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Making the grade
In my distant youth, an A grade at A-level was a rare beast, most often seen in maths and science…
9th November 2021
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‘I sometimes think that the grades are the least of what you learn in school’
There’s nothing like a pandemic to give you time to think. Life as we have known it – personally, individually…
26th August 2021
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Revolutionary times
Questions from a civilised audience listening to national experts in their field are seldom a surprise. The speaker is good,…
2nd June 2021
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To mark it, to mark it…
A great responsibility, marking. When you think of it, how dare we? How dare they, the big anonymous ‘marking factories’…
30th October 2020
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‘Even I saw the massive value of making learning active, inclusive and personalised’
Once upon a time, I thought I was the bees’ knees in the classroom. I loved teaching and I flattered…
27th August 2020
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‘Just possibly, it was going to be the saviour of the school’
I love Hong Kong. China, not so much, even after a couple of splendid trips to Hong Kong and China,…
13th July 2020
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Exam boards: ‘Now, more than ever, every decision is worth examining’
Some conversations, for better or worse, you never forget. Maybe it was a shock at the time and the recall…
28th May 2020
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Hey, I’m important
Scan the many virtues – selling points – of independent schools which parents believe to be important when choosing a…
26th March 2020
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The third degree
I’m a lifelong strictly ‘arts student’. My GCE in maths was a miracle of rote learning for the geometry paper…
6th December 2019
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‘Extra-curricular has a name because it matters’
There’s many a perk attached to teaching in an independent school (answers in rank order on a postcard please), but…
6th November 2019
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