The digital dilemma
How can concerns around the amount of screen time for children be heeded while also fulfilling the need to support young people in inhabiting a digital present and prepare them for a digital future? Deputy Head (Safeguarding, Mental Health and Wellbeing) & DSL at King’s College School, Wimbledon, Richard Amlot, puts forward five suggestions….
Mission impossible: four habits for a healthier work-life balance
With increased pressures facing the independent sector in turn placing more demands on teachers, Acting Head and Deputy Head (Academic) at Wrekin College, Shropshire, Ben Smith, puts forward some strategies to aid managing workloads that can help create a better work-life balance…
Independent schools – leading the way in the rugby concussion debate
With concern around concussion and player welfare in rugby continuing to pose serious challenges to participation at grassroots level, former Mail on Sunday rugby correspondent and author of ‘Concussed’, Sam Peters, highlights what is being done by leading independent schools…
How AI is transforming independent school admissions
Parents are increasingly using AI as part of the school search process. But how should admissions and marketing teams…
Kind, Aware, Ready Leadership: a framework for challenging conversations
As a leader, handling difficult conversations is a fact of life, but how best to approach them?…
Transforming access and outcomes for SEND students with a ‘technology diet’
Abingdon House Senior School, London, was recently awarded the TES 2025 Award for Best Use of Technology….
Bitcoin payments
In last month’s issue of The Independent Schools Magazine (May p15) we reported on the news that Lomond School, Argyll and Bute…
Planning for co-education
Preparations for going co-ed at Westminster and Westminster Under School, London, are in full swing. But what has this involved?…
Educating and empowering girls about women’s health
Bromley High School GDST has launched a new initiative to educate girls about the complexities of women’s health…
Addressing ‘Adolescence’
Netflix have announced that it is making its four-part series ‘Adolescence’ available free to all secondary schools across the UK…