Category Archives: Possibly related posts

All the experts (and there are many) who offer Careers advice suggest that our working lifetime will be 80,000 hours. Having now completed 48 years at work now, I can conservatively estimate I have completed some 120,000 hours to date, … Continue reading →

Any readers of my blog for the last 2 weeks will be very aware that I have strongly promoted the Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza’s ‘The Big Ambition’ survey. You can see her last email to me … Continue reading →

Given the cataclysmic battles taking place in Ukraine and Gaza, the extraordinary impact those conflicts are having on the innocent citizens caught up therein are causing emotions to run high. Both wars are unfolding catastrophes, amplified by the immediacy of … Continue reading →

‘Building the future for our children and young people’ – Your place is here Our development as a school over the last three years may seem to have been slowed by the interruption caused by Covid-19 and the refusal by … Continue reading →

Friday 13 October update – last week’s blog is rather kindly validated by Professor Alan Smithers’ letter in today’s Times newspaper – Readers who have engaged with my writings over the years know that, where I can, I give credit … Continue reading →

Firstly, I extend a warm welcome to all of our Claires Court Schools community, returning as we have this week from our Summer break. From the many parents, teachers and friends I know, our own country seems to have been … Continue reading →

The summer break gives staff, families and our wider school community a break from the tyranny of school routines. We know for some though that breaks in routine are a curse, not a blessing, part of the widely accepted condition … Continue reading →

Thirteen years ago, the future direction of English Education was changed by the appointment of Michael Gove as Secretary of State for Education. With the simple click of a question to an AI bot, I can publish the following ‘lowlights’ … Continue reading →

I am of course deeply indebted to Wikipedia for filling me in on the expert knowledge needed to write this half-term posting. But before I do, and to get you in the mood, please consider watching this wonderful curtain raiser … Continue reading →