15Apr The Monday Briefing: Easy Ride Over the Easter holidays, in my case, the hunter became the hunted. Having only a rudimentary approach to skiing - the main activity on our family... Read more
25Mar The Monday Briefing 25th March 2024: Keep it Together The importance of spaced learning and retrieval practice. Read more
18Mar The Monday Briefing: Guilty by Association ‘It takes a village to raise a child’ (African proverb) Empowering Inclusive Community - the three word ethos of Ealing Independent College. By the ti... Read more
11Mar Monday Briefing 11 March 2024: Sooner or Later I had the wonderful privilege on Friday of listening to an excellently engaging presentation by Laura Knight at the ISA London North AGM. Laura’s vita... Read more
04Mar The Monday Briefing: Don't You Know With our final set of mocks at the College now just two weeks away, a focused period of revision is absolutely critical for students in order to help ... Read more
04Mar Lesson Swap This week at Ealing College we did a Lesson Swap exercise. The focus is on questioning to empower students to take ownership in lessons and ask questi... Read more
28Feb Amazing Biology Presentation: Nourulhuda Mohammad "Ever heard of the endoplasmic reticulum? Yeah, it sounds kinda complex, but stick with me, and you'll see it's not as complicated as it seems." Read more
26Feb Monday Briefing 26th February 2024: Don't Stop During my marathon training it occurred to me later in the day that the passage which I had gone through during my run was a similar journey to many o... Read more
19Feb The Monday Briefing: American Life Prior to half term, I had the huge pleasure of taking six students over to Boston in the United States for a Model UN trip at the prestigious Massachu... Read more
05Feb Monday Briefing: Time Stood Still On Friday, we hit the 100 day warning. 100 days to go until the commencement of the Summer Exams Series. Three figures, in days, still seem like a lon... Read more
29Jan The Monday Briefing: Borderline This week has been quite an interesting one in terms of boundary testing on the part of students. Read more
22Jan The Monday Briefing: Frozen This week has featured several meetings, gatherings and get togethers, all based around one theme: the importance of community. Read more
15Jan The Monday Briefing: Sanctuary “Redundancies. Lack of funding. A pandemic. All have contributed to a huge rise in children missing from class.” So began an article i... Read more
08Jan The Monday Briefing: She's Not Me “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” Abraham Lincoln Back in 2019, when it b... Read more
14Dec Parth's Interview: Teaching Physics at EIC With a focus on personalised learning and tailored support, our programs empower students to overcome obstacles and reach their full potential. Parth ... Read more
11Dec The Monday Briefing: Future The last week of term at the College is always taken up with mock exams, ensuring that students are kept honest, right up until the very last possib... Read more
04Dec The Monday Briefing: Incredible In many ways, he encapsulates the incredible power of setting oneself challenging goals, seemingly beyond the realms of possibility, and striving, thr... Read more
01Dec Scholarship Competition: Roland's Interview “It was extremely quick and easy with my parents filling out a form online. I then came into the school a few weeks later and sat a quick test no long... Read more
27Nov The Monday Briefing: Pretender Confidence is something which can be hard won, and easily lost. It can be elusive at times, abundant in others. I’ve become better at harnessing it wh... Read more
23Nov Sophie's Blog: Talking to students “I love teaching and the thing I enjoy the most is the interesting discussions with students I have in the different subjects I teach" Read more
20Nov The Monday Briefing: Your Honesty The appraisal, dependent on sophisticated self-reflection and their adoption of an honest approach, takes place over three distinct stages: analysis o... Read more
13Nov The Monday Briefing: Promise to try I like to think that this is because of the encouraging, empowering nature of the environment they walk into: where staff seek to locate the best way ... Read more
10Nov Head of Mathematics: Adrian's Story “The future of the college is a strong one. With such a stable teaching cohort, we are coming to the position of fine-tuning our craft to such a level... Read more
06Nov The Monday Briefing: Sidewalk Talk Back in 2018, I received an email from Bellevue’s Marketing Director, enlightening me of what seemed a wonderful opportunity - an invitation t... Read more
30Oct The Monday Briefing: Holiday I had somewhat of an epiphany on holiday as I saw children acting just like their parents, following their examples - whether for good or bad. For my ... Read more
20Oct Geoff's Blog: Working 21 years at the college Geoff recalls hardships at college from previous years but highlights the turning points for him, "the quality of the students and everything is organ... Read more
16Oct The Monday Briefing: Cherish The tumultuous events of the last week in the Middle East have brought a great deal into perspective for me. My mother-in-law disclosed something whic... Read more
09Oct The Monday Briefing: Get Together Prior to the meeting, I had looked through the constitution of the populace of the College. In terms of gender, our student population (60 boys and 56... Read more
02Oct The Monday Briefing: Just a Dream "...And now we come to the solution - the construction of a garden room, providing the breathing space for the College to live comfortably with its ca... Read more
29Sep Ealing Independent College Teacher Interview: Debora “I think the students at EIC have a lot more freedom to express their identity and they have a lot more freedom to choose their subjects" Read more
25Sep The Monday Briefing: Inside of Me I’ve become more convinced than ever that one must continue to challenge oneself, and really test the substance of what is inside, otherwise life can... Read more
22Sep Laura's Interview: Pastoral care at EIC “I am proud of the fact that the number of students with an EHCP has grown throughout my time here, and that many local authorities in London now look... Read more
18Sep The Monday Briefing: Love on the Run In a sporting sense, the College, with no green fields or indoor courts, may not appear to have much to offer, but that would be a mistaken assumption... Read more
15Sep My first week at the college - Jehad Having worked in various educational institutions before, I can confidently say that EIC distinguishes itself in many ways but most importantly, the s... Read more
11Sep The Monday Briefing: Into the Groove I’ve often told students that Ealing is a College which runs on trust. Students have such freedoms here - a less rigid approach to rules and regulatio... Read more
24Aug Principal's Response to GCSE Results 2023 “If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving ... Read more
17Aug A-Level Results Day 2023 - Principal's Response This year, nationally, we’ve experienced the biggest drop in results ever, as the effort to move beyond the grade inflation of the Covid years reaches... Read more
16Aug Our Student Reflections Part 2 Looking ahead to results day, my anticipation is a mix of excitement and determination. Read more
15Aug Our Student Reflections “Straight away I felt an immediate change, the teachers seemed to care and everyone was much closer like a community, the standard of teaching was muc... Read more
10Aug GCSE Retake Success - Evan's Journey Ealing Independent College has a great deal of experience in enacting ‘the turnaround’ for students. Many students come to us having ... Read more
09Aug A Level Resits - Michelle's Journey “If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick those pieces up and start again.” Flavia Weedn A L... Read more
08Aug Thinking of Resitting your GCSEs? Riyal's Journey The number of students resitting their GCSEs, over the last few years, has grown exponentially at Ealing Independent College. Traditionally, the ... Read more
01Aug Retaking A Levels Privately - Hamze’s Journey “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” Maya Angelou In the last article s... Read more
01Aug Is it worth retaking A Levels? Sebastian's Journey Albert Einstein once said that insanity could be defined by doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. So picture t... Read more
13Jul What to do if I fail my A-Levels So your grades are not what you were hoping for? It’s okay, Ealing are here to support you. Read more
05Jul What happens if you fail your GCSEs Ealing Independent College provides the perfect environment for students who have struggled to fulfil their potential at GCSE level. Read more
26Jun The Monday Briefing: Escape from the Swamp I know staff are content, motivated and committed to the College, but I always feel it vitally important to identify, through consultation, their view... Read more
