February 2023
09 Feb 2023
I have been reflecting this week on how we can keep moving the school forwards when the environment that surrounds …
January 2023
24 Jan 2023
We live in difficult times. War in Europe, cost of living crisis, standards in public life in question and the …
December 2022
20 Dec 2022
This past week came as a bit of a shock, with the weekend snowfall meaning that it was not safe …
November 24, 2022
24 Nov 2022
I wanted to start by thanking you for responding to the recent survey on the school, conducted by Kirkland Rowell. …
October 21, 2022
21 Oct 2022
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve …
September 29, 2022
29 Sep 2022
“The Only Constant in Life Is Change.” - Heraclitus
Another dramatic start to the school year, with schools not being …
July 20, 2022
20 Jul 2022
An incredibly busy and joyous end to the academic year 2021/22! The last few weeks have seen a return for …
June 2022
24 Jun 2022
I was in a meeting on Thursday with Dame Rachel De Souza, the Children's Commissioner. She was updating Hertfordshire headteachers …
May 27, 2022
27 May 2022
I often reflect on the difference between my previous life in industry versus life in school. One of the main …
May 9, 2022
09 May 2022
The Easter break has felt like a page being turned in the long book of Covid-19. I was grateful to …
April 2022
01 Apr 2022
Do you remember VCRs when you could watch videos on fast forward? With concentration, you could just about keep pace …
December 2020
December 2020
What a term it has been: 'baptism of fire is how it has been described...
October 2020
October 2020
I am very proud of the calibre of student that we have at HBS...
February 2020
February 2020
if you haven’t done so already: start revision now; start doing more than just homework or coursework now...”