Recently, Glenalmond College was lucky enough to welcome visiting lecturer Dr Clare Jackson, Director of Studies in History at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and expert in Stuart History. Dr Jackson gave… 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
8 out of 10 school-leavers in the UK “lack essential business skills”, according to the CIMA. This conclusion is concerning if the UK is to prosper in a post-Brexit open… Find out more
From time to time the “bleeding obvious” hits you in the eye as it did for me yesterday when I attended the Y7 presentation on the music instrumental scheme that… Find out more
The sun is out; buds are opening and a customary crop of spring articles on exam preparation sprout in time for the Easter holidays: Top Tips for Revision season; Easter… 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
On Friday 31 October, the Sutton Trust published its report What Makes Great Teaching, authored by Professor Rob Coe and colleagues at Durham University. Drawing on over 200 pieces of… 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
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
The young human brain is a limber and wonderful thing, adept at flipping from one task to another: thank goodness this is the case, I ponder, as our GCSE students… 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