When parents and grandparents think about boarding schools, what images spring to mind? The close-knit community of Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers, the magic of Hogwarts enjoyed by Harry Potter –… 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
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
This week is Children’s Mental Health Week, prompting us all to consider the mental health of our young people. The statistics are challenging. Over and above specifically identified conditions and… 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
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
The era of ‘mother knows best’ is long past; why do we persist with it in education? Good schools must involve children in meaningful ways in all areas of school… Find out more
As an historian and a bit of a student of the First World War one of the things that had really struck me and impressed me about Bootham looking in… Find out more
Olympic fever caught hold of the Headmaster of Rendcomb College, Rob Jones, who reflects on the role that success can play in a child’s education: This summer I have thoroughly… 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
Insightful Last week, HMC (The Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference) ran a ‘Spring Conference’, a one-day focus on Good Mental Health in Schools. There were three key things that made this… Find out more
Where does confidence come from? Dashing adventurer and broadcaster Ben Fogle suggested in the Sunday Times recently that confidence is “not born of wealth and privilege. It is something earned… Find out more
I wonder occasionally what it was like to live in Britain in the 1980s, what with the Troubles in Ireland and the threats of the Irish Republican Army. I know… Find out more
As a physicist you might expect me to say the study of maths, science, technology and engineering. These, of course, open all sorts of doors as do other subjects studied… 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
From the day that Baby Mozart left the maternity ward, parents desperate to do the best for their children have sought every bit of help possible. What is the situation… 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
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