19Jun The Monday Briefing: My Life has been Saved Sometimes, transformation takes time. Time and ceaseless effort on behalf of those trying to evoke change. Strategies being exhausted, tried again and... Read more
12Jun The Monday Briefing: Coming Soon Of course, this ‘game’ of predictions and planning for possible futures is both difficult to ‘win’ and difficult to gain credit for ‘winning’. We ofte... Read more
05Jun The Monday Briefing: More of That Jazz The sort of leadership which empowers others to make an impact, at all levels - which nurtures that desire, supports it, guides and advises it, and ce... Read more
22May Monday Briefing: Seaside Rendezvous Throughout my career, I’ve attended a number of continuing professional development conferences and gatherings, with varying success. Some have been i... Read more
15May The Monday Briefing: Good Company The College is in a strong position at present, close to capacity, but moving to expand possible numbers so that demand for places can be satisfied. Read more
09May Monday Briefing 9th May 2023: Back chat Ealing Independent College is in a privileged position to be part of Bellevue Education. Firstly, crucial support is in place in terms of governance f... Read more
02May The Monday Briefing: Dog With a Bone When parents come with their children for interviews at the College, a common theme they discuss when explaining why they are considering coming to EI... Read more
24Apr The Monday Briefing: Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon I had the privilege yesterday of being in attendance for one of the most remarkable London Marathons in recent memory. It will go down in history for... Read more
17Apr The Monday Briefing: Battle Theme It’s very rare for me to be working on a Saturday. That day of the week is usually sacrosanct in terms of being a day of rest. A day for me and the fa... Read more
27Mar The Monday Briefing: In Only Seven Days I’ve noticed a remarkable change within some students in the College this week. With mock exams commencing on Thursday, students have truly embarked u... Read more
20Mar The Monday Briefing: Goin' Back A question I’m often asked by students around this time of year is: ‘how should I revise?’ The answer to this query is never an easy one, as students ... Read more
13Mar The Monday Briefing: The Invisible Man Moral fibre: The capacity to do what is right, no matter the circumstance. A person with moral fibre does not do things to intentionally harm others, ... Read more
07Mar Y12 Conference - Exploring post A Level options Possible routes to become a solicitor, a day in the life of an Oxford University student, and degree apprenticeships were some of the topics of the an... Read more
06Mar The Monday Briefing: Drowse Last week, the blog focused on the first of a series of comment pieces aimed at providing useful advice for the maximisation of preparedness for the e... Read more
27Feb The Monday Briefing: Action This Day The first assembly back after a half-term holiday is always an important one for me, and I insist on delivering it to each of our year groups. It pres... Read more
22Feb Model UN - Our trip to Boston The weekend before half term was one of the most eventful ones for some of our Sixth Formers: Five EIC adventurers flew across the world for a three d... Read more
20Feb The Monday Briefing: Leaving Home Ain't Easy Since the start of my teaching career, I’ve always valued the educational benefits of school trips and excursions. Such a notion has only become more ... Read more
06Feb The Monday Briefing: Fun It I always remember the brief when I was invited to interview for the position of Head of History at Waddesdon C of E School. I was given a mixed abilit... Read more
30Jan The Monday Briefing: Under Pressure Part of the role of any teacher is constant interaction with students on a daily basis. Through each interaction, one gets to know the young people in... Read more
25Jan Foodbank Collection - An EIC tradition Then, either just before the Christmas holidays or after, the donations get brought to the Ealing Foodbank, or to local shops that support various cha... Read more
23Jan The Monday Briefing: No Violins I’ve enjoyed four very interesting meetings over the last week or so, each of which being with either a student of the past, or a future student at th... Read more
16Jan The Monday Briefing: Dear Friends Not only do the reports detail each and every minutiae in terms of student performance with regards to the important factors required for growth at th... Read more
09Jan The Monday Briefing: Another One Bites the Dust I took a great deal of pleasure in welcoming students back to the College this week, and what better way to do so than a first day assembly? I always ... Read more
12Dec The Monday Briefing: Thank God it's Christmas As we enter the last week of term, it’s only starting to dawn on me just how momentous the journey has been for the College over the last few months. ... Read more
08Dec Inaugural Bellevue Debating Competition On Thursday, the first-ever Bellevue Seniors Debating Competition was held at Ealing Independent College, featuring six teams from the host school, Fa... Read more
06Dec Scholarship Competition 2023: Tips from our Previous Winner Ealing Independent College is excited to announce that the applications for the Scholarship Competition 2023 are now open, and can be submitted here. Read more
05Dec The Monday Briefing: Heaven for Everyone With one of the key parts of my remit being the management of behaviour at the College, I work very hard to ensure that standards are maintained. The ... Read more
28Nov The Monday Briefing: Fight From the Inside It’s a long term approach, and one in regards to which we must show patience. The hope is that the penny will drop for our students - it may take a lo... Read more
25Nov Visiting the London School of Economics: Y13 trip Patrick, our Business and Economics teacher, had come across a book called “If you are so ethical, why are you so highly paid?” by Alexander (Sandy) P... Read more
21Nov The Monday Briefing: A Human Body I recall very fondly my time as a Head of History at Waddesdon C of E School from 2008-2012. It was during that role, I’m sure, that I made most progr... Read more
14Nov The Monday Briefing: It's Late It’s perfectly normal behaviour for children to test the boundaries and push the limits. The most important response for a parent, or teacher, who ha... Read more
07Nov The Monday Briefing: I Want It All With Guy Fawkes Night done, and the excruciating media-fuelled run up to Christmas now underway, it’s time to ensure that a simple message is understo... Read more
31Oct The Monday Briefing: Feelings Feelings As I was contemplating the many facets of my role over the half term week, I happened upon a couple of articles which drew immediate interest. One, en... Read more
18Oct Oh My Sallow Tree “Oh my Sallow Tree” is the title of the poem that won the National Poetry Day Competition - for the category of Key Stage 4 and 5 - launched by Bellev... Read more
17Oct The Monday Briefing: Breakthru I was incredibly proud to be asked to give a presentation to my colleagues at the Bellevue Education Heads Forum on Tuesday, with the focus of the day... Read more
10Oct The Monday Briefing: Gimme the Prize Earlier in the summer, I received a few emails which were sent to make me aware that the deadline for nominating ourselves for the ISA Awards was clos... Read more
04Oct The Monday Briefing: A Kind of Magic I had a conversation last week with Laura, the Vice Principal, about our assessment regime, Months Marks, at the College. Not normally one to fall ove... Read more
26Sep The Monday Briefing: Bicycle Race One of the best things about being Principal of a small school is the ability to truly get to know all of the students in your care. Read more
20Sep The Monday Briefing: One Vision It has been a pleasure to welcome the students, both new and returning, to the College in the last fortnight, and to see such an atmosphere of excitem... Read more
12Sep The Monday Briefing: God Save the Queen "There are decades when nothing happens; and there are weeks when decades happen" So wrote Vladimir Lenin, when he was living in exile before the Russ... Read more
05Sep The Monday Briefing: Hang On In There If ever I needed a reminder of why I do what I do - and I very rarely do to reinforce why I enjoy the role so much - it came on Friday. Having only ju... Read more
30Aug The Monday Briefing: Was It All Worth It It’s around this time of year, following the A Level and GCSE results, when everyone involved - staff, students and parents - should collectively ask ... Read more
25Aug GCSE Results - The Future Looks Bright Following on from the successes of A Level results last week, GCSE students at Ealing Independent College showed their resilience, commitment and dete... Read more
