Al McConville, Deputy Head Academic, argues that to really expand their minds, children should be encouraged to learn, literally outside, the confines of a narrowly-defined curriculum…
When Hill House School Head of Politics, Peter Shipston, made a tentative enquiry to the BBC about hosting Radio 4’s Any Questions, little did he know that Special Branch officers would invade the school.
Independent schools are absolutely part of the community, says one leading Headmaster. Philip Britton, Head of Bolton School, Boys’ Division, says there is no divide in the North…
Old Blue Jon McLeod explains why he is happy to pay his children’s full school fees when so many others at Christ’s Hospital are receiving financial support…
To mark International Women’s Day, the second annual Girls’ Day School Trust Creative Writing Prize has ‘role models’ as its theme. Helen Fraser, chief executive of GDST, reflects on why they are so important…
Bedales prides itself on an innovative approach to boarding, encouraging older pupils to take care of younger pupils. Here, Jenni Brittain, Housemistress, explains why it works.
One of the first schools in Britain to teach Mandarin, Oundle School is one of just 37 schools to be appointed a ‘Confucius Classroom’.
Sue Freestone, principal of King’s Ely, Cambridgeshire, reflects on the importance of voting in this country, when many others across the world do not have the chance to do so…
