page now live</title>
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<description>The Independent Schools Show will&#13;&#10;showcase various other organisations directly related and dedicated to&#13;&#10;educational activities to be present for visitors' convenience. From tutoring&#13;&#10;agencies through to  further advice on choosing the right schools, go to the OTHER EXHIBITORS section of the website for details.</description>
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<title>The ISC information &#38; advice service, King Edward&#146;s School, Witley and the University of Cambridge International Examinations book their places at The Independent Schools Show</title>
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<description>Organisers are pleased to announce that The&#13;&#10;Independent Schools Council information and advice service will be exhibiting&#13;&#10;at the show. The Independent Schools Council is the official body for independent private schools&#13;&#10;in the UK. Visiting parents at the show will be able to gather impartial, free advice from a team&#13;&#10;of experts about every aspect of independent schooling. &#13;&#10;Also, the world&#38;rsquo;s largest provider of international qualifications for 14-19&#13;&#10;year olds will be at the Independent Schools Show to discuss options such as iGCSE&#38;rsquo;s&#13;&#10;and the Cambridge Pre-U as an alternative to A-Levels - decisions which should&#13;&#10;play a part in a parent&#38;rsquo;s choice of schools.</description>
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<title>Coutts &#38; Co. continues its support of The Independent Schools Show</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description>We are&#13;&#10;delighted to announce that Coutts &#38;amp; Co has confirmed its support for&#13;&#10;the second year running. The bank recognises the value and importance&#13;&#10;of choosing the right school &#13;&#10;"Finding&#13;&#10;the right educational environment for each child is one of the most often cited&#13;&#10;concerns for our clients. Coutts recognises&#13;&#10;that this is a critical decision for all parents and that it is important to&#13;&#10;make such a decision based on sound advice. For this reason, Coutts is&#13;&#10;supporting The Independent Schools Show, which will allow parents to research a&#13;&#10;number of independent schools and get the advice they need to make an informed&#13;&#10;and more confident decision about the future education of their children."&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Sarah&#13;&#10;Deaves, Chief Executive, Coutts &#38;amp; Co</description>
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<title>Four more schools sign up to the show</title>
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<description>The Leysin American School in Switzerland, Warminster&#13;&#10;School, Streatham &#38;amp; Clapham High School and St Catherine&#38;rsquo;s, Bramley will&#13;&#10;be exhibiting at this major exhibition of the country&#38;rsquo;s leading private&#13;&#10;schools. It is the&#13;&#10;must-visit destination for all parents considering their children&#38;rsquo;s&#13;&#10;education.</description>
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<title>REGISTER NOW FOR FREE TICKETS</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
<description>Register now for free tickets to the Independent Schools&#13;&#10;Show 2008 on the 31st October and 1st November in&#13;&#10;Battersea Park, London. Don't be late for this school assembly!&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;The Independent Schools Show - the must-visit event&#13;&#10;for all parents.</description>
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<title>Prior&#146;s Field School, Culford School and Windermere St Anne&#146;s School are the latest additions to the Independent Schools Show 2008 in Battersea Park</title>
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<description>The difficult yet crucially important choice facing parents&#13;&#10;will once again be addressed at &#38;nbsp;the Independent Schools Show 2008, an&#13;&#10;event which&#38;nbsp;provides a unique&#38;nbsp;platform allowing parents to make&#13;&#10;confident decisions about the future education of their children. &#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;&#13;&#10;&#38;nbsp;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#38;lsquo;Thank you for organising the show, us parents&#13;&#10;benefitted hugely from being able to find out so much about so many different&#13;&#10;schools&#38;rsquo;&#38;nbsp; -&#38;nbsp; A visiting parent in 2007</description>
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<title>A further 5 exhibitors are added to the list at The Independent Schools Show '08</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
<description>Downe House, Kingswood School, The Hampshire School,&#13;&#10;Homefield Prep School and the Boarding Schools' Association will be&#13;&#10;exhibiting and meeting families at The Independent Schools Show in Battersea&#13;&#10;Park in the autumn. In addition, the organisers have struck a deal with Country&#13;&#10;Life magazine to&#38;nbsp;encourage their readers to visit the&#38;nbsp;show&#38;nbsp;and&#13;&#10;meet this large selection of private schools.</description>