22Aug The Monday Briefing: Play the Game Thursday - A Level results day - brought with it the usual rollercoaster of emotions. The majority of our students came with trepidation and left wit... Read more
18Aug A Level Results 2022 - A Return to Normality Ealing Independent College 2022 A Level Results - Closer to Normality After the disruption of COVID on students and teachers alike, how have our stude... Read more
15Aug The Monday Briefing: Don't stop me now So began the very first Monday Briefing, written on the 24th August 2020 and entitled ‘A Day in The Life (of a Principal)’ in the aftermath of the cal... Read more
08Aug Options Open - GCSE Retakes In the article last week, we explored the extensive powers of the College in turning lives around. This week, the theme is extended to GCSEs. At Eali... Read more
01Aug Options Open - Improving grades at A Level If I was asked where the College is truly at its best, where it most obviously makes a positive contribution, my answer would be a relatively straight... Read more
25Jul Options Open - Careers in Medicine, Dentistry and Vet Science For those students who are interested in studying Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Science, the hard work must start long before the UCAS deadline f... Read more
18Jul Options Open - A change could do you good Making a change part way through A Levels should probably be considered as one of the hardest changes which a student can make. It takes bravery, cour... Read more
11Jul Options Open - Being flexible, but sticking to our principles There are several perks for our staff as part of a small college: the smaller class sizes enable more targeted teaching; more time per pupil can be sp... Read more
04Jul Options Open - Moving straight into work after A Levels Sometimes it can feel like young people are on a conveyor belt, with an inevitable progression from secondary school to university and then to a gradu... Read more
27Jun Options Open - The International Experience Over the summer break, the College will be showcasing further the options available at Ealing. This will be the first in a series of articles, named ‘... Read more
21Jun Teacher Tuesday: Allan For the last “Teacher Tuesday” of the Academic year, we present a special edition piece, as today we're joined by Allan Cairns, Ealing Independent Col... Read more
20Jun The Monday Briefing: Get it Together How do we ensure that we consolidate all of the exceptional work which we do here? How do we find ways to improve things further? Read more
15Jun Re-sitting GCSE exams: Tania's Story How often do we hear about students not being happy with their GCSE results? How often are they prevented from following the academic path they dream ... Read more
15Jun Teacher Tuesday: Laura Numerous students see her as their “rock” or point of reference at the College, she is always available and happy to help, and she is not only the Vic... Read more
13Jun The Monday Briefing: Show You the Way to Go Coming into the last two weeks of term at the College, it would be rather easy to fall into a mindset where one watches the clock: the seconds ticking... Read more
08Jun Moving from a Foreign Country and Thriving at EIC: Aditya's Story Having moved from Singapore to London just over a month ago, Aditya has already made Ealing Independent College tremendously proud of his exceptional ... Read more
07Jun Teacher Tuesday: Adrian Have you ever heard of the saying “You never stop learning”? Or the phrase “lifelong learning”? They both refer to the fact that everyone's journey th... Read more
06Jun The Monday Briefing: I'll be There Thinking back over every big decision I’ve taken, I’ve always taken advice over whether colleagues whose opinions I respected felt that I was making a... Read more
25May Young Editors: Aavani and Noor The fifth edition of “EIC Distinct” Magazine is nearly ready to be released. Although both are very busy with their GCSE exams, Aavani and Noor, the... Read more
24May Teacher Tuesday: Kashif Today’s “Teacher Tuesday” guest has two great passions, which he calls “the two Cs”: Chemistry and Cricket. Meet Kashif, our Head of Chemistry, who si... Read more
23May The Monday Briefing: Looking Through the Windows “It takes a village to raise a child'' is a proverb which was mentioned to me at the conference, and more emphasis, through the work of Tooled Up Educ... Read more
18May GCSE Exams: "Let's showcase what we have learnt" Exams, real exams, are back! It’s time for our students to demonstrate that, after their hard work, they can get those top grades they aimed for, even... Read more
17May Teacher Tuesday: Omar Calling all Science Lovers. Spoiler: this article contains several fascinating details about our Science classes. Our Teacher Tuesday guest today is ... Read more
16May The Monday Briefing: One Day in your Life I was extremely fortunate last week to have been present at the first Independent Schools Association Annual Conference since 2019. The setting of the... Read more
13May College Catch Up - May 13th - "Notte Prima Degli Esami" Exams approaching, lessons learned for our football team after their latest match, a “goodbye Pizza-Party” with the Y11s, a fun interview with James a... Read more
11May When Politics becomes a way to improve the local community: Avesta's story Breaking records as the youngest ever Labour party candidate, youngest candidate in London, and second youngest candidate in UK political history, Ave... Read more
10May Teacher Tuesday: James Head of Geography and Psychology, James Garside has been a steadfastly reliable member of the EIC teaching staff for the last four years. His friendl... Read more
09May Pastoral Blog: the snowflake generation? It has now become a lazy shortcut to describe today’s young people in less than flattering terms. The term “snowflake generation” has now entered the ... Read more
09May The Monday Briefing: Girl You're so Together What is the principle characteristic that I want students to leave the College with? It’s not the ability to solve complex equations in Mathematics, o... Read more
04May Y12 Conference: Opportunities to shape the future Suited and booted, the entirety of our Y12 students travelled to Farlintgon School on Friday to attend a conference focused on career advice, Universi... Read more
03May The Monday Briefing: Unbreakable With the exams returning this year, and the knock-on effects under scrutiny, there can be no doubt that the first set of summer national assessments i... Read more
03May Teacher Tuesday: Maria After the long Bank Holiday weekend, we come back with a special edition of our “Teacher Tuesday” blog. Our guest today is not a teacher, but an incre... Read more
29Apr College Catch Up - April 29th - A week of success stories Whoever has read our blog articles this week might have noticed a pattern in them: we've celebrated and promoted a lot of success stories. The start o... Read more
27Apr Getting ready for exams and University: our interview with Muge As the Summer Term starts, the end-of-year exams get closer for our Y11 and Y13 students. We interviewed one of our Y13 students, Muge, to find out ho... Read more
26Apr Teacher Tuesday: Parth Carving 3D models, coding, travelling, photography, and printmaking are only some of his hobbies. He is the youngest member of the EIC faculty, our He... Read more
25Apr The Monday Briefing: Give (Your phone) in to me A few months ago, Education Minister Nadhim Zahawi rode back on a pledge by his predecessor, Gavin Williamson, to completely outlaw phones in schools.... Read more
22Apr Pastoral Blog: Inclusivity in school trips As a fully inclusive college, around one quarter of our students have ECHP’s. Many of our students are neurodiverse, and one of our most important goa... Read more
30Mar Becoming part of the EIC Community and developing confidence: Mia's story The highly rewarding feeling of watching a student blossom only after a couple of months they have joined the College goes beyond description. This is... Read more
29Mar Teacher Tuesday: Catherine Welcome back to Teacher Tuesday! This week we present you with what we could call a “Special Edition”, where it’s not a teacher to be interviewed, bu... Read more
28Mar The Monday Briefing: All I Do Is Think Of You There are times during the life of a Principal or Headteacher where the role can become something of an obsession. This state of affairs usually mani... Read more
25Mar College Catch up, March 25th - Football, sun, and exams With the return of the sun and warm weather, Mock exams also return for EIC students. They started on Thursday 24th of March, and will continue throug... Read more
23Mar Ealing ride their luck to sneak win on Covid return A pleasant evening, and the excellent facilities of Club Des Sports in Acton set the scene for an entertaining match between MPW in red and Ealing, pl... Read more
