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- Affordable and Worth Affording
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- 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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![It is almost certainly the case, following analysis of data released by OFQUAL, the exams regulator, that around 1 in 4 grades awarded in GCSE and A level examinations is […]](https://head.boltonschool.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/kkp-4-000229-1-115x115.jpg "Make Exam Results Clearer")
Make Exam Results Clearer
Posted on March 13, 2019 | No CommentsIt is almost certainly the case, following analysis of data released by OFQUAL, the exams regulator, that around 1 in 4 grades awarded in GCSE and A level examinations is […] -
![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")
School’s National Recognition is Good for the Town
Posted on February 15, 2019 | No CommentsEarlier 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 […] -
![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")
Seeking Better Role Models for Young People
Posted on December 19, 2018 | No CommentsMuch 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 […] -
![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?")
Money to help a child find their passion?
Posted on November 8, 2018 | No CommentsIn 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 […] -
![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")
The Arts and Creativity Have Never Been So Important
Posted on October 17, 2018 | No CommentsThis 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 […] -
![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")
The ‘Problem’ With Boys
Posted on September 26, 2018 | No CommentsAt 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 […] -
![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")
Let’s Celebrate All Exam Success
Posted on September 5, 2018 | No CommentsSummer 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 […] -
![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")
Promoting Modern Foreign Languages
Posted on August 8, 2018 | No CommentsGovernment 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 […] -
![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")
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 […] -
![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")
Recruiting, Retaining and Celebrating Teachers
Posted on July 11, 2018 | No CommentsAs 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 […] -
![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?")
What is it to be a Good Man?
Posted on June 20, 2018 | No CommentsWhat 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 […] -
![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?")
Is the Curriculum too Narrow?
Posted on May 30, 2018 | No CommentsIs 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 […] -
![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")
The Virtuous Circle of Lower School Fees
Posted on April 19, 2018 | No CommentsIndependent 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 […] -
![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")
Unconditional Offers
Posted on April 6, 2018 | No CommentsOnce 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 […] -
![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")
Research in Education
Posted on April 2, 2018 | No CommentsAt 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 […] -
![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 ..")
First, just read this ..
Posted on March 20, 2018 | No CommentsThis 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. […] -
![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")
The Importance of Reading
Posted on February 28, 2018 | No CommentsThis 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. […] -
![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")
language please
Posted on February 15, 2018 | No CommentsOne 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 […] -
![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")
Some stability please
Posted on January 5, 2018 | No CommentsAnother 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 […] -
![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")
The Health of our Children
Posted on December 18, 2017 | No CommentsA 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 […]