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HEADMASTER’S BLOG – STARS OF SOCHI

I love the Winter Olympics. The speed of the downhill, the endurance of the cross country racers and the sheer drama of the slope-style competitions completely eclipse anything the summer...
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SUE WALLACE-WOODROFFE – GIRLS STANDING OUT

NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF FULFILLING QUOTAS In July 2013 there were only 19 female elected presidents and prime ministers in power around the globe. In the business world, women...
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HEADMASTER’S BLOG – VOTE WINNING CERTS

‘Longer school days, shorter holidays and 45-hour weeks could be the perfect manifesto to win the Tories the next election' (Independent, 30.1.14) Former policy advisor Paul Kirby proposes an extreme...
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HEADMASTER’S BLOG – A HYBRID EDUCATION

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...
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HEADMASTER’S BLOG – THERE’S NOTHING FAKE ABOUT MOCKS

Year 11 start mock exams in a week’s time. In late February it’s the turn of the Lower and Upper Sixth. We devote a lot of time to preparation, sitting,...
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HEADMASTER’S BLOG – AN A* FOR TATTLE

Good for the Tatler. The original gossip magazine has found new voice as an educational authority. According to its latest educational edition, state schools are in fashion because they teach...
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HEADMASTER’S BLOG – DID WE GO RUNNING?

Lunchtime in School House on the first day back at School. “Are we going running today, Sir?” Much discussion about the rain-lashed windows ensues amongst the Year 11 I am...
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HEADMASTER’S BLOG – THE RONSEAL TEST IS WHAT MATTERS

Perhaps the only thing that was surprising about Saturday’s news headlines of Lord Ashdown’s report that “Voters’ Trust in Society is Collapsing” (Times, 3.1.14), is that it made headlines. However,...