Where do the weeks go? In a blur in January with the two conferences and – for me – a trip to see a school in Belgium also. But a good couple of weeks for press coverage – wonderful to get a ‘side-swipe’ in an article in the Arts pages of The Times, reflecting that… Read More: Nearly half term »
Well, not quite over. We still have in prospect the Heads’ Conference in Bristol in May – and in fact Wednesday this week sees three of us, including Chairman Richard Harman, spending a day in Bristol to ‘test-run’ possible menus for the Conference. February fare would normally be wintry and filling; sample menus for this… Read More: Post conference re-entry to the world »
Monday to visit a member school – great weather, ridiculous in January. Lovely boarding with a really warm and welcoming feel, and great lunch. Good to see boarding in good heart. Tuesday to a meeting with MOSA – Medical Officers in Schools Association – never easy territory for boarding schools, always good to stay in… Read More: Busy week »
If there is one job in the whole world which most of the world would find tedious beyond measure, it is surely proof reading. On the other hand, those who do enjoy the tireless trawling through every word on the page, noting every comma and colon and scrutinising every inverted comma around quotations and titles,… Read More: The proof of the pudding »
So here we are, ‘Merry Christmas, everybody’s having fun.’ And sure as the tannoys start broadcasting an unrelenting diet of ‘Christmassy’ music and the tills start ringing – do they still do that? – for the annual spending splurge of everyone on the planet buying a present for at least half a dozen people, so… Read More: Card tricks »
Hilary Moriarty on Radio 5 Live Breakfast, 30 September 2011 Listen to the interview at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-15126709
The focus on discipline in schools sparked by the summer’s riots has been all-to predictable and no doubt has bumped Troops to Teachers, one of the coalition’s flagship policy ideas, up the agenda again. It’s amazing how often at the Boarding Schools’ Association we receive phone calls from parents close to tears and declaring: “We… Read More: Sec Ed Guest editorial: Right you 'orrible lot »
Hilary Moriarty reports from the Boarding Schools’ Association’s annual conference for headteachers
For the last six weeks, I’ve had a hard working left hand. I am right handed, but with a nod to my Latin A level, I might note that the left hand has become quite dextrous, that it’s even quite sinister how dextrous it has become (ho ho ho). While my right hand has been… Read More: Doing time »
Victoria Station has been undergoing a re-fit for – oh, it seems like forever, possibly even longer than I have been habitually walking through it en route to work. My scoot through its thronged halls and teeming platforms has been impeded not just by the scurrying hordes, mostly clad in a working uniform of black… Read More: No time like the present »