Spectator Schools – Features
Editor’s letter
What should we do with difficult students? The ones who distract everyone else in the class, and don’t care how…
School report: a round-up of recent stories from the front line in education
A round-up of recent stories from the front line in education
Why the head of Rugby School isn’t worried about Jeremy Corbyn
Peter Green, headmaster at Rugby School, on bursaries, selling Old Masters and why he’s not worried about Jeremy Corbyn. By Eleanor Doughty
Removable feast: permanent school exclusions are on the rise but they are really not the answer
Too many children are being permanently excluded, says Sophia Waugh
In this case, the stick really doesn’t work
Ofsted’s new tough stance on disruptive pupils will not solve the problem, says Hannah Glickstein
Taking the God option: why I send my children to C of E schools
Why I send my children to C of E schools – William Cook
Do unconditiional offers really help A-level students?
Ross Clark says that getting a guaranteed place at university is not always a good thing
En avant
Laura Freeman finds the Royal Ballet School almost too perfect for words
Moving on: there’s more to private schooling than Eton, Harrow or Roedean
There’s a lot more to the independent sector than Eton, Harrow and Roedean, says Lord Alistair Lexden
In praise of home-schooling
Home-schooling doesn’t deserve the bad press it so often gets, says Cristina Odone
How a village school plays a huge role in the life of the community
Camilla Swift on how village schools plays a huge role in the life of the community
School portraits: snapshots of four notable schools
Snapshots of four notable schools
The horrible anxiety of a school trip to Amsterdam
by Harry Mount
Editor’s letter
State or private? Years of saving every penny in a bid to scrape together enough to pay the school fees,…
School report: a round-up of recent stories from the front line in education
A round-up of recent stories from the front line in education
Talking heads: Christian Heinrich on Cumnor House’s unique teaching environment
Christian Heinrich, headmaster at Cumnor House, tells Camilla Swift how he has fostered a unique teaching environment
State vs private: A parent’s dilemma
State school or private? Fraser Nelson weighs up the choices for his ten-year-old boy – and discovers his assumptions are badly out of date
Will sending my daughter to a state school ruin her prospects?
The pros and cons of an inner-London state education, by Charlotte Metcalf
Why football is a league for gentlemen
The idea that posh boys can’t play football has always been wrong, says William Cook
Spaces for everyone: the school theatres open to the public
Camilla Swift finds more top schools opening their theatres and galleries to the public
The joy of summer jobs
A part-time job in a sheet-music shop offered Eleanor Doughty its own kind of education
Latin: dead or alive?
A classics teacher’s struggle for survival, by Emma Park
Anthony Seldon: Why AI is set to revolutionise teaching
Artificial Intelligence will revolutionise teaching, Anthony Seldon tells Camilla Swift
School portraits: snapshots of four notable schools
Introducing Bath Academy, Harrogate Ladies, Millfield and Robin Hood Primary
The bad boys of Naples don’t flirt with flowers, but rocks
My school trip, by Laura Freeman
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