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<title>Stonyhurst College, Malvern College, Northbourne Park and Queen's Gate Schools sign up&#133;</title>
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<description>The distinguished Stonyhurst and Malvern Colleges have taken&#13;&#10;stands at the Independent Schools Show in London, as has one of Kent&#38;rsquo;s&#13;&#10;leading prep schools and one of London&#38;rsquo;s finest all girls schools. The&#13;&#10;variety and quality of schools on show to visiting parents presents a fantastic&#13;&#10;opportunity not to be missed.</description>
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<title>Harrow School and Ravenstone School, London are the latest additions to the Independent Schools Show, 2008</title>
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<description>We are very pleased to announce Harrow School will be &#13;&#10;exhibiting at the Independent Schools Show, as a leading all boys school, it &#13;&#10;adds further value to the show for visiting parents, who will use this &#13;&#10;opportunity to shortlist and choose the right school for their children. In &#13;&#10;addition Ravenstone School in Kensington will also be exhibiting for those &#13;&#10;visiting parents contemplating the London day school market.</description>
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<title>Volvo and a further 3 schools sign up over Easter...</title>
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<description>Once again Volvo Cars will be supplying XC90's to ferry visiting parents to and from Sloane Square. They will also be using the Independent Schools Show to launch their new model which will generate further media coverage and benefit the show.</description>
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<title>Strutt &#38; Parker show their support for The Independent Schools Show 2008</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
<description>"Strutt &#38;amp; Parker is delighted to sponsor this&#13;&#10;year's Independent Schools Show. Parents are making such an important&#13;&#10;decision for their children and the show offers them the perfect opportunity to&#13;&#10;meet a large number of schools in one place. As a national estate agency with a&#13;&#10;commitment to offering the kind of personal service you expect from a local&#13;&#10;agent, we hope that our presence at the show will provide visiting parents with&#13;&#10;an opportunity to seek our advice on what the local areas are like, should they&#13;&#10;be considering a move."&#13;&#10;'This sponsorship is&#13;&#10;tailor-made, not only will parents come to the show to find the perfect school,&#13;&#10;but as is so often is the case, they will also be considering a move, and with this&#13;&#10;leading Estate agent at their disposal, further value is added to the event'&#13;&#10;says David Wellesley-Wesley, Show Manager</description>
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<title>Eight more schools book their stands</title>
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<description>Eight more schools have been added to the list of exhibitors&#13;&#10;as they book their stands to meet the visiting parents at The Independent&#13;&#10;Schools Show 2008. &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Guardians UK, King&#38;rsquo;s Ely, Cheltenham College,&#13;&#10;Haberdashers' Monmouth Schools, St Mary&#38;rsquo;s Hall, Vinehall, St&#13;&#10;Leonards-Mayfield, and Woodcote House Prep School are the latest schools to book&#13;&#10;stands at the show in Battersea Park in the Autumn.</description>
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<title>Major deal struck with Archant Life London, &#145;The leading publisher of local magazines for London&#146;</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
<description>This partnership guarantees that&#13;&#10;detailed coverage for the Independent Schools Show will reach well over 800,000&#13;&#10;affluent Londoners. Major pre-show editorial has been secured across their 13&#13;&#10;magazine titles, in particular SW and The Resident, which will carry full&#13;&#10;previews of the exhibition. This a major platform for the show to attract huge&#13;&#10;numbers of the London parents looking to find exactly the right schools for&#13;&#10;their children.</description>
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<title>Tatler Magazine show their support for the Independent Schools Show 2008 as they sign up as media sponsors</title>
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<description>This trusted and respected title forms one half of our&#13;&#10;magazine alignment plans. Reaching their large and relevant readership,&#13;&#10;resulting in maximum benefit and exposure for the show in the Autumn. This&#13;&#10;represents a really fantastic development on last year's show.</description>
