Blogs

The skills that matter after school

24th August 2026

As another school year begins, there’ll be plenty of conversations about academic targets, exam results and what pupils hope to achieve over the next 12 months. Those things matter, of…

In response to the Manosphere

13th August 2026

Gradually, then suddenly. Hemingway’s famous dictum on ruin aptly captures how society has awakened to the growing crisis of modern masculinity. Though our realisation is at last earnest, the treatment…

Pastoral care built on relationships

28th July 2026

When people think about pastoral care in schools, they often think about systems: safeguarding procedures, wellbeing programmes or support services. While these are all essential, effective pastoral care begins with…

Lessons from leading in the Alps

18th June 2026

My appointment as Principal at College Alpine Beau Soleil, Villars-sur-Ollon in 2013 was announced in The Times in an unexpected manner: a cartoon in the paper by David Haldane, instigated…