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
It would be a cliché to say that Christian Heinrich fell into his career in education. But really, there isn’t…
State vs private: A parent’s dilemma
In my study at home stands a small cork board with the names of eight target schools for my ten-year-old…
Will sending my daughter to a state school ruin her prospects?
Every year, thousands of parents face the situation I did in 2014 when I realised that I could no longer…
Why football is a league for gentlemen
Football is a game for gentlemen played by ruffians, and rugby is just the opposite. That’s what I was taught…
Spaces for everyone: the school theatres open to the public
The theatre, we are told, is increasingly becoming the domain of the privately educated. The Guardian has even claimed that…
The joy of summer jobs
Every year, like clockwork it comes, the traditional concern that the younger generation don’t do summer jobs like they used…
Latin: dead or alive?
It was a dark afternoon in November, and the wind was rattling the casements of the bare schoolroom. My small…
Anthony Seldon: Why AI is set to revolutionise teaching
‘There is a profound mismatch between the way we are educating our young and the world we’re educating them for,…
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
Goodnight, Caecilius. Goodnight, Metella. Farewell, faithful Cerberus the dog. What a fate. Buried under the ash and rock at Pompeii.…
The value of an arts education
With another year of public exams behind us, the education sector continues to navigate its way through the government’s significant…