23Mar Judging a Debating Competition: our interview with Sisi Ties and suits on, a group of nine Y12 students left the College at 7.45am last Wednesday to visit Oratory PrepSchool, in Reading, where they were inv... Read more
22Mar Teacher Tuesday: Patrick Teacher Tuesday this week hosts Patrick, Economics and Business Studies Teacher, as well as Exams Officer at Ealing Independent College. The conversa... Read more
21Mar The Monday Briefing: Big Boy During the last week, I had the immense pleasure of accompanying a group of our Year 12 students to Bellevue Education's inaugural Debating competitio... Read more
18Mar Pastoral Blog: Is University the Only Option? For many people, university is absolutely the right choice. However, is university the only route to achieving these goals? In these days of spiraling... Read more
16Mar Career Opportunities: Miles tells us about "Future Ready" On the second of March this year, our Y13 students were invited to attend a conference called “Future Ready” focused on the opportunities and career p... Read more
15Mar Teacher Tuesday: Sophie After interviewing two staff members who have been part of the Ealing College Community for a long period of time, it’s time to speak with a “newbie” ... Read more
14Mar The Monday Briefing: Childhood My assembly, entitled ‘Community’, I feel, broadcasted that message loud and clear - that which the College stands for most: a shared set of ambitions... Read more
11Mar College Catch Up - March 11 - Return of the "EIC Azoomni" Podcast and more This week we also have some other exciting news to share: after a short break, we welcomed back the “EIC Azoomni” Podcast with Season Three, Episode 1... Read more
09Mar EIC Football Team is back! Over the past couple of years, the various lockdowns we have been through have stopped our football team from playing against other Colleges and Indep... Read more
08Mar Teacher Tuesday: Geoff A unique blend of a lifelong passion for an exact science and a new love for the Arts: introducing Geoff, one of Ealing Independent College’s dedicate... Read more
07Mar The Monday Briefing: Goin' Places Often, during interviews for places at the College, parents emphasise their desire for their son or daughter to become a doctor. The chances of actual... Read more
04Mar Website news: hearing students' voices and keeping parents informed At Ealing Independent College, we take pride in being a student-lead environment, where the small class sizes allow us to better understand how to eff... Read more
02Mar Lara's Success Story: Her Offer for Medical School Lara’s face showed pride mixed with gratitude when she came to the School’s Office and timidly said: “I’ve been accepted into Medical School!” She had... Read more
01Mar Teacher Tuesday: Guillermo Introducing Teacher Tuesday! From now until the end of the academic year, we will focus on a different member of staff to discover more about their ... Read more
28Feb The Monday Briefing: We're nearly there Whilst the staff consultation was ongoing, we simultaneously ran our parent survey in order to provide further input - to help us answer the questions... Read more
25Feb Pastoral Blog: Student Council Update Since joining EIC in September 2020, I have been very impressed by the quality of student leadership here. Despite being a small college, there are ma... Read more
23Feb Improving Leadership and Teamwork Skills: A trip to Navrtar After the conclusion of lessons tomorrow, on Thursday 24th of February, a group of students from EIC will have the extraordinary opportunity to immers... Read more
21Feb The Monday Briefing: What More Can I Give? Half term in February is always a good time for reflection: it feels like half way through the year (though it is slightly beyond the midway point) an... Read more
07Feb The Monday Briefing: Say Say Say Students rarely fail when the ‘triangle of success’ is in place: fully engaged parents who support their sons or daughters through conversations at th... Read more
31Jan The Monday Briefing: Maybe Tomorrow Much of the time in my day job is used in an effort to inspire students that they need similar ambitions and goals in their lives, particularly in the... Read more
28Jan Pastoral Blog: Focus on ADHD In a previous blog post, I focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), as this is a common condition amongst our students. I am now going to focus on... Read more
26Jan New Year Resolution: Supporting Small Businesses Have you committed to a New Year Resolution in 2022? Ealing Independent College has. Just before the Christmas holidays, we wanted to find an innova... Read more
24Jan The Monday Briefing: Bad Ealing Independent College is a fair deal more libertarian than many others: the lack of a set uniform; dialogue between staff and students on first n... Read more
17Jan The Monday Briefing: Get it If teachers were asked in a survey why they considered a career in the profession, or what maintains their motivation to return to work every day, I’m... Read more
10Jan The Monday Briefing: Just a little bit of you When I assumed the position of Principal at the College, I immediately tried to instill as part of the organisation of the calendar of the institution... Read more
07Jan Pastoral Blog: The School Uniform Debate One of the things which strikes potential parents, students and employees when they visit EIC is that we have no uniform. Our youngest students are in... Read more
13Dec Student Voice: Celebrating success Year 12 student Theo was presented with his ‘Highly Commended’ award in the Whitbread Memorial Prize this week. Part of an elite group of 28 students... Read more
13Dec The Monday Briefing: ABC “Grades are so much a part of the educational landscape that it’s hard to imagine what schools would be like without them.” So begins a thought provok... Read more
06Dec The Monday Briefing: Breaking News An interesting recent article in Independent Education Today, entitled ‘Parents want more personalised information from schools’ shed a great deal of ... Read more
03Dec Pastoral Blog: Lifelong Learning In one of my first blog posts last year, I posted about beginning the National Award for Special Educational Needs Co-ordination (NASENCO) course. Thi... Read more
30Nov The Monday Briefing: (Not) Workin' Day and Night Last week, I came across a tremendous tweet by Tom Sherrington regarding distributed leadership in Schools. It stated, in a simple and forthright mann... Read more
22Nov The Monday Briefing: Human Nature Over the past few weeks, I’ve spent a great deal of time looking to identify the characteristics which set our very best current students apart from t... Read more
15Nov The Monday Briefing: Forever Came Today An article which I recently read pointed out that the ‘The Growing gap between state school and public spending’, articulating that the deficit in spe... Read more
08Nov The Monday Briefing: Stranger in Montreux I was incredibly privileged over the last week to have been part of a governance team sent to review the processes and practices of a fellow Bellevue ... Read more
05Nov Pastoral Blog: Supporting Social Skills Although people may differ in the degree of social contact that they personally desire, making meaningful connections with others is a basic human nee... Read more
01Nov The Monday Briefing: Butterflies During the summer term, the College underwent a review of the last academic year. This entailed an audit of how far we had satisfied our three priorit... Read more
19Oct Introducing our new Head Girl at EIC As part of a renewed emphasis on student voice here at the College, this year we elected our very own Student Leadership Team covering a range over ar... Read more
18Oct The Monday Briefing: Scream Last week, I was watching an episode of The Overlap Extra, a football based talk show hosted by Gary Neville. In this particular episode he posed fell... Read more
11Oct The Monday Briefing: Heal the World Last week, I was fortunate enough, in my capacity as Vice Chair of ISA London North, to attend, and, during the latter part of the day, host the first... Read more
04Oct The Monday Briefing: Smile There are many ways in which schools and colleges can measure success. Instinctively, those seeking to immediately improve their knowledge might turn ... Read more
01Oct The Importance of Food Banks Our Student Council has just launched their first initiative for this academic year. They have generously decided that they would like to collect food... Read more
27Sep The Monday Briefing: The Man in the Mirror When I was in primary school, we used to carry out a weekly spelling test. I’m not sure why I remember a particular test so well, but one week I missp... Read more
20Sep The Monday Briefing: Beat It Yesterday, when I was around halfway through completing a rather hilly 10k in the Chilterns, I started asking myself whether the steep incline I was t... Read more
