Welcome to this special edition which celebrates the winners of the Independent Schools of the Year 2024 awards. More than 200 guests from schools across the country congregated at the Law Society in London for the awards ceremony in October.

In just over seven years, the awards have become firmly established as independent-school education’s leading awards campaign, securing category winners the national and international recognition which goes hand in hand with a surge of admissions enquiries.

The focus of the 2024 awards was, as always, demonstrating the benefits of an independent-school education and to showcase the life-affirming, future-enhancing student experience which the young people in our schools receive.