Inquiry Learning isn’t a ‘bolt on’
6 June 2019
At a time when exams are already underway (for IB Diploma students) or looming for others, it’s a good time to think about how, exactly, do we prepare students for… Find out more
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The Future of Partnership
13 August 2018
There is concern among school leaders that politicians are so taken up with Brexit that education is being neglected. I am not sure this is the case. While Cabinet Ministers… Find out more
Which are amongst the most powerfully transformative experiences for young people at school?
12 April 2016
As a physicist you might expect me to say the study of maths, science, technology and engineering. These, of course, open all sorts of doors as do other subjects studied… Find out more
A teaching tip for Tristram Hunt and all politicians
9 December 2014
I think I’m quite unusual in believing that most politicians go into politics to do something worthwhile for the people they represent and not for selfish reasons. Yes, as in… Find out more
Relais de La Mémoire: memory builds the future
17 November 2014
Over a decade ago, Dame Allan’s took our first steps towards membership of a group of European Schools which had united to form the Relais de la Mémoire, the youth… Find out more
Elitist Britain – cause for celebration?
9 September 2014
In late August the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission published Elitist Britain, which reported on the dramatic over-representation in the top echelons of public life of those educated at… Find out more
A hybrid education: The best of both worlds
5 February 2014
As employment becomes an ever greater priority we need to ask: “What will best equip our pupils to enter the labour market? It strikes me that schools are faced with… Find out more
Desert Island Discs
17 July 2013
As a lover of Classical music, and Head of Latymer Upper, I was somewhat perturbed to read in The Telegraph recently that “Hugh Grant’s alma mater becomes school of rock”…. Find out more
“They were all doing it, he just did it better”
30 January 2013
A few months ago an entry in this blog began with the words “well it looks like the French were right; Lance Armstrong is a cheat”. Even if the publication… Find out more
“cui bono?” – links between independent schools and the community
21 January 2013
In his speech defending Roscius against a charge of parricide, the Roman lawyer Cicero suggests to the jury that, in order to determine criminal responsibility, one needs to pose the… Find out more
The clue is in the title: it’s Partnership, stupid!
22 November 2012
I’m Head of Bootham School, a medium-sized Quaker day and boarding school: and I have no spare capacity to think about sponsoring an Academy. But I’ve worked with brilliant teachers… Find out more
Working in partnership to widen opportunities for young people
11 October 2012
Ever since he became Leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron has faced vocal criticism that his public school education renders him distant from ordinary people, a world apart from… Find out more