13Sep The Monday Briefing: Don't stop 'til you get enough In the range of interviews which I had with new students this summer, I was always very keen to emphasise the importance of having the right mentality... Read more
10Sep Introducing the Student Leadership Team At EIC, we really believe in the importance of the student voice. Last year we developed our Student Council so that it became a real force for chang... Read more
06Sep The Monday Briefing: Another part of me I’m sure there comes a time for every Principal where the school or college in which they lead feels ‘theirs’. That feeling, an excellent one incident... Read more
31Aug The Monday Briefing: Break of Dawn Last week, I attended a Heads’ Induction and Refresher meeting at the new Bellevue headquarters in central London. A wide range of aspects were discus... Read more
16Aug The Monday Briefing: Wanna be startin' somethin' A few months back, I wrote a blog in praise of Brentford FC, and their deservedly gaining of promotion to the Premier League. Entitled ‘Can’t buy me l... Read more
10Aug The Monday Briefing: Remember the time With examination grades having been determined in such a unique manner this year, and stories in the broadsheet media circulating already of grade inf... Read more
10Aug A-level Results Day 2021: My experience at EIC The years that I have been enrolled at Ealing Independent College have been nothing short of great. After coming off the back of the worst schooling e... Read more
29Jun The Monday Briefing: The End Following our final assembly on Friday, where I distributed a range of well-deserved prizes to the students for Academic Excellence, Improvement, Cond... Read more
24Jun EIC Activities Week: Year 9 & 10 Our Year 9 and Year 10 students were lucky enough to enjoy a jam-packed activities week to celebrate making to the end of what has been a difficult ye... Read more
23Jun Student Voice: Thank you EIC When I moved to London, I felt as though I was thrown into the deep end. With only 7 months to complete my GCSE’s and a completely new curriculum, my ... Read more
21Jun The Monday Briefing: Day Tripper The last week of term at Ealing Independent College brings two foci, both incredibly important and both fitting ways to bring the academic year to an ... Read more
18Jun The Monday Briefing: I'm so tired...(but)...I Feel Fine This edition of the Monday Briefing should probably start with an apology, given the fact that it hasn’t emerged until Friday, but there are times in ... Read more
11Jun Pastoral Blog: An inclusive approach to physical activity in schools The positive effects of physical activity for children and young people are well documented, with exercise boosting not only physical health, but also... Read more
08Jun EIC Virtual Art & Photography Exhibition 'I am extremely proud to present a selection of the brilliant photographic and artistic work of three very different but high potential students who h... Read more
07Jun The Monday Briefing: Fixing a Hole ‘The Head has overall responsibility for the running of the School including its marketing, the appointment, management and dismissal of staff, busine... Read more
01Jun The Monday Briefing: Can't Buy Me Love My home town of Brentford was quite the place to be on Saturday of last week, with residents enjoying a carnival atmosphere. There was a palpable sens... Read more
21May The Monday Briefing: Don't ever change (Goodbye Year 13) With Year 13s about to embark on study leave and with their final assessments looming, crucial in helping to determine their final Teacher Assessed Gr... Read more
19May Social Development for Students: NCS In assemblies today, both Year 11 and Year 12 were lucky to enough have a presentation from the team at NCS, to share more information about their s... Read more
17May The Monday Briefing: Searchin' “The other important way of looking at this is that output was surprisingly robust in the first three months of the year - since much of the so-called... Read more
14May Pastoral Blog: Sharing experience through governance In Allan’s blog this week, he explained the value of collaboration through Bellevue and ISA. In this post, I wanted to explain another way that teach... Read more
11May The Monday Briefing: All Together Now Earlier this year, I put myself forward for a voluntary post as Vice Chair within the London North Committee of the Independent Schools Association. E... Read more
05May Pastoral Blog: Learning from April Assessments In one of his recent blogs, our Principal, Allan, explained the rationale behind our decision to assess our Year 11 and Year 13 students twice in orde... Read more
04May The Monday Briefing: Not a second time With our April Assessments now at an end and our Learning Review commencing, this is the time for students to hone their skills during a three-week re... Read more
26Apr The Monday Briefing: A hard day's night Following the chaos of Centre Assessed Grades and the catastrophic effects of ‘the algorithm’ in summer 2020, and with exams being cancelled this year... Read more
19Apr The Monday Briefing: I (Don't) Want To Hold Your Hand In the week before the Easter break, I was part of a panel holding interviews with two tremendous candidates for a teaching post. Staff turnover, in r... Read more
29Mar The Monday Briefing: Girl A few weeks back, the Monday Briefing focused on boys, and the importance of encouraging ‘tender masculinity’ as a means of improving the development ... Read more
26Mar Distinct: Edition Two (Ealing College Magazine) Back by popular demand! Following on from the success of Edition One of our very own College Magazine, Distinct, there has been high demand for Editio... Read more
26Mar Pastoral Blog: Time to Process and Reflect Following the tragic case of Sarah Everard, there has never been a better time to explore the issues around “toxic masculinity”, as Allan, our Princip... Read more
22Mar The Monday Briefing: I will In amongst the seemingly relentless Lateral Flow Testing and apparently omnipresent student agitation regarding Teacher Assessed Grades, respite has b... Read more
15Mar The Monday Briefing: Boys Having joined the College six and a half years ago, a characteristic of the institution has always been that, in terms of the demographic of the stude... Read more
08Mar The Monday Briefing: With a Little Help From My Friends As I was putting the finishing touches to the arrangements required for the return of students on Friday, a sense of anticipation gripped me. It took ... Read more
05Mar Pastoral Blog: Advice for students with ASD ahead of their College Return As I write this blog post, many of our staff are involved in a big clean-up of our building and site to ensure a welcoming environment for our student... Read more
01Mar The Monday Briefing: What You're Doing Of the few positives to have come from lockdown, the ability to reconnect with friends or family via video call stands out for me as a significant adv... Read more
25Feb Azoomni: EIC Alumni Series It has always been important to the College to stay in touch with our former students; those who leave us often refer to the College community as a ‘s... Read more
22Feb The Monday Briefing: Across the Universe A bitterly cold, snowy winter. A new US President inaugurated. A pervading notion around the world of the fragility of human life. In many ways, 2021 ... Read more
12Feb Pastoral Blog: Turning the 'Reading Room' into a real Reading Room! A couple of weeks ago, we announced a new initiative for the College - setting up a small library from scratch. I am pleased to be able to update you... Read more
08Feb The Monday Briefing: Tell Me What You See As we reach the halfway point of the academic year, a tumultuous one admittedly, a timely review of progress is invaluable. We’ve been conducting cons... Read more
04Feb DISTINCT: EIC Magazine has launched After weeks of preparation, planning and hard work we are delighted to announce that the first edition of 'DISTINCT' (our very own College magazine) i... Read more
01Feb The Monday Briefing: Paperback writer Whilst many people rise to the sound of their alarms, either on clocks or mobile phones, my wife and I have our own wake-up call in the form of our tw... Read more
29Jan The Pleasures of Reading - and a new initiative Being under lockdown for so long, people are having to be creative in finding new sources of pleasure now that shops, gyms, pubs, restaurants and even... Read more
27Jan EIC Chess Tournament Adrian, Head of Maths, has been focusing on ways to ensuring that his form group are keeping their minds healthy and sharp while online learning. Read more
27Jan Vision Teaching: Device Appeal Carol, our Office Manager, has been working hard this week to ensure that Vision Teaching received all our old computer devices. We have been inform... Read more
27Jan Student diaries: Online learning in (another) lockdown As we have shifted to remote learning once again, here at Ealing Independent College we still want to ensure that we are keeping in touch with all our... Read more
