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True Grit – Blithe Spirit

By the time you read this, you will know which film got the Oscar for Best Film this year.  I write, thinking, ‘How could it not be ‘The King’s Speech’ – how could it not?!’  But I am aware that stranger things have happened, and there is no doubt it is a very British film,… Read More »

If the headship cap fits… to lead is to learn how

Hilary Moriarty reports from the Boarding Schools’ Association’s deputy heads conference When the National College’s chief executive Steve Munby addressed deputies at the Boarding Schools’ Association’s annual deputy heads conference recently, he referred to people “assuming the mantle of leadership”, a garment which, he asserted, fitted some people very well from the off. Other people… Read More »

Changing Landscape

Hilary Moriarty reports from the State Boarding Schools conference, where speakers included Professor Sir Tim Brighouse and Ian Hislop

Pastoral Work: And those who practise it

Nineteen writers with a wealth of varied experience provide invaluable advice on the social and educational context in which we work; pastoral issues and the law; pastoral strategies, teams and tactics; pastoral care of younger children; the essentials of pastoral care in prep schools; the boarding houseparents; running a girls’ house in a coeducational school;… Read More »

Bac to the future

We would all be in favour of raising standards in education. But why does it government seem intent on making it harder to appear to do well?

Election 2010: we’re in bits and pieces

Ask a voter what really matters in this election, and most will say the NHS, some will say the economy. It’s surprising how few appear to say education. Surprising, when you think that we have just as much vested interest in education as we have in health. Lives are dictated and shaped by education. With… Read More »