The lighting of fires
A million years ago when I was learning to teach we were set a question: why do we learn what we learn?
Read MoreA million years ago when I was learning to teach we were set a question: why do we learn what we learn?
Read MoreThis week we welcome Bryanston's Edrys Barkham as a guest blogger.
Read MoreIt’s almost the end of term and the time of year when I reflect upon rather a lot of reports. This year I may be writing slightly fewer owing to being called for jury service. I shall be doing all I possibly can and Pete Simpson, Director of Studies, will this time potentially be writing some...
Read MoreAt the start of this new academic year these words of St Catherine of Siena, quoted by the Bishop of London when he married Prince William and Catherine in 2011, seem particularly apt. Like Catherine who is expecting her second child, the new school year is full of excitement and possibility, opport...
Read MoreLiving and working in a boarding school one inevitably slices up time according to terms and holidays.
Read MoreBeing a teacher for nearly 28 years means you think a fair bit about years, terms, months, weeks and lessons and occasionally even remember being on the receiving end of things.
Read MoreOur former Head of Sixth Form explains the importance of the co-curricular Current Affairs Programme.
Read MoreFormer Head Sarah Thomas describes how a boarding school provides both time and place for pupils to develop.
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