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Academic Principal Claires Court Schools Long term member & advocate of the Independent Schools Association

End of Life Policy – a modern parable

It comes to a pretty pass when the world corporates (and indeed anyone carrying ‘responsibilities’) have to write and publish their End of Life Policy.  Here’s one that Samsung have written for the benefit of their Chromebook users; as software utilities updates, … Continue reading

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Every day is a Mental Health Day

My thoughts on World Mental Health Day and how I hope that these days won’t exist for much longer, as awareness should be commonplace whilst stigma & discrimination to people with Mental … Source: Every day is a Mental Health … Continue reading

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Fireworks: an excellent metaphor for the business of Education in a rapidly changing world.

One of the striking and remarkable cogs in the Claires Court community wheel is our Parent Teacher Association. I get to sit with the 4 local committee groups through the year (Girls, Junior Boys, Senior Boys, Sixth Form) and am … Continue reading

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Education in the Age of Entitlement – part 2.

There is something very beguiling about the word “Entitlement”. As I wrote in part 1, it is reported across the globe that young adults (Gen-Yers) feel the rewards and opportunities of life should be theirs at a rather earlier age than … Continue reading

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Education in the Age of Entitlement – part 1.

If you have not read last week’s post, that might help you, dear reader, to understand how we got to here. The arrival of the Age of Reason saw the the beginnings of the explanation of the the universe in … Continue reading

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The Age of Reason v the Age of Enlightenment 

Almost 7 thousand years ago, mankind entered the Age of Reason. Ancient cities in the middle east and Asia show that mankind could be ordered, think, communicate using writing of a form and have a settled society. Long before the … Continue reading

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A record – best ever or steepest decline

As dawn on Thursday 25 August broke, the news channels were welcoming GCSE students and their families with best wishes prior to visiting school to collect their personal GCSE results. The narrative this year is different because the government has … Continue reading

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“Building a better Britain.”

An open letter to our Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Theresa May MP. Dear Theresa, Firstly, on behalf of the Claires Court community, may I congratulate you on becoming the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.  You have been Maidenhead’s only … Continue reading

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Claires Court win the Fawley Cup at Henley Royal Regatta

The Henley Standard published this report of the race shortly after it was raced at 3.50pm on Sunday 3 July 2016. “FAWLEY 3.50 Claires Court Sch. vs The Windsor Boys’ Sch. – A local Maidenhead / Windosr derby between two … Continue reading

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Consultation – not Presentation

Claires Court opens its junior school’s doors on Friday afternoon 2pm t0 4pm to our own parents and on Saturday from 10am to 2pm to our neighbours, to consult with them on our proposals for the future development of our … Continue reading

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