Category: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER

A LESSON ON – LESS

“Senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless” – these are not words found in a youngster’s report last term, though many may feel they would be entirely apt! No, these are words recorded

POWER TO THE PUPILS

It is interesting that people say the favourite question in interviews is, “What is your greatest achievement?” More interestingly perhaps, the super-model Elle MacPherson is quoted as saying, “Having children

PARENTING BY DEGREES

Imagine a job for which one needs no qualification, no training, no interview, no employment contract, no experience, no appraisal but, sad to say, no pay! Would you like such

THE EYES HAVE IT

There is a saying, “The Eyes Have It”, which has great truth in it, even if we often neglect to consider it. It is said that the eyes are the

WAKEY WAKEY!

There are not many people who like the sound of the words, “Wakey! Wakey!” In relation to that, someone has written that “There are two kinds of people: morning people

WHO DOES WHAT?

It does not take a medical doctor, a biblical scholar or a soccer manager to tell us that any institution or body must work together if that body is to

PROFESSIONALISE THE PROFESSION

It is interesting that thirty years ago the term ‘amateur’ was seen as a compliment (we play sport because we love it) and the term ‘professional’ was deemed a criticism

PROPHETIONALISM

In many ways, teachers are like prophets: we teach, we point to the way forward, we promote change, we predict what is going to happen in young people’s lives, we

SOW WELL SO THEY GROW WELL

Sir Ken Robinson, the renowned educationalist and inspirational speaker, has long argued that the problem with the educational system is that we follow an ‘industrial’ model (churning out pupils on

THE SILENT ASSASSIN

Some years ago a senior pupil in an ATS school was dared by his friends to do something repulsive, demeaning and humiliating to one of his fellow Sixth Formers in