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- The Great Reset
- My 19th Secretary of State and Why That Matters
- What is School For?
- Boys Should Build Careers in Nursing, Adult Social Care and Primary Schools
- A Call to Properly Fund Young People’s Mental Health Service
- The Future for Independent Schools
- The Language of Elections
- Let’s Nationalise the Examination Industry!
- The Importance of Sharing Sports Facilities
- What is the Purpose of Higher Education?
- AI is Already Here!
- Do Exams Cause Stress?
- Fair Access to University
- Make Exam Results Clearer
- School’s National Recognition is Good for the Town
- Seeking Better Role Models for Young People
- Money to help a child find their passion?
- The Arts and Creativity Have Never Been So Important
- The ‘Problem’ With Boys
- Let’s Celebrate All Exam Success
- Promoting Modern Foreign Languages
- Encouraging Social Mobility
- Recruiting, Retaining and Celebrating Teachers
- What is it to be a Good Man?
- Is the Curriculum too Narrow?
- Unconditional Offers
- Research in Education
- First, just read this ..
- The Importance of Reading
- language please
- Some stability please
- The Health of our Children
- Bursaries improve society for all
- Will robots replace teachers?
- Volunteering
- National Success
- Key issues with the new exams
- The importance of learning languages
- The Meritocracy
- Developing identity
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![The last days of October and we finally have our last GCSE result for Summer 2019. Do you remember results day back in August? When the pupils got their exam […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/KKP-021546_sm-115x115.jpg "Let’s Nationalise the Examination Industry!")
Let’s Nationalise the Examination Industry!
Posted on November 6, 2019 | No CommentsThe last days of October and we finally have our last GCSE result for Summer 2019. Do you remember results day back in August? When the pupils got their exam […] -
What is the Purpose of Higher Education?
Posted on July 21, 2019 | No CommentsWhere is learning going? -
![It was suggested to me recently that it was perfectly fair that students from Bolton School should have a harder time (with higher offers) getting into University than less “privileged” […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/university-access-115x115.jpg "Fair Access to University")
Fair Access to University
Posted on April 29, 2019 | No CommentsIt was suggested to me recently that it was perfectly fair that students from Bolton School should have a harder time (with higher offers) getting into University than less “privileged” […] -
![It is almost certainly the case, following analysis of data released by OFQUAL, the exams regulator, that around 1 in 4 grades awarded in GCSE and A level examinations is […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/kkp-4-000229-1-115x115.jpg "Make Exam Results Clearer")
Make Exam Results Clearer
Posted on March 13, 2019 | No CommentsIt is almost certainly the case, following analysis of data released by OFQUAL, the exams regulator, that around 1 in 4 grades awarded in GCSE and A level examinations is […] -
![In his budget speech last week, the Chancellor allocated funding for ‘those little extras’ in school that would make a difference. The sum being spoken of has been interpreted as […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/YMotY-2017-115x115.jpg "Money to help a child find their passion?")
Money to help a child find their passion?
Posted on November 8, 2018 | No CommentsIn his budget speech last week, the Chancellor allocated funding for ‘those little extras’ in school that would make a difference. The sum being spoken of has been interpreted as […] -
![Summer Exam results have brought the usual range of pupils jumping for joy in staged photos for the press. But have we rather lost the art of real celebration and […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/KKP-4-000654-1-115x115.jpg "Let’s Celebrate All Exam Success")
Let’s Celebrate All Exam Success
Posted on September 5, 2018 | No CommentsSummer Exam results have brought the usual range of pupils jumping for joy in staged photos for the press. But have we rather lost the art of real celebration and […] -
![This week the Education Secretary has spoken about social mobility, focusing on some interesting areas which he thinks will make a difference. The first, and most reported, is addressing the […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/stock-photo-39925410-middle-school-115x115.jpg "Encouraging Social Mobility")
Encouraging Social Mobility
Posted on July 25, 2018 | No CommentsThis week the Education Secretary has spoken about social mobility, focusing on some interesting areas which he thinks will make a difference. The first, and most reported, is addressing the […] -
![As we near the end of term there have been the usual events to mark the service of those colleagues moving on from the school at the end of the […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Staff-Netall-GD-Charity-Fundraiser-007-115x115.jpg "Recruiting, Retaining and Celebrating Teachers")
Recruiting, Retaining and Celebrating Teachers
Posted on July 11, 2018 | No CommentsAs we near the end of term there have been the usual events to mark the service of those colleagues moving on from the school at the end of the […] -
![Is the curriculum of our schools too narrow? A great deal has been written about how performance measures such as progress 8 and some other league tables have led to […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DUAdS5tXcAAN4Cm-115x115.jpg "Is the Curriculum too Narrow?")
