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Approaches to staff wellbeing
“Over the past few years there has been an important shift to ensuring staff are looked after and their wellbeing safeguarded. Quite rightly, staff are any school’s biggest asset, and this means authentic actions not simply tokenistic words…”
The arts and sciences need to come together more overtly – but why?
“I want to start provocatively by challenging the frequently proclaimed new idea of needing to educate students for a future that is yet unknown. The idea that future job requirements are unknowable is frankly nonsense…”
VAT – What are the key changes and financial consequences?
fter months of speculation, media commentary, and a General Election, HM Treasury (HMT) and HMRC published full details of the plans to impose VAT on independent school fees on 29 July 2024. This was a surprise both in terms of its timing and some of the content. Published information – HMT and HMRC have published the following…
Political engagement in schools
The sudden call for a General Election in July 2024 may have caught some on the hop, but the Politics Department at Loughborough Grammar School once again leapt into action like a greased otter! Any election, especially a UK-wide election, presents an opportunity to educate an entire school community on the central role that politics plays in all of our lives. This mission has never been more necessary…
If you can’t recruit them, grow them…
In an ever-changing world how can schools maintain standards of behaviour? Depute: Standards and Ethos at George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh, Matthew Mallinson, discusses his aim for pupils to not see teachers as just teachers but as human beings and how using the concept of teamwork has created positive results in behaviour management…
Fees in advance – liability for back VAT
In an ever-changing world how can schools maintain standards of behaviour? Depute: Standards and Ethos at George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh, Matthew Mallinson, discusses his aim for pupils to not see teachers as just teachers but as human beings and how using the concept of teamwork has created positive results in behaviour management…
The strategic role of independent school marketers in staff recruitment
In an ever-changing world how can schools maintain standards of behaviour? Depute: Standards and Ethos at George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh, Matthew Mallinson, discusses his aim for pupils to not see teachers as just teachers but as human beings and how using the concept of teamwork has created positive results in behaviour management…
AI in education – preparing for a paradigm shift
In an ever-changing world how can schools maintain standards of behaviour? Depute: Standards and Ethos at George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh, Matthew Mallinson, discusses his aim for pupils to not see teachers as just teachers but as human beings and how using the concept of teamwork has created positive results in behaviour management…
‘Represent the badge’
In an ever-changing world how can schools maintain standards of behaviour? Depute: Standards and Ethos at George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh, Matthew Mallinson, discusses his aim for pupils to not see teachers as just teachers but as human beings and how using the concept of teamwork has created positive results in behaviour management…