Author Archives: jameswilding

Thursday 23 June was polling day in the EU referendum. As I write this post at 5am on Friday morning, 24 June, the votes are not all in but the United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union, by … Continue reading →

#Spoiler alert – Most of this post will be history after Midnight 23 June 2016 I can’t be the only one that feels something significant is expected of the great British Public today, Thursday 23 June. There are banners in … Continue reading →

I am delighted to announce that Claires Court has received The Education 2 Employment Award, a nationally recognised accreditation for our work in providing High Quality, impartial careers guidance to all pupils; Encouragement to our pupils to develop professional values … Continue reading →

So much of what we do in Education is ‘Lost in translation’, such that nice ideas get completely ruined when well meaning ‘experts’ turn them from an inspiring notion to a received wisdom that everyone has to follow and then … Continue reading →

In the main, this week’s post are not my words. I have encountered a remarkable cartoon film (see bottom of the blog), which captures the essence of the world’s ills in 26 letters of the Alphabet. What’s even more remarkable, … Continue reading →

The following article is written to sit alongside a variety of secondary and sixth form assemblies I am giving currently about the rights of man and the needs for a civil society, and that they are not perhaps the same. “Wherever law ends, … Continue reading →

The graph above identifying the arrival of the term ‘screenager’ in literature shows just how modern a term it is. The peak in the early noughties might be attributable to the popularity of the band ‘Muse’ and their song of the … Continue reading →

The human genome is a remarkable set of instructions that assists in enabling us humans to live in many climates, on many foodstuffs and to survive the predations of disease organisms large and small.  We know a vast amount about the human … Continue reading →

  At the end of my Sixth Form days, L.P.Hartley’s book, ‘The Go-between’, was made into a stunning film with its stars being the adorable Julie Christie and Alan Bates, adults in secret love linked by Leo Colston, their child … Continue reading →

When the Varkey Gems Foundation first announced the ‘Global Teacher Prize‘ in 2014, I for one was a little underwhelmed by the prospect. Given the nature of the world in crisis I thought, why focus on ‘teachers’ rather than perhaps … Continue reading →