Amid these necessarily “anti-social” times, we have undergone a brutal social awakening. The shocking deaths of two unconnected people have brought to the surface a torrent of emotion and shone… Find out more
Among the ‘50 most important documents of civilization’, according to Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan in Treasures of History, is the ‘nondescript notebook’ in which were written, in 1863, the… Find out more
The Exchange: staying in touch with the world of our pupils – blog by Sarah Kerr-Dineen, Head at Oundle School We will all have picked up along the way ideas… Find out more
Part of being a teenager is to seek privacy from the eagle adult eye and for them to be able to ‘live their own lives’. We’ve all done it and… Find out more
Nothing any commentator can write about the death of a talented young person – in this case one of a terrible series of student suicides, most recently at the University… Find out more
That there is, at the very least, something approaching a crisis in children’s mental health has become something of a truism in recent years. Indeed, the Prime Minister herself has… Find out more
It is half past four on the first Thursday of a new term. I’ve just finished my daily stint on the front door to see our pupils off home at… Find out more
Every parent dreads discovering that their child has been exposed, in any way, to a paedophile. When it is suspected that this has happened at school, it feels like an unforgivable… Find out more
In a blog 10.04.16, HMC member Kevin Fear, headmaster of leading independent Nottingham High School writes about how parents can support pupils to cope with exam pressure. As we move into the… Find out more
For over a year now I have been the Chair of a working party set up by HMC (the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference, the representative body for the country’s top… Find out more
So said Professor Tanya Byron, consultant clinical psychologist, as she gave an interactive presentation to the teaching and support staff at St Peter’s School, the week before the pupils returned… Find out more
There is no doubt that the importance of good mental health in young people and the growing requirement of schools to provide support where the overstretched CAMHS services no longer… Find out more
I am greatly encouraged that Mrs Nicky Morgan, the new kid on the Education block, has conceded that education is about far more than merely the acquisition of qualifications. Indeed,… Find out more
We all know that our work is not just about preparing our young people for exams. Our schools have a range of pastoral provision, extra-curricular activities and links with employers… Find out more
As the first lay Head Master of a Benedictine School that is over 400 years old but is now celebrating its bicentenary in its current location, you can’t help but… Find out more
One of the two purposes of all schools is to develop the character of its pupils (I’ll leave you to guess what the other one is). Character has a bit… Find out more
One in ten children will suffer from a mental health disorder at some stage of their school career. That’s two or three in every class a teacher encounters. We can’t… Find out more
As the Chair of the HMC Sub-Committee for Communications I have been asked to contribute a blog post to the new HMC website. In many senses this is a daunting… Find out more
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