It’s nearly forty years since James Callaghan, the then Prime Minister, delivered his Ruskin College speech that sparked the Great Education Debate. Political involvement has grown exponentially over the years and is now out of control. The Headteachers’ Roundtable are coming together with about one hundred and eighty colleagues to discuss, debate and have our say. Continue reading
In Monty Python’s “Life of Brian” the the classic line, “What have the Romans ever done for us?” Is responded to with a long list, “sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health”. Continue reading
Sunday has a metronomic quality about it. Skype family on the other side of the World, walk to Mass and back, share coffee and time with Cath and a bit of gardening, weather permitting. By Sunday afternoon I’m working; it has always been thus. Continue reading