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- Philip Britton is the Head of Foundation of Bolton School. He was brought up on Tyneside, took a first in physics at Oxford and did teacher training at Cambridge. He worked as physics teacher, Head of Physics and Deputy Head at Leeds Grammar School before moving to Bolton in 2008. In 2010 he was awarded an MBE for services to physics and is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics where he has been much involved in physics education, encouraging teachers to encourage the next generation of physicists. Follow at X: @Philip_Britton | View X/Twitter archive | Listen at: Exploring Bolton School | Social Mobility, Leadership & Future School Thinking | Strategic School Leadership with Philip Britton | Strategic School Leadership with Philip Britton
![Making a choice for your child’s education is one of the big decisions for any parent. For many in the catchment area of Bolton School, the option of looking at […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/BoltonSchool-1c-rectangle-115x115.jpg "Affordable and Worth Affording")
![For most independent schools, working with their local community through partnership activity is integral to their purpose. More often than not, the school is the oldest part of the local […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Blog-photo-partnerships-115x115.jpg "Building Partnerships in Your Local Community")
![As we near the end of term, it is useful to reflect on the success of “The Great Reset” of Autumn 2023. In common with many schools, we have been […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Reset-115x115.jpg "The Great Reset")
![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 […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_7978-115x115.jpg "Confidence in the Future of Independent Education")
![The false dichotomy between fee paying and state schools is a modern and unhelpful divide. For nearly 80 years both have been part of the educational landscape and before that, […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_2366-cr-115x115.jpg "What Exactly is a Bursary? Can it Help You Find the Right School for Your Child?")
![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, […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/House-of-Parliament-115x115.jpg "My 19th Secretary of State and Why That Matters")
![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 […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/KKP-014026-115x115.jpg "What is School For?")
![Another election and another mock election in school. As ever, these make for an excellent opportunity for young people to engage in the political discourse and to involve themselves in […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/westminster-717846_1920-1024x683-115x115.jpg "The Language of Elections")
![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!")
![Several times in recent weeks I have read that independent school partnerships are ‘just about sharing sports facilities’. I think I know what those who say this mean – they […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DJI_0174-sm-115x115.jpg "The Importance of Sharing Sports Facilities")
![A few weeks ago the leader of OFQUAL, whose job it is to maintain exam standards and oversee the exam boards, argued in the press that it was not the […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Exam-shot-115x115.jpg "Do Exams Cause Stress?")
![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")
![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")
