14 May 2018
As King’s School approaches its Centenary, the opening of one of its most important buildings in its long history, is one that has been a personal highlight for me through my 25 years of headship. The new Centennial Building, in the centre of the school, will play an important role in providing students with an edge in meeting their needs for the next century.
It is a world class facility and we should pay tribute, not only to the Board’s vision and tenacity when faced with the realities of the poor state of the Hanna Block, but also to the generosity and commitment shown by our community and donors in making it a reality.
This new building, now linking the Lighthouse, Kerridge and Harrison Blocks in a way that was not previously possible, has provided us with an additional 5,000 sq metres of large light-filled classrooms, music studios and discussion areas. However, despite the benefit these generous spaces provide us, the Board remains firm that the school will not increase its current roll, maintaining its staff: student ratio of 1:11.
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19 August 2017
6 reasons to choose a school for boys
For the past four years I have been privileged to sit on the Board of Trustees of the International Boys’ Schools Coalition. I meet regularly with Heads of other boys’ schools all over the world and as such have an opportunity to reflect and discuss many of today’s edcuational issues with other leading schools in the world. Naturally, the concept of single-gender schools is often debated.
Please click here to read my full thoughts on this.
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