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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
![Think of the impressive people you meet in life û very often they will have a shared characteristic. They have a range of vocabulary with which to express themselves […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/myfair-115x115.jpg "Developing eloquence")
![This September 200 junior school boys at Bolton School and all the teachers throughout junior and senior boys and girls have been issued with iPads. Senior school pupils will start […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/macrumors-ipad5c-115x115.jpg "The proper place for e-learning")
![Creativity in Education ‘To think a thought that no-ones thunk before’ Aside from the scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz clearly needing to pay a little more attention to his […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Teaching original thinking?")
![à that is the independent school DNA. The motto of Bolton School is æMutare Vel Timere SpernoÆ, which means æI spurn to change or to fearÆ. When I first got […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Bolton_School_crest-115x115.jpg "Courage and Conviction")
![In the education world there is much talk of independence. Academies are independent, free schools are independent and of course independent schools, like Bolton School, are independent as well. A […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/insnow-115x115.jpg "Independent of what?")
![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")
![Developing our Hinterland and the three sentence challenge are all the talk at school this term à but just what is it all about? Shaping a new generation of Renaissance […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/7.jpg "Developing the Hinterland")
![The day will never come when a computer replaces a teacher, but inventive use of technology can certainly add new dimensions to all aspects of our life at school. Recently […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bolton-school-wordpress-Copy-115x115.jpg "e-schools")
![The opening night of the Paralympics was a proud moment for Bolton School. Old Boy Sir Ian McKellan appeared in the entertainment and Old Boy Sir Philip Craven, Chair of […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Sir-P.jpg "Paralympic Pride")
![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?")
![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")
![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.")
