It is over 150 years since the Elementary Education Act in 1870 made funding available to Local Authorities to provide education to primary aged children.
“Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words. Be careful of your words, for your words become your actions. Be careful of your actions, for your actions become your habits. Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character. Be careful of your character, for...
School leaders often move from teaching, where they excelled, to leadership. When in this role, one continues to develop leadership skills, through daily experiences and challenges. Although this practical experience is invaluable in moulding a successful leader, it is equally beneficial to step bac...
At a recent whole school assembly, we discussed the importance of manners and how vital these were to not just a boarding school community, but to wider society too. The title for this piece came from prominent United States educationist, Hal Urban, who focussed much of his teaching on the importanc...
While we were all preparing for the end of term, performing nativities and singing carols in our schools; ChatGPT unleashed itself onto the web. The first, but definitely not the last, artificial intelligence chatbot.
“You’re wincing” said my wife. “You’re actually wincing.”
Wincing for me is my way of quietly being appalled. This particular wince was brought on by my better-half telling me a story about how when they were children, and trying to travel as a family of five o...
What is success in our schools and how should we measure it?
The question of how to measure success in life is one typically left to philosophy classes or late nights at the bar. It is a complex issue. But how should schools measure their success? Is it the all important ISI outcomes? Is it data driven, by elements such as Progress in English/Maths Tests from...