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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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![The social media has been likened to the new Wild West û where anything goes, progress is good whatever the consequence, lawlessness is the rule and the biggest and boldest […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/smicons-115x115.jpg "Social Media – how parents can take control")
Social Media – how parents can take control
Posted on April 14, 2017 | 1 CommentThe social media has been likened to the new Wild West û where anything goes, progress is good whatever the consequence, lawlessness is the rule and the biggest and boldest […] -
![In the last few weeks at school we have sent teams to debating competitions, winning through to a regional final so far; had the public speaking competition, where all boys […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/debate-115x115.png "Debating is a key skill for schools")
Debating is a key skill for schools
Posted on February 26, 2017 | No CommentsIn the last few weeks at school we have sent teams to debating competitions, winning through to a regional final so far; had the public speaking competition, where all boys […] -
![A recent study concluded that learning a musical instrument does more to exercise and develop the mind than many of the popular ‘brain gym’ courses on the market. That may […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bassoon-115x115.jpg "Why schools must have music")
Why schools must have music
Posted on January 22, 2017 | No CommentsA recent study concluded that learning a musical instrument does more to exercise and develop the mind than many of the popular ‘brain gym’ courses on the market. That may […] -
![æPractice makes perfectÆ. And that is why most school pupils in year 11 across Bolton will have done mock exams just before Christmas or be preparing for them soon afterwards. […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/L-plates-115x115.png "Mock exams")
Mock exams
Posted on January 2, 2017 | No CommentsæPractice makes perfectÆ. And that is why most school pupils in year 11 across Bolton will have done mock exams just before Christmas or be preparing for them soon afterwards. […] -
![In the final few weeks of November we turn our attention to the final deadlines for University applications in school. It is an important and sometimes emotional time for everyone […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/UCAS-115x115.png "University Entry reform")
University Entry reform
Posted on December 7, 2016 | No CommentsIn the final few weeks of November we turn our attention to the final deadlines for University applications in school. It is an important and sometimes emotional time for everyone […] -
![Overárecent months, IÆve been writing about the ævowelsÆ of education: aspiration, e-learning and eloquence, I (getting along with yourself), outdoor learning and U (getting along with others). So,áI is for […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/images3VDMA7RN-115x115.jpg "I is for knowing yourself")
I is for knowing yourself
Posted on November 5, 2016 | No CommentsOverárecent months, IÆve been writing about the ævowelsÆ of education: aspiration, e-learning and eloquence, I (getting along with yourself), outdoor learning and U (getting along with others). So,áI is for […] -
![Term started at Bolton School last month with the new Year 12 heading off to our Lake District Outdoor Centre at Patterdale. They competed in teams to complete an ambitious […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/patterdale-115x115.png "Outdoor Learning")
Outdoor Learning
Posted on October 15, 2016 | No CommentsTerm started at Bolton School last month with the new Year 12 heading off to our Lake District Outdoor Centre at Patterdale. They competed in teams to complete an ambitious […] -
![The start of Autumn Term, far more than the start of the year, marks a time for new beginnings for school pupils. There is a new year, a new stage […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/New-year-115x115.jpg "Start of Term Resolutions")
Start of Term Resolutions
Posted on September 5, 2016 | No CommentsThe start of Autumn Term, far more than the start of the year, marks a time for new beginnings for school pupils. There is a new year, a new stage […] -
![In March 2015 we planted 81 Tower of London poppies in the HeadmastersÆ garden at Bolton School, recognising the sacrifice of the 81 Old Boys who fell […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/poppies-115x115.jpg "The Great War: the continuing remembrance")
The Great War: the continuing remembrance
Posted on August 4, 2016 | No CommentsIn March 2015 we planted 81 Tower of London poppies in the HeadmastersÆ garden at Bolton School, recognising the sacrifice of the 81 Old Boys who fell […] -
![I have just spent the first week or so of the summer break accompanying the school camp to Saundersfoot in South Wales. The school has been camping there […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/saunders-115x115.jpg "Education beyond the school walls")
Education beyond the school walls
Posted on July 24, 2016 | No CommentsI have just spent the first week or so of the summer break accompanying the school camp to Saundersfoot in South Wales. The school has been camping there […] -
![Far too many words have been written about the EU referendum and I would not add to them without good cause. My justification is to explore what exactly schools can […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/brexit-115x115.png "Politics and schools")
Politics and schools
Posted on June 24, 2016 | No CommentsFar too many words have been written about the EU referendum and I would not add to them without good cause. My justification is to explore what exactly schools can […] -
![So much has been written and said this week about school testing. True û people donÆt grow by measuring them. True û if you do measure them and they fall […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/testing-115x115.png "Testing, testing")
Testing, testing
Posted on May 26, 2016 | No CommentsSo much has been written and said this week about school testing. True û people donÆt grow by measuring them. True û if you do measure them and they fall […] -
![Bolton School, and so education in Bolton, is 500 years old this year. That is a remarkable fact, thinking of how Bolton would have been in Tudor times, when Henry […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/henry-115x115.png "500 years – has the point of education changed?")