25Jan The Monday Briefing: Help! There can be little doubt that this lockdown feels an awful lot more difficult to get through than the last. Perhaps it’s because of the gloom and mis... Read more
22Jan Pastoral Blog: The Challenges for SEND Students during Lockdown Most students find lockdown very difficult, and many feel demotivated and isolated without the face to face interaction from their peers and teachers.... Read more
21Jan External Candidate Success: Young Maths Whizz We want to say a massive congratulations to Allegra, 10, who sat her Maths exam at Ealing Independent College in October and achieved a grade 5, which... Read more
18Jan The Monday Briefing: Wait “More is lost through indecision than wrong decision.” Recently, I’ve been watching reruns of the Sopranos on Sky Atlantic, which is not only my favou... Read more
11Jan The Monday Briefing: The Word The enforced distance, now introduced into British society again, brings several challenges, and particularly in a school setting. It is now impossibl... Read more
08Jan Pastoral Blog: Everyone needs help sometimes In my Year 12 assembly this week, I was very conscious of the fact that I was addressing a group of young people whose lives seem very uncertain at th... Read more
05Jan The Monday Briefing: The Magical Mystery Tour Since the first lockdown came along, my mother has been left bereft of her favourite pastime. This generally consists of a lengthy ramble around the c... Read more
21Dec Recognising Achievements: Rewards assembly recap The academic year of 2020-2021 has been a demanding one thus far - with the enforcement of Covid-19 restrictions following the fall out from a catastr... Read more
14Dec The Monday Briefing: Christmas time (Is here again) As the last week of term begins, and attention turns to the Christmas break, I must confess to being somewhat of a devotee to the magic of the festive... Read more
11Dec Pastoral Blog: Is it ALWAYS right to 'see things through'? There is certainly something to be said for seeing something through. Society would certainly be less advanced if inventors and innovators had simply... Read more
09Dec Preparing for Mock Exams at EIC All year groups will be taking part in mock exams next week. This provides the students with the ideal opportunity to practise working under exam con... Read more
09Dec Teacher Development: Leadership Matters On Tuesday of this week, the environment in college was noticeably different. Myself, along with a few other staff members, were all absent from their... Read more
08Dec Student Voice: EIC Magazine Launch Ahead of our EIC School Magazine which is due to launch in January, we sat down with Alexandra. Alexandra is a Year 13 student who has been nominated ... Read more
07Dec The Monday Briefing: When I Get Home As part of my transition into headship, Bellevue Education felt it important to provide me with, when needed, a mentor - to bounce ideas off, check in... Read more
30Nov The Monday Briefing: Here, There and Everywhere Before I settled on a career in the education sector, I strongly considered going into the police force. Growing up, my favourite TV show was ‘Taggart... Read more
27Nov Pastoral Blog: The Importance of Giving If you have been following our Twitter feed or reading our newsletters recently, you will have noticed the large number of charitable initiatives whic... Read more
26Nov EIC Charity: Africa on the Ball One of our Year 10 students, Osman, has taken on the great role of PSHE ambassador for the College. As part of this role, he has launched a charity in... Read more
26Nov UCAS Success at EIC With a deadline date of the 15th January, students in Year 13 still have a lot of time to make their university applications. However, many of our st... Read more
23Nov Teacher Voice: A guide to Student feedback Towards the end of last week, we sat down with our Head of Biology, Guillermo, who talked us through his comprehensive approach to feedback and marki... Read more
23Nov The Monday Briefing: From me to you “Hopefully there won’t be another lockdown.” said a divorce lawyer, probably through gritted teeth. This incredible exhibition of distrust lies in sta... Read more
20Nov Pastoral Blog: UCAS next steps We are now in the middle of the UCAS process, with students receiving interview invitations and offers. This is a very joyful time but can also be a t... Read more
17Nov The Monday Briefing: We can work it out I’m currently reading a thought provoking book about educational leadership by David Didau called ‘Intelligent Accountability: Creating the Conditions... Read more
16Nov Scholarship Winner: Student Spotlight Ahead of our Scholarship Competition taking place tomorrow, Tuesday 17th November, we sat down with our second Scholarship Winner, Ahmed. We asked Ahm... Read more
13Nov Pastoral Blog: Why we screen all students for SEN At Ealing Independent College, we pride ourselves on the level of care and attention we give to each of our students, regardless of their needs. This ... Read more
09Nov Our Charity Contribution at EIC Students at Ealing Independent College are known for their compassion and thoughtfulness and, at the same time as working hard on their academic work,... Read more
09Nov The Monday Briefing: Ticket to Ride Monumental catastrophes like the Australian bushfires, the accidental shooting down of a Ukranian passenger plane by the Iranian regime and the deadly... Read more
06Nov Looking after mental wellbeing in a Covid world All you all know, today is the first day in yet another lockdown. The first lockdown felt so strange, with everyone trying to adjust to a way of stud... Read more
06Nov Scholarship Winner: My Experience In the run up to our Scholarship Competition on Tuesday 17th November, we took some time out to talk to one of our previous Scholarship winners, Namit... Read more
03Nov Teacher Development: A Guide To Reflection Now the first Half Term is completed, with the last few months causing challenges in several ways, it is with even more gratification that we look upo... Read more
02Nov The Monday Briefing: All Things Must Pass I’ve always thought that this is the most difficult half of the most difficult term for students. They often leave their homes to get here when dawn h... Read more
23Oct Pastoral Blog: Making the most of the Half-Term Holiday The first half of the Autumn term is a long and tiring time period for students in schools everywhere. An eight week half term can seem like a very lo... Read more
19Oct The Monday Briefing: Do you want to know a Secret? Best-kept secret - ‘Something that is known to very few people. Used especially with reference to something very good or desirable that is not general... Read more
16Oct Pastoral Care: The importance of assemblies If you mention the word “assembly” to a class of students in any school, you are bound to hear at least a few grumbles and groans. Throughout my care... Read more
16Oct Student Voice: Life beyond the Classroom This week we sat down with one of our New Joiner's in Year 12, Jinwoo, who is part of the Brentford Under 19's FC. We caught up about his experience a... Read more
13Oct Guidance and Development at EIC Careers Guidance at EIC Did you know that EIC offers personalised, on-site careers guidance? It is a legal requirement that all schools must of... Read more
12Oct The Monday Briefing: Come Together It is with a great degree of pride that I can say that Ealing Independent College isn’t under threat - and I can say this because we are part of a ‘pa... Read more
09Oct Pastoral Blog: Will my child fit into a private college? Will my child fit into a private college? Private schools and colleges are rarefied places where all of the students wear designer clothes and hav... Read more
09Oct Student Voice: My Remote Learning Experience We sat down at the start of term with one of our New Joiners in Year 10, Noradeen, to find out more about his experience of starting The College as a ... Read more
05Oct The Monday Briefing: What Goes On I spoke in the assemblies this week with all students about the fact that we’d come to the end of September, and that this made a perfect opportunity ... Read more
02Oct Pastoral Blog: The Importance of Student Voice One of my current areas of focus at EIC is to develop the use of student voice. The idea of really listening to the student voice can sometimes seem s... Read more
02Oct Student Voice: Recognising Achievements Following on from her nomination for the ISA Whitbread Memorial Prize, for outstanding involvement in, and service to, wider aspects of school and com... Read more
30Sep The importance of extra-curricular activities at EIC At Ealing Independent College we believe that clubs and activities are a great way for our students to not only enhance their skills doing something t... Read more
