ACCREDITATION

COBIS is a member of the Independent Schools Council (ISC) and offers the only British Accreditation that is available internationally and is recognised by the ISC.

As a condition of membership COBIS schools must undergo a statutory inspection by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). ISI is the body approved by the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families for the purpose of inspecting independent schools in ISC under Section 162 of the Education Act 2002. Further information about ISI is available on www.isi.net.

Following a successful ISI inspection, COBIS is able to confer formal Accreditation on its member schools worldwide.

Heads and senior leaders in COBIS schools are also eligible to train as ISI inspectors and to participate in inspections of both British International Schools and schools in the UK. Inspection teams for COBIS schools have an independent lead or reporting inspector and include team members who are practitioners in international schools as well as those from the UK.

More details are available from

Dr. Fiona Rogers
general.secretary@cobis.org.uk