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<description>Westbourne House School, Bradfield College, Marymount International School, Lambrook&#13;&#10;Haileybury,  Ashdown House, Cumnor House, Vinehall, Marlborough College and&#13;&#10;Tudor Hall School book stands at the Independent Schools Show 2008.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;This is a great start to the year for London&#38;rsquo;s major&#13;&#10;independent schools show - a further nine leading independent schools&#13;&#10;coming on board to ease the difficulty faced by parents in finding exactly the&#13;&#10;right school for their children.</description>
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<description>&#38;lsquo;This represents a&#13;&#10;fantastic response to November&#38;rsquo;s inaugural show and we are determined to&#13;&#10;build on the successes going forward. Next year, we will focus our visitor&#13;&#10;marketing on the most successful methods and omit those that were less fruitful.&#13;&#10;We have also had&#38;nbsp;an enormous amount&#38;nbsp;of constructive feedback from&#13;&#10;the&#38;nbsp;schools, so improvements will be made on many aspects of show itself,&#38;rsquo; says David Wellesley-Wesley, Show Organiser.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Bookings are now being taken for&#13;&#10;2008.</description>
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<description>Over 1460 &#13;&#10;visitors attended the Independent Schools Show held in Battersea Park, London, on 2nd and 3rd &#13;&#10;November 2007, where the Heads and staff of 123 &#38;nbsp;schools met&#38;nbsp; &#13;&#10;prospective parents and their children.&#38;nbsp; Numerous journalists attended &#13;&#10;the Show including a camera crew from Sky and a&#38;nbsp; BBC Radio 4 interviewer &#13;&#10;for The Learning Curve which broadcast a feature length piece on Monday &#13;&#10;4th November.&#38;nbsp; &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;An Education &#13;&#10;Theatre, with advice on Managing Teenagers, How to choose a School, How to Get &#13;&#10;the Best Value and IB or Not to IB amongst the presentations drew lively &#13;&#10;crowds of visitors who debated these and other topics with&#38;nbsp; some of the &#13;&#10;UK&#38;rsquo;s leading educationalists including Chris Woodhead, Ralph Lucas and Stowe&#38;rsquo;s &#13;&#10;Dr Anthony &#13;&#10;Wallersteiner.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#38;ldquo;The Show was a &#13;&#10;positive message for parents and schools alike.&#38;nbsp; It was great to see both &#13;&#10;prep and senior schools working side by side.&#38;nbsp; And the location was a &#13;&#10;crucial factor in attracting visitors&#38;rdquo; said a spokesperson for Brambletye Prep &#13;&#10;school in Sussex. &#38;ldquo;This was a great event for &#13;&#10;the school&#38;rsquo;s profile&#38;rdquo; said a representative of Eaton Square School.&#38;nbsp; A spokesperson for &#13;&#10;Grenville school, which offers a Dyslexia department said &#38;ldquo;This Show &#13;&#10;demonstrates why the independent schools sector is thriving&#38;rdquo;.&#38;nbsp; Other &#13;&#10;exhibitors commented &#38;ldquo;&#38;hellip; only serious enquiries&#38;rdquo; (Clifton), &#38;ldquo;&#38;hellip;excellent way to &#13;&#10;shortlist schools and tick lists&#38;rdquo; (Felsted) &#38;ldquo;&#38;hellip;great for developing links with &#13;&#10;other schools&#38;rdquo; (Kingswood) and &#38;ldquo;&#38;hellip; a good opportunity for parents with young &#13;&#10;kids to look to the future and confirm impressions&#38;rdquo; (Tudor Hall). As an &#13;&#10;example of the interest shown, Cavendish School in London claimed interest from over 20 sets of &#13;&#10;prospective parents in the first afternoon alone!&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#38;ldquo;As the first &#13;&#10;show of its kind this millennium it was a challenge to predict the response &#13;&#10;from parents &#38;ndash; which has been overwhelming&#38;rdquo; says David Wellesley Wesley of &#13;&#10;Next Step Exhibitions, the organisers.&#38;nbsp; &#38;ldquo;Most reassuring is the fact that &#13;&#10;there were no time wasters amongst the visitors, only genuinely interested &#13;&#10;parents&#38;rdquo;.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Bookings for &#13;&#10;next year at the same venue (Thursday, 30th October to Saturday, 1st November 2008) are already at 50% with a number of new exhibitors &#13;&#10;showing interest in participating.</description>
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<description>Libby Purves presents this week's edition of the Learning Curve &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;THE NEXT STEP - INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS SHOW&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;The two-day Independent Schools exhibition was launched in&#13;&#10;Battersea park on Friday where more than 120 schools gathered to&#13;&#10;demonstrate what they can offer and why they believe their brand of&#13;&#10;education is value for money. It can cost as much as &#38;pound;300,000 to put a&#13;&#10;child through private schooling.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Reporter Sara Parker met parents who visited the show to find out why they are considering choosing a private school.</description>
