Today’s report by the Sutton Trust and the Social Mobility Commission rightly raises some fundamental issues about the state of play for equal opportunities in the UK. One might take… Find out more
2018 is shaping up to be an extraordinary year for Latymer Upper School. The pride our school community felt on winning three Tes awards in February has not diminished, but… Find out more
Christ’s Hospital will be offering 85% of its new pupils entering year 7 a fee-assisted boarding place at the school this September. More than 20% of these pupils will be… Find out more
When I was a kid, my experiences of ‘posh’ private schools were largely confined to getting beaten at rugby by them and youthful interest in black and white St Trinian’s… 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
Last week in the Times former Education Secretary Michael Gove suggested that not only should the charitable status of independent schools be ended but also that that VAT should be… Find out more
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
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
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
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
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