Is the Curriculum too Narrow?
Posted on May 30, 2018 | No CommentsIs the curriculum of our schools too narrow? A great deal has been written about how performance measures such as progress 8 and some other league tables have led to […] -
![Once again the question of unconditional offers for University places is a public debate. The usual system is to offer a place based on achieving some A level grades. An […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/university.jpg "Unconditional Offers")
Unconditional Offers
Posted on April 6, 2018 | No CommentsOnce again the question of unconditional offers for University places is a public debate. The usual system is to offer a place based on achieving some A level grades. An […] -
![As we move on in the election campaign, a link to my blog published on TES Online earlier this month …. When we hear politicians assert that independent schools are […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/TES.jpg "Reset Politicians Attitudes to Independent Schools")
Reset Politicians Attitudes to Independent Schools
Posted on April 30, 2015 | No CommentsAs we move on in the election campaign, a link to my blog published on TES Online earlier this month …. When we hear politicians assert that independent schools are […] -
![In this third glimpse into the future in education, based on developing the trends of what has happened in the past decades, I look at the impact of technology. Obviously, […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_0382-0-115x110.jpg "Part 3: IT comes of age")
Part 3: IT comes of age
Posted on January 3, 2015 | 1 CommentIn this third glimpse into the future in education, based on developing the trends of what has happened in the past decades, I look at the impact of technology. Obviously, […] -
![The Bolton School SPACE programme is now a term old and it is possible to reflect both on what has happened and the rationale for the programme beginning. First, the […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/shuttle-115x115.jpg "Bolton School in SPACE")
Bolton School in SPACE
Posted on December 30, 2013 | No CommentsThe Bolton School SPACE programme is now a term old and it is possible to reflect both on what has happened and the rationale for the programme beginning. First, the […] -
![There has been a torrent of educational reform in the last few months û from A levels being put up for adoption by the Universities (who appear not to want […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/images-115x115.jpg "No exams at 16")
No exams at 16
Posted on December 12, 2012 | 1 CommentThere has been a torrent of educational reform in the last few months û from A levels being put up for adoption by the Universities (who appear not to want […] -
![I KEEP six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who. The Elephant’s Child by Rudyard […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/100-Years-Flags-002a-115x115.jpg "So just why do we do exams?")
So just why do we do exams?
Posted on July 1, 2012 | No CommentsI KEEP six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who. The Elephant’s Child by Rudyard […] -
![Great schools like Bolton are built on charitable giving. Without doubt the best news this week has been the Government back tracking on the changes for Charitable giving suggested in […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/100-Years-of-flags-at-Bolton-School-033a-115x115.jpg "Charitable Giving")
Charitable Giving
Posted on June 8, 2012 | No CommentsGreat schools like Bolton are built on charitable giving. Without doubt the best news this week has been the Government back tracking on the changes for Charitable giving suggested in […] -
![Selection may not be a magic bullet, but it is certainly a pretty effective weapon in the fight against academic mediocrity and the lack of aspiration that has stalled social […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Danny1-115x115.jpg "If you can select the best athletes, you can select the best academics.")
If you can select the best athletes, you can select the best academics.
Posted on May 25, 2012 | No CommentsSelection may not be a magic bullet, but it is certainly a pretty effective weapon in the fight against academic mediocrity and the lack of aspiration that has stalled social […]