Ask most teenagers what sixth form is for, and they will say the same thing: exams. A-level grades matter, of course. They open doors to universities, apprenticeships and first jobs. But treat the sixth form years as nothing more than…
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Ask most parents what fuels a good school day and they will reach for the obvious answers: enough sleep, a decent night’s routine, maybe a word of encouragement at the door. Food tends to come further down the list, treated…
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Ask a child what they remember most about school and you will rarely hear about a worksheet. More often it is the day they built a den in the woods, measured the height of a tree with nothing but a…
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A sixteen-year-old opens her history textbook at the kitchen table. Within four minutes she has checked her phone twice, reorganised her highlighters and searched online for a summary of the chapter she was about to read. She closes the book…
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Ask any group of parents what they want school to give their children, and “good grades” comes up fast. Ask a second question, though, and the answers get more interesting: resilience, independence, the ability to think on your feet. The…
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