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<description>From The Times&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;November 3, 2007&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Boarding helps children escape pushy families, claims Vicky Tuck&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;By&#13;&#10;Nicola Woolcock&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Pushy mothers are famous for deluding themselves that Timothy or Georgina,&#13;&#10;their apparently unremarkable offspring, are geniuses in the making. But&#13;&#10;even these overbearing adults are being elbowed aside by &#38;ldquo;helicopter&#13;&#10;parents&#38;rdquo;, who continuously hover over every aspect of their children&#38;rsquo;s lives&#13;&#10;&#38;ndash; demanding perfection in exams, music and sport.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;The head of a leading girls&#38;rsquo; school says that such parents create a&#13;&#10;&#38;ldquo;box-ticking&#38;rdquo; culture of achievement, leaving their children stressed and&#13;&#10;anxious about success.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Vicky Tuck, headmistress of Cheltenham Ladies&#38;rsquo; College, suggested that&#13;&#10;children were sometimes better off boarding to escape parental pressure at&#13;&#10;home. She told The Times that some of her school&#38;rsquo;s day pupils would&#13;&#10;benefit from boarding &#38;ldquo;because their parents are helicopter-parenting them&#38;rdquo;. &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Mrs Tuck spoke yesterday at the Independent Schools Show, which was advertised&#13;&#10;as a &#38;ldquo;one-stop shopping destination&#38;rdquo; for parents choosing a private school&#13;&#10;for their children.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;More than 100 independent schools were represented at the event in Battersea,&#13;&#10;southwest London, sponsored by Coutts, the Queen&#38;rsquo;s bank. They included&#13;&#10;Wellington College, Stowe, Roedean, Badminton and Millfield. Parents were&#13;&#10;ferried in from Sloane Square, Chelsea, in courtesy cars.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Link to the full article</description>
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<title>More schools sign up to Next Step's inaugural school show</title>
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<description>Luckley-Oakfield School, Moira House Girls School and St Bede's School are the latest schools to join Next Step Exhibitions' inaugural Independent Schools Show at Battersea Park on 2nd - 3rd November 2007</description>
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<description>Northbourne Park School, Cottesmore School, Queens Gate School and The Cambridge Education Group will be exhibiting..&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;This selection of preparatory&#13;&#10;boarding, 6th Form and London day schools further increases the variety&#13;&#10;of options on show to visitors at the exhibition.</description>
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<description>Frensham Heights, Orwell Park&#13;&#10;School and Heathfield St. Mary's School will be exhibiting at The&#13;&#10;Independent Schools Show in November. &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;This is great news for visiting parents as the selection of schools at the show grows with three more excellent independent schools.</description>
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<description>The Art's Educational School, London and Prior Park College take their stands at the Independent Schools Show 2007.</description>
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<description>Dean Close School, Lord&#13;&#10;Wandsworth College, Grenville College and Millfield School are the&#13;&#10;latest schools to sign up. Adding to the fantastic selection of&#13;&#10;Independent schools on show to visiting parents and potential pupils.&#38;nbsp;</description>
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<title>Royal Alexandra and Albert School, Brambletye School, Windlesham House School, Ashford School, Fairley House School, St Clare's, Oxford and Woldingham School register their participation at the show</title>
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<description>A fantastic mix of schools have&#13;&#10;recently confirmed their participation in the Independent Schools Show,&#13;&#10;2-3rd November in Battersea Park, London</description>
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<title>The Education Theatre seminar timetable is confirmed&#133;</title>
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<description>Over the two day show visiting&#13;&#10;parents will gain an invaluable and informative insight through a&#13;&#10;selection of 20 minute seminars held by several of the countries&#13;&#10;leading 'educationalists'. Taking place in The Education Theatre at the&#13;&#10;Independent Schools Show, there is no better way of 'joining the&#13;&#10;debate', come along to have your questions answered, London or country?&#13;&#10;Day or boarding? International Baccalaureate or A Levels? Are just a&#13;&#10;few hot topics to be discussed.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Respected speakers such as&#13;&#10;Professor Chris Woodhead and Stowe&#38;rsquo;s Headmaster Dr Anthony&#13;&#10;Wallersteiner, will provide an invaluable resource and exciting&#13;&#10;debating forum for the inquisitive parent. There is no need to book&#13;&#10;seats. Please visit the seminar page of the website for the timetable of&#13;&#10;speakers and to plan your day.</description>
