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- Affordable and Worth Affording
- Building Partnerships in Your Local Community
- The Great Reset
- Confidence in the Future of Independent Education
- What Exactly is a Bursary? Can it Help You Find the Right School for Your Child?
- School Fundraising is About Moral Purpose, Not Gold Bathroom Fittings
- My 19th Secretary of State and Why That Matters
- Bursaries: ‘If your adverts don’t reach the right people, they are to no avail’
- Bursaries are not about virtue signalling or the passing on of privilege
- 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?
- The Virtuous Circle of Lower School Fees
- Unconditional Offers
- Research in Education
- First, just read this ..
- The Importance of Reading
- language please
- Some stability please
- The Health of our Children
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![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")
Affordable and Worth Affording
Posted on August 30, 2024 | No CommentsMaking 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 […] -
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Building Partnerships in Your Local Community
Posted on March 5, 2024 | No CommentsFor 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 […] -
School Fundraising is About Moral Purpose, Not Gold Bathroom Fittings
Posted on September 26, 2022 | No CommentsFundraising for bursaries ensures a school can be true to its core mission and create a truly diverse student body, writes Philip Britton -
Bursaries: ‘If your adverts don’t reach the right people, they are to no avail’
Posted on October 18, 2021 | No CommentsSchools must ensure they are reaching the right people and operating a fair selection process when it comes to bursaries, writes Philip Britton. -
The Future for Independent Schools
Posted on January 9, 2020 | No CommentsLast 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 […] -
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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 […] -
![An article in The Bolton News: A HEADTEACHER of one of the country’s leading schools has dismissed claims that independent schools are just for the privileged in society. Philip Britton, […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Independent Schools ‘Not Just for the Rich and Privileged’ says Head")
Independent Schools ‘Not Just for the Rich and Privileged’ says Head
Posted on June 15, 2016 | No CommentsAn article in The Bolton News: A HEADTEACHER of one of the country’s leading schools has dismissed claims that independent schools are just for the privileged in society. Philip Britton, […]