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
My handwriting is notoriously poor. For the last half century, I have blamed my parents’ decision to move home. I was parachuted into a new school where everyone had already… Find out more
The work of HMC schools to support the NHS and their local communities during the COVID-19 pandemic is continuing. This includes examples of HMC schools which have been running, and… Find out more
HMC Member Duncan Byrne (Loughborough Grammar School) shares a blog written for his boys’ school community. It is very easy for fear to become our overriding emotion as we digest… Find out more
The great work of HMC schools since the COVID-19 outbreak is continuing with many examples of schools supporting the NHS and their local communities. These are just a few examples… Find out more
HMC schools have been providing great support to their local communities – and delivering national initiatives – following the COVID-19 outbreak. These are just a few examples of HMC schools… Find out more
In early May, The Huffington Post published an article by Jennifer Tuckett of Central St Martins in which she stressed the importance of an arts education. Creativity and ‘soft’ skills… Find out more
People often remark to me that moving to Dublin from the far north of South Africa must be very strange. Until June last year I was running a school on… Find out more
In a recent article for The Telegraph, Sir Ken Robinson exhorts parents to get their kids outside and playing over the half-term holiday, stressing the great developmental benefits of fresh… Find out more
When I was visiting schools in Manhattan in late October, the teacher showing me round commented on how nervous the children in her school were about the Presidential election campaign…. Find out more