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Founders’ Day and the dynamism of a Family school

Posted on 26/09/2025 by jameswilding

Thursday 18 September saw the 2025 scholars and their families presented with their awards, for academic excellence, for the Arts and Sports and for those who are excellent in the round. Those present included new entry and long-serving families to … Continue reading →

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“Be Curious, Not Judgemental” – Walt Whitman

Posted on 11/07/2025 by jameswilding

At the close of this Academic Year 2024-25, I’ve sought to summarise the lessons I’ve learned over the last 12 months, In Blog 1 advised “Speak truth, build and give trust”, Blog 2 “Show up on time, know the text … Continue reading →

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“Show up on time, know the text and have an idea.“ – Tom Hanks

Posted on 04/07/2025 by jameswilding

In this second of my 3 blogs written to summarise my world of work over the last year, I am building on the core words of advice I set out last week for politicians to consider: “Speak truth, build and … Continue reading →

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“Conversation is a catalyst for innovation.” – John Seely Brown*

Posted on 16/05/2025 by jameswilding

Our annual Parent survey assists us – Principals and Heads – in hearing the voices of our customers, celebrating the successes and noting the ‘pointers for improvement’ as appropriate. All our staff met at the start of this term with … Continue reading →

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Academic Principal Review of the Spring Term 2025

Posted on 03/04/2025 by jameswilding

Everyone in school looks forward to the second half of the Spring Term; not only are the dark days of winter behind us, but we still have everyone in full productivity mode, to the extent that this School Principal finds … Continue reading →

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“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Attr. Albert Einstein

Posted on 20/03/2025 by jameswilding

Whether the inventor of 20th-century physics actually said the above is of course neither here nor there. What’s true to understand is that ‘if we are what we repeatedly do’, then it’s best we as humans don’t keep doing that … Continue reading →

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Special Report: Navigating AI Relationships

Posted on 26/02/2025 by jameswilding

I’ve recently written articles for Education press journals about our school’s own engagement with AI and its purposeful use in education, and in the research space I have become very aware of the growing concerns that parents specifically have for … Continue reading →

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Half-way through the academic year, it’s Valentine’s Day and a good chance to be positive!

Posted on 14/02/2025 by jameswilding

As we enter the Spring half-term, everyone who works in education feels that the darkest days of winter are behind us and that the toughest new work of the year has been covered.  The rounds of parent-teacher evenings and consultations … Continue reading →

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“Welcome to a New Year at Claires Court – Making our mark in 2025”

Posted on 09/01/2025 by jameswilding

A NotebookLM conversation about this blog can be found here: https://schl.cc:443/gs and below. The header image for this week’s blog, shows Claires Court’s 48 acres of playing fields to be found off Cannon Lane on the driveway into school. The … Continue reading →

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“Tradition is an experiment that worked” – Emile Peynaud

Posted on 17/05/2024 by jameswilding

As a headteacher of some 43 years and counting, I’ve met a decent number of unknown unknowns over my time, problems the genesis of which I had no insight, but for which I have had to seek understandings, pathways and … Continue reading →

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