Author Archives: jameswilding

It has been really gratifying to be part of the ISANet, to help inspire and develop a national project to take schools and their communities to ‘the cloud’.  As the local paper, the Maidenhead Advertiser reports, we went live this last week … Continue reading →

Those lovely people at WordPress have summarised my first year of ‘A Princpled view’ with this annual report for the blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 3,800 times … Continue reading →

There is a real sense of excitement around our school this December, and it’s not just because Christmas is coming! The dawn of any academic year heralds renewal but reviewing this term, I can see that exceptional progress has been … Continue reading →

First things first – it’s been a funny old week in the news, as ever.  Increasingly, as the chickens come home to roost, it seems that plain old common sense is the way forward after all.  As one market maker … Continue reading →

This week, a media agency from one of the major universities visited Claires Court to engage our Sixth Formers in some evaluative activities; research is vital to understand young adults’ views for their future, for University and for future employment. … Continue reading →

Firstly, may I give a warm welcome to all of our families, new and old, on our return to this new Academic Year 2011–12. Because of the very many layers on which our School operates, it’s difficult to be certain … Continue reading →

I think we all know that Henry Ford invented the Model T Ford, indeed brought motoring to the masses, 15 million of them to be precise!  What I like about the Henry Ford story is that he was a self-made … Continue reading →

It has been an extraordinarily busy start to the new academic year, so much so that Blogging on matters educational has had to take a bit more of a back seat than I’d like. Every week at school has had … Continue reading →