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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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![and someáfactsáabout MFL at Bolton School Census time û a Bolton School perspective Each year late Spring sees the publication of a variety of census data: not least the […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/logo-115x112.png "ISC census time")
ISC census time
Posted on June 13, 2015 | No Commentsand someáfactsáabout MFL at Bolton School Census time û a Bolton School perspective Each year late Spring sees the publication of a variety of census data: not least the […] -
![This blog is a transcript of an assembly given in March 2015 by the Deputy Headmaster Earlier this year two young Frenchmen executed twelve of their fellow countrymen because […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/untitled-115x115.png "Fundamental British Values")
Fundamental British Values
Posted on May 19, 2015 | No CommentsThis blog is a transcript of an assembly given in March 2015 by the Deputy Headmaster Earlier this year two young Frenchmen executed twelve of their fellow countrymen because […] -
![So just what are schools for and who should be in them? In the first part of this speculation about future paradigm shifts in education (which I believe will […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/janus-115x115.jpg "Part 2 – Who and what are schools for?")
Part 2 – Who and what are schools for?
Posted on October 28, 2014 | No CommentsSo just what are schools for and who should be in them? In the first part of this speculation about future paradigm shifts in education (which I believe will […] -
New Year û Looking forward, looking back
Posted on September 6, 2014 | No CommentsSeptember, much more than January, is the time for New Year resolutions in schools. It is also a time when Janus stands and looks forward into the future and back […] -
![ôWe did everything adults would do. What went wrong?ö ?áWilliam Golding,áLord of the Flies á This week, from my desk, IÆve been enjoying small snapshots of school activity from the […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/smicons-115x115.jpg "Schools and Social Media")
Schools and Social Media
Posted on July 22, 2014 | No CommentsôWe did everything adults would do. What went wrong?ö ?áWilliam Golding,áLord of the Flies á This week, from my desk, IÆve been enjoying small snapshots of school activity from the […] -
![Last week was the final of our school Young Musician final. áSixteen boys played, representing excellence in each category from both junior and senior sections. In the senior section the […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/100-Years-of-flags-at-Bolton-School-033a-115x115.jpg "Excellence AND Participation")
Excellence AND Participation
Posted on March 15, 2014 | No CommentsLast week was the final of our school Young Musician final. áSixteen boys played, representing excellence in each category from both junior and senior sections. In the senior section the […] -
![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")
Developing eloquence
Posted on October 28, 2013 | 1 CommentThink 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 […] -
![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")
The proper place for e-learning
Posted on September 15, 2013 | No CommentsThis 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 […] -
![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?")
Teaching original thinking?
Posted on May 30, 2013 | 1 CommentCreativity 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 […] -
![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")
Courage and Conviction
Posted on April 12, 2013 | No Commentsà 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 […] -
![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?")
Independent of what?
Posted on February 2, 2013 | No CommentsIn 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 […] -
![This weekábegan with a Bang! On Sunday evening, we marked the end of Half Term (and celebrated Bonfire Night early) with our annual GirlsÆ Division ParentsÆ Association Firework display. […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/poppy-and-memorial-115x112.jpg "Reflections on the Past")
Reflections on the Past
Posted on November 11, 2012 | 1 CommentThis weekábegan with a Bang! On Sunday evening, we marked the end of Half Term (and celebrated Bonfire Night early) with our annual GirlsÆ Division ParentsÆ Association Firework display. […] -
![The last week before half term has been hectic but enjoyable. On Monday, the Careers Department held a very successful Creative Industries Day, during which interested girls from Years 10 […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/KKP-5-100507concert-for-blog1-115x115.jpg "Enterprise and Creativity")
Enterprise and Creativity
Posted on November 11, 2012 | No CommentsThe last week before half term has been hectic but enjoyable. On Monday, the Careers Department held a very successful Creative Industries Day, during which interested girls from Years 10 […] -
![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")
Developing the Hinterland
Posted on November 4, 2012 | No CommentsDeveloping 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 […] -
![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")
e-schools
Posted on September 29, 2012 | No CommentsThe 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 […] -
![Thursday evening witnessed a delightfuláevent in the life of Bolton School Girls’ Division. It was the occasion of our annual Presentation Evening. On this night in September, we celebrate the […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/SF-Presentation-Evening-GD-2012-004_smallest-115x107.jpg "Presentation Evening")
Presentation Evening
Posted on September 17, 2012 | No CommentsThursday evening witnessed a delightfuláevent in the life of Bolton School Girls’ Division. It was the occasion of our annual Presentation Evening. On this night in September, we celebrate the […] -
![á With exams over, we decided it would be a good idea to give our Year 10s an experience of life in the Sixth Form. We know that they will […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/present-medal-115x115.jpg "Commando Joe, Lord Sugar and the Girls of Year Ten!")
Commando Joe, Lord Sugar and the Girls of Year Ten!
Posted on July 8, 2012 | No Commentsá With exams over, we decided it would be a good idea to give our Year 10s an experience of life in the Sixth Form. We know that they will […] -
Flags, Football and the Flame!
Posted on June 1, 2012 | 4 CommentsáIn the Boltonian of 1911, theámagazine ofáthe localáBoys’áGrammar School, áit is recorded that Mr Tillotson donated a flagpole from which was flown a áflagáto celebrate the baronetcy conferred on William […] -
![This week we are launching the new Bolton School blogging site. Various teachers, girls and boys have been blogging for a little while but we have now reached a critical […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/BSBuildings001-115x115.gif "The first Heads’ Blog")
The first Heads’ Blog
Posted on May 16, 2012 | 1 CommentThis week we are launching the new Bolton School blogging site. Various teachers, girls and boys have been blogging for a little while but we have now reached a critical […] -
Girls’ Division MFL
Posted on April 2, 2012 | No Comments