30Sep Introducing our new Head of Science As the school year drew to a close our new Principal, Allan Cairns, called a meeting to discuss the future direction of the school and our vision of w... Read more
30Sep The launch of the Social Inequalities Debate Club Manira Hassan and I decided to start a debate club surrounding social inequalities such as racism, sexism, homophobia, mental health and so on, as we ... Read more
30Sep Commitment to teacher development At Ealing Independent College, we have ambitious goals for the year ahead to create a deep learning culture not only among our students but also among... Read more
28Sep The Monday Briefing: Run for your life The perfect way for me to use the time was to dedicate my free time to running. When I was younger, I saw running as a necessary evil. Something I’d d... Read more
28Sep Introducing the Dr. Ian Moores Scholarship It gives us great pleasure to announce the launch of our scholarship competition for this academic year - which will be held on the 17th of November 2... Read more
25Sep Pastoral Blog: Lifelong Learning As human beings, we have the ability to constantly grow and develop. It is now well-known that trying new things trains the brain to produce new neur... Read more
21Sep The Monday Briefing: Back in the (classroom teaching about the) USSR Should a Principal be teaching in a school or college? Different schools have different approaches in answering this question. Looking back th... Read more
18Sep Pastoral Blog: The start of something new Autumn has always been my favourite season. While others are lamenting the passing of Summer and the drawing in of the nights, as someone who has wor... Read more
14Sep The Monday Briefing: Getting Better In the lead up to a new academic year, it is extremely important for schools and colleges to clarify a roadmap for improvement - a vision and developm... Read more
07Sep The Monday Briefing: Get back (to the College) Anyone reading the Guardian article entitled ‘I do not see a single student wash their hands: teacher’s diary of the first week back at school’ would ... Read more
01Sep The Monday Briefing: Hello, Goodbye This time of the year is bittersweet at the College. Some of the students in our GCSE cohort move on to pastures new, and we have to bid them farewell... Read more
24Aug The Monday Briefing: A day in the life (of a Principal) Today marks the start of something new. Our Principal, Allan Cairns, officially starts The Monday Briefing for EIC. A weekly blog focused on different... Read more
20Aug Moving beyond a chaotic exams process to the challenge of A Level In a year where there will be no school performance league tables, and that many observers have remarked that the cohort this year will forever have a... Read more
13Aug Forging a path for students through a complicated and confusing process Awaiting A Level results tends to bring mixed emotions and nervousness amongst students any year, but this year it has been a particularly anxious tim... Read more
08Jul Students and Staff at EIC implement Charter against Racism Led by Alexandra, Year 12 Student, and Allan Cairns, Principal, EIC have implemented a new Charter against Racism in which every single person will be... Read more
17Jun Ealing Independent College during the Coronavirus: Chasing Normality During the period of school closures, it was vital for Ealing Independent College to react quickly and move the physical learning in the classroom to ... Read more
12Jun Student Voice: The power of the EIC community during the period of remote learning From United Kingdom to India, the power of the EIC remote learning community has expanded far and wide during the period of school closures. Find out ... Read more
02Jun Introducing our new Vice Principal from September 2020 Ealing Independent College are pleased to introduce our new Vice Principal for September 2020, Laura Bellerby. Find out more about Laura in our recent... Read more
01Jun Student Voice: Making the move to remote learning at Ealing Independent College Making the move temporarily to remote learning during the period of school closures was hard work for both staff and pupils at Ealing Independent Coll... Read more
24Jan Ealing Independent College consistently securing academic progress On 23 January 2020, the Department of Education published the A-Level performance of schools across England. Ealing Independent College remains amongs... Read more
24Jan Principal's Blog: Take control of your future At Ealing Independent College, we believe that the guidance and support we offer our students through the process of choosing their field of study and... Read more
22Jan Introducing our new Principal from September 2020 From September 2020, we are pleased to announce the appointment of our new Principal, Allan Cairns. A friendly face here Ealing College after joining ... Read more
22Jan EIC Photography students visit the National Portrait Gallery As part of the Ealing Independent College Photography curriculum, students are required to visit Photography exhibitions to conduct primary research i... Read more
27Nov Student Voice: An interview with a first time voter in the General Election Here at Ealing Independent College, we encourage our students to have a voice. Here is an interview with one of our Year 13 students on her fir... Read more
27Nov Beyond the classroom: The importance of extra-curricular activities At Ealing Independent College, we like to give our students plenty of opportunities inside and outside of the classroom. One of these opportunities is... Read more
27Nov Student Voice: The impacts of the General Election on education The General Election. Thursday 12th of December 2019. “Have you registered to vote?” – a phrase quite frequently heard amongst people these days. Howe... Read more
27Nov GCSE Students help those in need with Ealing Food Bank The Year 10 students here at Ealing Independent College decided that they would like to do something for those in need in the local community during t... Read more
26Nov Principal's Blog: Encouraging students to aim high After a busy and successful start to the year, I have now found some time to reflect on what has been going on. The term began with our first focused... Read more
30Oct UCAS Update: How to make your personal statement stand out Find out how to make your personal statement stand out from the rest with this advice from Ealing Independent College. Read more
30Oct EIC Resources: Creating the perfect study sanctuary Find out more about how you can create the perfect study sanctuary at home with these tips from Ealing Independent College. Read more
23Aug EIC celebrates another year of outstanding GCSE results Moving from strength to strength, this year’s GCSE results have surpassed expectations at the College, with almost 87% of all GCSEs sat across our yea... Read more
06Aug From GCSE and A Level Results to Securing a University Place: Take Control of Your Future With an exceptional A-level Progress Score that no other West London colleges can beat and strong links to top universities in London and across the c... Read more
13Jun Old habits die hard in successful alumni match Ealing Independent College 2015-2016 3-1 Ealing Independent College 2016-2017 Teams (2015-2016): Azim, Seb, Krystian, Jamie, Evan Teams (2016-20... Read more
06May College students dazzle at AWA Awards As a reward for their exceptionally hard work, Alishba, Balgees, Lina and Thanusree were chosen by the college to attend as Ms Hothi’s guests ... Read more
13Mar Supporting the local community Community engagement and volunteering are fundamental for the College's Charities Society. Lead by Sarah Chua, the society President, they have ... Read more
28Feb Engineering Competition Ealing Independent College is keen to address a very serious, and current issue – millions of people are living without water, toilets and hyg... Read more
28Feb EIC visits MIT Students form Ealing Independent College had the pleasure of attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Model United Nations Conference (MI... Read more
03Feb A.I.M - Our approach in supporting students in the run up to exams The examination period is a difficult time for both staff and students. While a feeling of too much to revise in too little time can often drive stu... Read more
28Jan Amongst the top 5% in helping students improve their grades On 24 January 2019 the Department of Education published the A-Level performance of schools across England. Ealing Independent College is proud to a... Read more
16Jan Spirited performance brings encouraging signs in defeat League match – 15th January 2019 Ealing Independent College 0-3 DLD College Team: Abdullah, James, Nimr, Dominic; Abu, Selyan; Sabaoon, Aqeel (B... Read more
07Jan Scholarship Competition 2019 Ealing Independent College is delighted to announce their Scholarship Competition 2019.It is part of the on going commitment Ealing Independent Coll... Read more