500 years – has the point of education changed?
Posted on April 30, 2016 | No CommentsBolton School, and so education in Bolton, is 500 years old this year. That is a remarkable fact, thinking of how Bolton would have been in Tudor times, when Henry […] -
![“We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganised.ö Might this quote be from a hard pressed […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/academy-115x115.png "The Education Landscape")
The Education Landscape
Posted on March 28, 2016 | No Comments“We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganised.ö Might this quote be from a hard pressed […] -
![Imagine you had newly arrived from a neighbouring planet, trying to guess out how things worked here on earth. You watch the newsà.and you would see a male world. Men, […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/lost-boys-115x115.png "The Lost Boys")
The Lost Boys
Posted on February 21, 2016 | No CommentsImagine you had newly arrived from a neighbouring planet, trying to guess out how things worked here on earth. You watch the newsà.and you would see a male world. Men, […] -
E is for e-learning
Posted on January 20, 2016 | No Commentsand eloquence. Over the next few months, IÆll be writing about the ævowelsÆ of education: aspiration, e-learning and eloquence, I (getting along with yourself), outdoor learning and U (getting along […] -
![A blog on the Sunday TimesÆ website by Bolton SchooláBoysÆ Division Headmaster Philip Brittonáhas urged schools to move beyond the Prevent strategy, which is part of the governmentÆs wider counter-terrorism […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/untitled-115x115.png "Beyond Prevent")
Beyond Prevent
Posted on December 12, 2015 | No CommentsA blog on the Sunday TimesÆ website by Bolton SchooláBoysÆ Division Headmaster Philip Brittonáhas urged schools to move beyond the Prevent strategy, which is part of the governmentÆs wider counter-terrorism […] -
![Never has there been such a sense of a moment of opportunity for teaching – and yet it is still so possible that, for all the usual reasons, the teaching […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/CoT-115x115.png "College of Teachers")
College of Teachers
Posted on October 20, 2015 | No CommentsNever has there been such a sense of a moment of opportunity for teaching – and yet it is still so possible that, for all the usual reasons, the teaching […] -
![Easter 2011. Thirty year 10 boys and girls, from half a dozen local secondary schools, go on a three day residential to Oxford. Today, alongside celebrating the success of Bolton […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ogden-115x112.png "Results Day û celebrating success for everyone")
Results Day û celebrating success for everyone
Posted on September 16, 2015 | No CommentsEaster 2011. Thirty year 10 boys and girls, from half a dozen local secondary schools, go on a three day residential to Oxford. Today, alongside celebrating the success of Bolton […] -
A is for Aspiration
Posted on July 22, 2015 | No CommentsOver the next few months, IÆll be writing about the ævowelsÆ of education: aspiration, e-learning and eloquence, I (getting along with yourself), outdoor learning and U (getting along with others). […]