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
Should we scrap GCSEs? A senior MP has suggested getting rid of GCSEs and reshaping A-levels altogether; but not everyone…
Why the head of Rugby School isn’t worried about Jeremy Corbyn
Rugby was immortalised in Tom Brown’s School Days, but its headmaster, Peter Green, is brandishing another book — a Christie’s…
Removable feast: permanent school exclusions are on the rise but they are really not the answer
Children have a right to an education. This has been written into English law since the Forster Education Act of…
In this case, the stick really doesn’t work
As a disillusioned former English teacher, I miss talking to teenagers about books. But I also rejoice in my freedom…
Taking the God option: why I send my children to C of E schools
‘It’s the same old story — pay or pray,’ said my oldest friend, sardonically, when I told him I was…
Do unconditiional offers really help A-level students?
I know what it is like to receive an unconditional offer for university. In 1984, when I took the Cambridge…
En avant
‘Nose over toes.’ ‘Index fingers in.’ ‘Hands at cheekbone width.’ Watching morning classes at the Royal Ballet School in Richmond…
Moving on: there’s more to private schooling than Eton, Harrow or Roedean
Will independent schools ever be sensibly discussed in the media, in politics or over the supper tables of the nation?…
In praise of home-schooling
I never meant to conduct a social experiment. I never intended to undermine anyone’s confidence in their judgement. And I…
How a village school plays a huge role in the life of the community
In large cities, a school can weave itself into the fabric of its locality almost without anyone noticing it’s there.…
School portraits: snapshots of four notable schools
Merchant Taylors’ School One of the country’s ‘great nine’ schools, Merchant Taylors’ School, near Rickmansworth, was founded in 1561…
The horrible anxiety of a school trip to Amsterdam
My 1982 photo album is full of pictures of a well-travelled, privileged 11-year-old boy. I was at North Bridge House…
