Shaun Fenton, HMC Chair Elect and Headmaster of Reigate Grammar School said: “GCSE students waiting for their results are bound to concerned about grades. However, it’s important that too much… Find out more
Listen hard and you can hear the national sigh of relief. Finally, GCSE exams have finished and pupils and parents alike can congratulate themselves for getting through a particularly difficult… Find out more
HMC Chair Chris King is delighted to announce that Mike Buchanan, Head of Ashford School and Chair of HMC 2016-17, will be the association’s new Executive Director. Chris King, who… Find out more
“Give me a human any time” Poll of sixth formers finds students fear being taught by Artificial Intelligence (AI) More than 80% of sixth-formers in a survey released today (1… Find out more
Chris King, Chair of HMC and Head of Leicester Grammar School, said: “It is right to look for ways to ensure students from all backgrounds can reach their potential. That’s… Find out more
In the Technology issue of Independent Education Today, released in April 2018, a preview of the HMC Spring Conference, entitled ‘Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality in Education’ has been featured…. Find out more
Tuesday 1st May 2018 Keep robots out of our classrooms, say pupils, (HMC) 01.05.18 TES, Human will always be better teachers than robots, say most sixth-formers, (Chris King; Leicester Grammar… Find out more
Responding to the announcement by Ofqual of its consultation into Teacher involvement in developing exam papers and other confidential assessments, Dr William Richardson, General Secretary of HMC, said: “In common… Find out more
Shaun Fenton, Headmaster of Reigate Grammar School in Surrey, and HMC Chair-elect, has today told parents that he believes “there are too few snow days for our children where they… Find out more
Two HMC schools have announced plans to open campuses in China to exploit the growing appetite for British education in Asia. Reigate Grammar School and Wycombe Abbey school, as well… Find out more
Bursaries are a driver for societal change – this was the key message at this year’s HMC and IDPE 2018 School Bursaries Conference on Monday 22 January 2018. Nearly 200… Find out more
Chris Jeffery from Bootham School in York has explained that in order for teachers to be fully effective in promoting the wellbeing of their students, they need to prioritise their… Find out more
Politicians have long promoted social mobility initiatives; however it is rarely that simple, with neither the grammar, secondary modern or comprehensive school proving to be the divine solution. The independent… Find out more
Exam regulator Ofqual today (Dec 14) released its end-of-year data on GCSE and A Level exam result enquiries: Reviews of marking and moderation for GCSE, AS and A Level: summer… Find out more
The exam regulator Ofqual today (December 14) published its initial response to the question of further safeguards relating to teacher involvement in exam question setting. Click here to view the… Find out more
HMC school Heads take action every day to help less well-off pupils. Lord Adonis’s proposal for a huge tax on independent school parents would cause them harm. Lord Adonis has… Find out more
General Secretary of HMC, William Richardson has responded to John Dunford’s opinion piece for Tes, ‘Independent schools are shamelessly playing the system when it comes to exam grades’, exclaiming that… Find out more
Chris King, Chair of the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference, said: “Transparency is crucial and HMC welcomes today’s select committee hearing on the security of exam questions. “It is important that teachers… Find out more
With the UK embracing the social media age more so than our European neighbours, schools and educators are at the frontline of this battle, with parents increasingly looking towards teachers… Find out more
Concern surrounding the reformed English GCSE has only intensified since exams were sat in the summer students received their grades. TES highlighted this week that the number of schools that… Find out more
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