02Jan Ealing student performs Christmas concert in Poland Whilst many students were catching up with family, enjoying some festive movies or perhaps gorging on too many mince pies, our GCSE Intensive studen... Read more
21Dec Economics students glean valuable insight from recent conference Students from our year 13 Economics group attended the recent Tutor2u Economics Strong Foundations one day revision course on the 27th November. S... Read more
07Dec College fundraising donations valued by local community Through bake sales and foodbank donations, the students at the College have made some valuable contributions to the Ealing Foodbank, our designated ... Read more
05Dec Goals galore as somehow Ealing allow another game to slip from their grasp League match – 4 Dec 2018 Ealing Independent College 5-6 CATS College Team: Abdullah; Nimr (Sanj), Fraser, Dominic; Abu, Selyan, Brent; Ronaldo;... Read more
28Nov Abject Ealing overpowered by MPW League match – 27 Nov 2018 Ealing Independent College 0-4 MPW College Team: Abdullah; James (Fraser), Nimr, Dominic (Sanj); Selyan (Sabaoon), Ab... Read more
27Nov Runners continue apace despite injury and cold weather As the weather has turned colder, numbers have held firm in the running club on a Wednesday afternoon. It was great to see Becky and Pejman back a... Read more
21Nov Brave Ealing denied at the last by Ashbourne League match – 20 Nov 2018 Ealing Independent College 0-1 Ashbourne College Team: Abdullah; James, Nimr, Dominic (Aqeel); Selyan (Fraser), Brent... Read more
21Nov Series of spiritual assemblies begins with Father Jack Noble’s presentation on the Church of England The students at Ealing Independent College were delighted to receive an insightful and thought provoking assembly today from Father Jack Noble, prie... Read more
16Nov Running Club displays excellent endurance Another week, and another 4k under the belts of the runners. Ronaldo continues to lead the way - an absolute speedster! Special praise for Ed this... Read more
16Nov Rupa Huq, MP for Ealing Central and Acton visits the College for Parliament week As part of UK Parliament Week 2018, Ealing Independent College was delighted to host Dr Rupa Huq, MP for Ealing Central and Acton speaking to A-Leve... Read more
14Nov Students given timely assembly on ‘The Stigma of Suicide’ Celebrated British Punjabi author Kalwinder Singh Dhindsa, pictured above with Senior Teacher Dr Elizabeth Coombes, gave a personal talk to our stud... Read more
12Nov Ealing student Shadae stars in poignant play GCSE Intensive student Shadae (furthest right), who has been volunteering for the charity Nomad since July 2018, performed a leading role in the per... Read more
12Nov Ealing alumni Abdulaziz making his mark Former student Abdulaziz, at Ealing from 2015-2017, has been busily providing political comment on some important world issues, namely the controver... Read more
07Nov Runners smash 4k barrier on drizzly afternoon With pace-setter Ronaldo out in front, and Vice Principal Allan Cairns not far behind, the run club continued apace this afternoon. Bounding throu... Read more
08Oct Alumni Profile: Ali Al Sibahi At Ealing Independent College we take great pride in the support we provide in helping students reach their goals and fulfil their true potential. E... Read more
09Sep Alumni Profile: From EIC to Cambridge University As part of our series of alumni profiles, we are delighted to share this piece written by Vivek Badiani, who left the College in 2013 after achievin... Read more
02Sep Inspiring a love of reading and writing Claire Greenwood joined EIC as Head of English in January 2018 with over twenty years experience teaching in independent day schools, boarding schoo... Read more
10Jul End of Year Celebrations On Friday 25 May 2018, Year 13 students and their parents were invited to an end of year drinks event at the College. The event was a welcome break ... Read more
04Jul A Visit to Oxford University When June arrives at Ealing Independent College it’s that time of the year again, where scarves have been swapped for glasses of the tinted va... Read more
04Jul Looking back at my four years at Ealing Independent College As she is about to embark on her first year of reading Medicine at St George's University of London, Haya shares her thoughts on her four years ... Read more
30Jun Careers fair On the 12 June, New London Architecture hosted a special careers event, giving our students an exclusive preview of the London Real Estate Forum (LR... Read more
29Jun UCAS Week The sun was shining end of June as our Year 12s were spared the pressure of public examinations, but instead focused their minds on the next stage o... Read more
03Jun Teaching the Individual "My child is very happy studying at Ealing Independent College. The classes are small and the tutors are truly interested in the students. It f... Read more
01May Changes to GCSE and A Levels: What it means As the first exam results are about to be announced following the reforms to GCSE and A Level examinations, Principal of Ealing Independent College,... Read more
04Apr My GCSE Student Journey The moment that I was told that I was accepted to the College, I felt the rush of blood inside me, almost like I was climbing a mountain as fast as ... Read more
01Apr Learning Effectively in a Comfortable Environment In a recent student survey conducted at Ealing Independent College, 90% of students agree or strongly agree that their teachers really care about th... Read more
05Mar EIC students participate in the MIT Model United Nations Conference 2018 Over the weekend of February 9 to 11, a delegation of Ealing Independent College students, along with the Director of Studies, made their way across... Read more
01Mar Principal's Blog: Creating the Perfect Learning Environment Another new term and new academic year is underway! Finally, almost all the teaching in the school is now on the new specifications: – the new... Read more
01Mar LOVE IT: A-Level and GCSE Revision Advice As the summer term has started, the focus has inevitably shifted to the end of academic year exams, which loom for students at the College. Prior to... Read more
23Feb My experience at the Boston MIT Model United Nations On the 7th of February, my two schoolmates and I, along with our teacher, Allan, went off to Boston, Massachusetts for the MITMUNC conference held ... Read more
16Feb International Day of Women and Girls in Science The Royal Academy of Science International Trust (RASIT) has been working on empowering women in science through education, employment and recogniti... Read more
18Jan Dfe Results 2017: EIC produces consistently strong exam results On 25 January 2018 the Department of Education published the GCSE and A-Level performance of schools across England, and we are delighted to share t... Read more
21Dec Prize giving and end of term assembly - December 2017 The end to a successful term was celebrated through a prize giving assembly awarding the hard work our students have put into their course work. We ... Read more
23Nov University Talks: Visit from King's College As the final session in our programme of University Visits this term we were lucky enough to have the lovely Rachael from King's College London ... Read more
08Oct EIC Student Council elected for 2017 - 2018 At EIC, students are encouraged to take an active part in the life of the College. Each year a student council is elected with representatives for e... Read more
01Aug China Trip: From Beijing to Shanghai in 30 days First Stop Beijing Departing Heathrow in the early afternoon of July 1st, with parents looking on with glee (or perhaps worrying a little) at the pr... Read more
01Aug Arina from Russia: Preparing for a Career in Finance I originally came to the UK to do the GCSE programme at a school outside of Bristol, and once I had completed that I went to a College in Oxford to ... Read more
11Jun Retaking GCSEs or A-Levels: Guidance for Success As we approach the beginning of the next academic year, Allan Cairns, our Principal, shares his advice on key things to consider for those still deb... Read more
25Nov Prize winning students in the National Cipher Challenge Congratulations to Mohamed, Adil and Tri who with the support of Ms. Harrison, made it to the final stage of the University of Southampton National ... Read more
24Oct UCL Visit to Ealing Independent College Yesterday, Thursday 12 November, Dr Sarah Hutton of UCL visited Ealing Independent College to speak about the Sciences at UCL and what it could offe... Read more
23Oct Medical Science Society: Interesting talk on Alzheimer As part of the College's Biomedical Society Serafina, one of our year 11 students gave an extremely interesting talk on the causes and symptoms ... Read more
08Jun Excellent initiative by Dr Liz Chare gains local attention Dr Liz Chare, Head of Science and newly appointed Vice Principal, has been going the extra mile to support her students, as she is joining them in s... Read more