Category Archives: Possibly related posts

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →