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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
![Earlier this month Bolton School was named TES Independent School of the Year. The TES is the leading newspaper for education and this is the top award at the top […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/TES-Independent-School-of-the-Year-115x115.jpg "School’s National Recognition is Good for the Town")
![Much has been made in the national press this week about role models for young people, with the Headmistress of the GirlsÆ Division here at Bolton School leading the national […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/role-models-115x115.jpg "Seeking Better Role Models for Young People")
![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?")
![This term we are celebrating the award of Platinum Arts Mark for our work promoting the arts and engaging boys in art, music, drama and creativity more generally. In Bolton […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/kkp-163038-115x115.jpg "The Arts and Creativity Have Never Been So Important")
![At three different meetings I have attended in the last month the ‘problem’ of boys in education has been discussed. As you might imagine, running a Boys’ school as I […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Greek-philosophers-115x115.jpg "The ‘Problem’ With Boys")
![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")
![Government announced this week the creation of a national centre for Modern Foreign Languages, providing a catalyst and engine room for 9 regional hub schools. The nearest to Bolton is […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MFL-115x115.jpg "Promoting Modern Foreign Languages")
![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")
![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")
![What is it to be a good man? Leading a boy’s school has its challenges in the modern age. 150 years ago it would have been an almost obvious truism […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/KKP-014026-115x115.jpg "What is it to be a Good Man?")
![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?")
![Independent school fees are surely just a matter of business, aren’t they? The schools sell a product. If they charge too much, less people will buy and they will go […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/KKP-149071-115x115.jpg "The Virtuous Circle of Lower School Fees")
![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"){kind=small}
![At the time of the recent BETT (Educational Technology) show it was said by one speaker that too much of educational research was the latest æsnake oilÆ. This relatively obscure […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/snake-115x115.jpg "Research in Education")
![This week it is World Book Day and schools across Bolton will be engaged in activities aimed at raising awareness about books and the importance of reading for young people. […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/read-115x115.png "First, just read this ..")
![This week it is World Book Day and schools across Bolton will be engaged in activities aimed at raising awareness about books and the importance of reading for young people. […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/KKP-134998-C_sm-115x115.jpg "The Importance of Reading")
![One of the things that a good school focuses on is allowing pupils to understand the importance of language. Obviously, at a basic level, that means using language that is […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/eliza-115x115.jpg "language please")
![Another year and another Secretary of State for Education emerges from the reshuffle. When schools do not thrive often the high turnover of staff is blamed. But what about high […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/DfE-115x115.png "Some stability please")
![A recent change in nursing colleagues at Bolton has provoked useful thinking on what the purpose of a school nursing service is and how, like so many things, in essence […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/KKP-4-018156-1-115x115.jpg "The Health of our Children")
![Last weekend we celebrated 20 years of fundraising for the bursary campaign at Bolton School, which currently allows 1 in 5 pupils to be educated irrespective of their means. Bolton […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/thank-you-photo-115x115.jpg "Bursaries improve society for all")