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<description>A further two schools have reserved their places at the Independent Schools Show.</description>
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<title>Volvo and HR Owen latest sponsorship</title>
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<description>The organisers are delighted to announce that Volvo and HR Owen have become&#13;&#10;the latest sponsor of The Independent Schools Show. 'We are delighted to&#13;&#10;welcome Volvo are on board, this important support from the ultimate in&#13;&#10;family car manufacturers will further strengthen the show's credentials',&#13;&#10;says David Wellesley-Wesley, Show Manager.&#13;&#10;In addition to showing cars at the exhibition, Volvo will also be supplying&#13;&#10;cars to 'shuttle' exhibition visitors between the venue in Battersea Park&#13;&#10;and Sloane Square.</description>
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<description>Casterton School in Cumbria and St. Johns Beaumont prep school in Berkshire join the exhibitor list</description>
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<description>The Cavendish School and&#13;&#10;Handcross Park School take their positions at the Independent Schools&#13;&#10;Show in November, adding to the variety and choice on display at this&#13;&#10;major schools exhibition and further accentuating the fantastic options&#13;&#10;available in the private sector to parents with young children.</description>
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<description>Leading Central London Estate Agents confirm their support.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#38;quot;The choice of school is a key driver for decisions made by home-owners&#13;&#10;about a family property. The Independent Schools Show is the perfect&#13;&#10;opportunity for face-to-face discussions on both of these important topics.&#38;quot;&#13;&#10;Peter Rickenberg - Managing Director (Bective Leslie Marsh, independent&#13;&#10;London estate agents.)</description>
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<title>Three more exhibiting schools&#133;</title>
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<description>The Hall School Wimbledon,&#13;&#10;Highfield School and The Royal School in Haslemere are the latest&#13;&#10;additions to the list of exhibiting schools in November. As the visitor&#13;&#10;marketing push really starts to get underway this is a great time for&#13;&#10;schools to come on board.</description>
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<description>A further 3 fantastic schools&#13;&#10;add their names to the exhibitors list. These new additions further&#13;&#10;enhance the appeal of the exhibition, increasing the benefits of&#13;&#10;visiting the Independent Schools Show to parents.</description>
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<description>We are delighted to announce that The Daily Telegraph is the Media Partner&#13;&#10;for the show in November.&#13;&#10;It is fantastic news in terms of coverage, placement and credibility, and to&#13;&#10;achieve this level of support from The Daily Telegraph is testament to the&#13;&#10;value and importance of this exhibition. &#13;&#10;&#38;#39;The partnership reflects the great interest that Telegraph readers have in&#13;&#10;education and the importance they place on it, and we look forward to&#13;&#10;welcoming them to the exhibition in November. It is no mean feat to enjoy&#13;&#10;the support of a major newspaper at a Launch exhibition, especially a&#13;&#10;newspaper with such a high readership and compatible demographic, and we are&#13;&#10;very excited to have them on board.&#38;#39;  David Wellesley-Wesley, Show Manager</description>
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<description>Old Buckenham Hall and New Hall School will be exhibiting at The Next Step: Independent Schools Show in November, two more top schools to realise the benefits of such a positive and eagerly anticipated launch event.</description>
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<description>And the case for visiting parents&#13;&#10;continues to strengthen, as four more excellent schools add their names&#13;&#10;to the list of exhibitors.</description>
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<title>The Dragon, Monkton Combe and Box Hill Schools book stands...</title>
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<description>The Next Step: Independent Schools Show adds 3 more schools to its line-up, offering even greater value to visiting parents and children. The list of exhibiting schools and colleges is starting to truly represent the wide range of fantastic options available to children in British private education, making it the must-visit show for the enlightened parent.</description>
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