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List of Posts
- The Great Reset
- My 19th Secretary of State and Why That Matters
- 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?
- Unconditional Offers
- Research in Education
- First, just read this ..
- The Importance of Reading
- language please
- Some stability please
- The Health of our Children
- Bursaries improve society for all
- Will robots replace teachers?
- Volunteering
- National Success
- Key issues with the new exams
- The importance of learning languages
- The Meritocracy
- Developing identity
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Why Old Boys bring new things to school life
Posted on June 3, 2017 | No CommentsáOne of the most impressive aspects of Bolton School that I found in my time there is the vibrancy and engagement of the Old BoysÆ or alumni network. The sense […] -
Cricket and Character
Posted on May 13, 2017 | No CommentsOne of the most obvious signs of the start of summer term is the disappearance of the football and rugby posts, shorter grass, well mown squares and side screens. The […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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. […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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, […] -
Fiction Awards
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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 […] -
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 […]