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How building self-worth in school happens…

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

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Coalition versus Conservative Education philosophies

Almost every year in some form or other, I get to work with, meet or otherwise engage with a senior politician of government hue to discuss the politics of education. This year, in my capacity as Chairman of a national … Continue reading

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Half-term Newsletter, October 2011

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

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Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

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

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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

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

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Where have all the readers gone?

In a recent OECD report, the UK was ranked 47th out of 65 nations in a table based on the number of teenagers who pick up a book, newspaper or magazine on a daily basis.  It seems from the Data … Continue reading

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Going Google within Claires Court Schools

During the next few weeks, the next steps of our development of ICT innovation are made. Firstly, we are bringing on stream 100 net books for class usage at schools and college, most of which have been provided through funds … Continue reading

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Nice to hit the Headlines

Those who know me recognise I have ‘previous’ in this area.  As Chairman of ISA in 2002, during our Annual Conference, I called for the end of Key Stage 1 and 2 Assessments. At the time, it was sufficiently interesting that national press and … Continue reading

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The gap between the UK and the USA just widened a little more…

Oscar Wilde wrote: “We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.” (The Canterville Ghost – 1887). 124 years later, I suspect that we are also separated by our literacy.  In my recent reading around the … Continue reading

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Fifty years old and still counting – a work in progress…

Date:  9 July 2011 Time:  2 pm to 8 pm Time of this entry 10 pm, Monday 11 July 2011. When a school celebrates its 50th birthday… First upload of pictures has happened, two more to follow, here’s an animoto … Continue reading

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