Spectator Schools – Features
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 Fraser Nelson weighs up the choices for his ten-year-old boy – and discovers his assumptions are badly out of date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
The value of an arts education
As the government strives for higher academic standards, Benenden School head Samantha Price questions where this leaves the creative arts
Editor’s letter
Is it the responsibility of schools to teach children about relationships and sexual consent? Or is that something parents ought…
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
The school beside the sea
Eastbourne College’s Tom Lawson talks to Camilla Swift about the limits of mindfulness – and being the only teacher in a family of famous journalists
Anything goes
Johanna Williams on how sex education became a free-for-all
How boys learn
For too long, boys have been allowed to underperform writes Katherine Forster
The International Baccalaureate vs. A levels
Is the International Baccalaureate really better than A-levels? asks Ross Clark
Matrons of honour
At boarding school, pastoral care is as vital as academic results says Camilla Swift
Cash for questions
How charging for entrance exams has become a nice little earner, reports Toby Young
Is public school still worth it?
More parents are deciding not to send their children to private schools says Eleanor Doughty
Whatever happened to good old-fashioned boredom?
Constance Watson believes there’s more to after-school activities than chess societies and extra maths
School portraits
Snapshots of four notable schools
Why the arts are needed to put the ‘A’ into ‘STEAM’
Amongst the good places to be in Britain, the National Theatre and the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon are up there. What…