Talking heads: How has your school adapted its facilities to manage social distancing?
Cheadle Hulme School becomes teacher training hub for modern languages
‘Just possibly, it was going to be the saviour of the school’
Silverhill School announces permanent closure amid ‘worsening’ economic climate
Hertfordshire school holds first virtual conference on diversity and race
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International
‘Just possibly, it was going to be the saviour of the school’
How will Covid-19 impact the number of international students coming to UK independent schools?
Sixth former supports global search for coronavirus cure
White paper explores resilience of international schools in crises
Effective safeguarding in international schools
‘We will emerge stronger and more united’, says Hong Kong school head
Teaching
Cheadle Hulme School becomes teacher training hub for modern languages
Nine in 10 teachers think ‘word gap’ has widened in lockdown, survey suggests
Education sector facing teacher recruitment crisis, suggests report
Teachers not getting enough support with professional development, argues new report
Winston’s Wish offers free bereavement training and policy template for schools
Courage in the classroom
Catering & hospitality
If someone had said to me this time last year that for a significant chunk…
Facilities & buildings
We have used some of our larger rooms and halls to accommodate our distanced ‘bubbles’,…
Sustainability
St Mary’s School in Essex has stressed the importance of ocean conservation action amid the…
Health & well-being
Schools introduced ‘enhanced measures’ to support mental health during lockdown, says HMC
Alternative investments are the key to our future – are you in?
Covid-19: an opportunity to develop character?
British Psychological Society releases resilience framework for vulnerable children
‘It is the pastoral care that really matters’
Teaching emotional health in school during the pandemic
School uniform
The government has said pupils should wear school uniforms during the pandemic as they pose…
School life
Barnaby Lenon, chair of the Independent Schools Council (ISC), has urged schools, universities, pupils and…
Sports & leisure
International rugby star inspires Barnard Castle pupils
King Edward’s School to host two sports in IBSA World Games
Hampshire school makes Olympic effort to keep pupils active at home
Charity unites young people through National School Sport Week at Home
Papplewick boys ‘race around the world’ in fitness challenge
Key workers’ children make most of new all-weather pitch
People, policy, politics
David Preston, headteacher, Arnold Lodge School Joanna Wright, head, King Edward’s Witley Chris Wheeler, principal,…
Law, finance, HR
Applications are now open for the Orwell Award 2021 at Eton College, a fully funded…
Business
An independent school in Bristol is closing after 73 years, citing the worsening economic outlook…
Why is marketing so important to independent schools? As Alison Taylor, managing director of Conscious…
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I love Hong Kong. China, not so much, even after a couple of splendid trips…
Forty-ish and sent to my room! Never thought I would see that day. What about…
