Good morning and welcome to this, our special Coronation assembly. And this really is a special assembly. First and foremost, no one in this room has experienced a coronation in this country in their lifetime. Queen Elizabeth II was coronated … Continued
Exam Season: that most challenging of times in any household, and heaven forfend should you have more than one child taking on that challenge at once! Understandably, many parents have asked me over the years how best to support their … Continued
It’s hard to pick out highlights from this term because I will inevitably make people feel disgruntled if I don’t mention them – an absolute nightmare when you consider how much happens day to day in this crazy and wonderful school. … Continued
Last night was opening night for our Year 9 thespians who were performing their comic, clever piece ‘Bright Young Things’, set in a TV production studio and centring around the contestants who are competing to be crowned the cleverest child … Continued
The recent GSA conference in Manchester had the compelling title ‘Girls – the voice for positive change’. No surprise, then, that many of the sessions made the connection between the power of educating girls (and just girls, in girls’ settings), and … Continued
Amidst the ongoing debate about broadening curricula and ensuring students leaving school are well equipped for life beyond the school gate, we teachers need to talk more about money. Children in Reception learn to count and handle money with toy cash registers … Continued
Why civil discourse? And why now? Well, many critically important issues have arisen in the last two years and many injustices are rightly being uncovered. Outrage is being expressed, with good reason; yet at just the moment when the world should … Continued
I have returned from a very fruitful few days at the HMC Heads’ Annual Conference in Newport, meeting with colleagues and discussing the most pressing and interesting issues in our sector currently. Obviously, we were running our conference concurrently with … Continued
Well, it happened, and boy did it happen: the sun shone, the children streamed through the gates (new additions with some trepidation, old hands with great joy at being reunited with friends), and the start of term felt much more … Continued
As the thirteenth Head of Wimbledon High School, having taken up post in September 2020 during the most extraordinary of times, what have I learnt during my first year? Well, and this came as no surprise, as I had been … Continued