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Fergus' View On Co-education17-May-2013US Supreme Court Justice Roberts famously observed that “the only way to stop discrimination on the basis of race was to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” |
What Legacy Will You Leave?13-May-2013We’ve been thinking a lot about legacies at school this week. This is partly because we have issued a press release about the extraordinary legacy left to the Lord Wandsworth Foundation by one of our former pupils, Mrs Jessie Flower. |
Carl Gombrich has been invited to award the prizes at Prize Day 201306-May-2013Why I have invited Carl Gombrich to award the prizes at Prize Day 2013.... |
A ‘broad church’ admissions policy is best01-May-2013A ‘broad church’ admissions policy is best – but prep schools must play the game. |
Fergus' View On Academies24-April-2013The subject of Independent School sponsorship of Academies is back in the press this week, because Richard Cairns from Brighton College has given a speech about it. I wrote an article about this a while ago; if you are interested, this is what I said |
EPQs10-April-2013One of the unbridled successes of this term has been our brilliant results at the EPQs or Extended Project Qualifications. |
Hockey Hots Up at LWC14-March-2013It is satisfying to appoint good people and see things getting better as a direct result. Soma Singh has been able to focus with great clarity on our hockey provision over the last couple of years and it’s really beginning to pay off...... |
Headmaster's ' Reflections upon and distant memories of a narrative approach to teaching History'11-March-2013It is difficult to know whether to be anxious about the proclamations that issue forth from the Secretary of State for Education’s office these days because he tends to withdraw them some weeks later................. |
Headmaster's review of the Cotterill Cup11-March-2013The Cotterill Cup was contested for last week. Brian Cotterill was a boy here from 1978 to 1985; |
Character Education29-January-2013I responded to Libby Purves’ column in the Times on Monday 21st Jan 2013, (in which she wrote about Character Education) by writing a letter to the editor. Sadly The Times didn’t publish it. |
