Head of Foundation's Blog

There is as sharp a focus on the landscape of education as there has ever been. The structural systems in which our children are educated for life are under immense […]

It could so easily be a joke that in just over three decades in school I have served with 19 Secretaries of State for Education. It probably is a joke, […]

One of the many thought provoking outcomes of the lockdown has been the focus on what schools are for – revealing some obvious yet uncomfortable truths as well as some […]

The ‘I’ newspaper this week reported my views that more boys should look at careers in nursing, adult social care and primary school teaching. Let me explain a little more why I feel this is an important direction for schools over the next decade.

The capacity of mental health service for young people (CAHMS) has been much in the news again – waiting times are too long, serious problems are being left too long and permanent damage is being done to some young lives including, in the most tragic cases, the premature end of those lives.

Last term I spoke, alongside the Headmistress of the Girls’ Division, at a meeting arranged by Labour Against Private Schools and the Private School Policy Review. They were leading up […]