Category: Head’s Blog

24th January 20

Regular readers of this column will be surprised – if not disappointed – to learn that I am not going to write anything about the Harry and Meghan saga – tip of the topical pops though it is. If I were going to have my two penny worth on the Sussexes, I would inevitably be…

17th January 20

The focus of my Pre-Prep assembly on Wednesday morning was Jesus and his followers. I looked at how the disciples all became great leaders by living those values that Jesus, their leader, demonstrated to them, and I encouraged our children to be brave and resilient enshrining and espousing School values of Truthfulness and Perseverance. These…

10th January 20

No nation, they say, is more obsessed by the weather than us, the British. It’s strange, considering that we have such a temperate climate. The odd inundation, the occasional blissful heatwave: otherwise, very little of significance. Well, as we embark on the excitement of a new term, we should be grateful that our weather is…

13th December 19

Doubtless all of our pupils, and a number of our more intrepid, young-at-heart parents, will be dreaming of a white Christmas. Now that the election is over – and Brexit is soon to be completed (?) we can turn our attention to even more weighty matters. I refer to global warming, a topic which has…

6th December 19

Up until this week, like you, I had never heard of the little Welsh shop, Hafod Hardware. But then, scanning the news channels to catch up on the Trump visit, the election and the United Nations and climate change summit, I stumbled across the wonderful advertisement that has gone viral online. On the day that…

29th November 19

With the Christian name Noel, I regard myself as an authority on this wonderful time of the year. And take it from me: there is no more beautiful or spine-tingling  sound than that which comes from the vocal chords of a young soloist at Christmas time. “Once in Royal David’s City” come the words, and…

22nd November 19

For as long as I can remember, Tottenham Hotspur have played football not just with purpose but with panache. It was before my time when the style of Arthur Rowe’s ‘Push and run’ and the great double side of Bill Nicholson carried all before them. But, to name but ten,  I loved watching the likes…

15th November 19

It isn’t fair to blame our political class for everything. They can’t really be held responsible for the floods around Doncaster. And in my view it would be as churlish to lay at their door the poverty of terrestrial television, as it would be to criticise them for the protracted boxed set of Brexit. This…

8th November 19

This week saw the whole School community remember the men and women who have given their lives in conflict. I was honoured to lead Pre-Prep in their Remembrance Service and was struck by  the bright attentiveness of the children during the assembly.  It still astonishes me that the number of military and civilian casualties in…

18th October 19

Sometimes we get a stark reminder of how important it is that we look after our countryside. And how fortunate we are to live in this ‘green and pleasant land’. We take for granted that the supermarket shelves are full  – and we are made painfully aware that this is not the same the world…