Principal's Blog

The Principal looks at the Proust questionnaire - designed to reveal one's true self - and explores whether there is such a thing as a true self, and whether the present moment is one to liberate our own and our children's multiple selves.

The Principal explores how the recent crisis yields a revelation just as a puddle led to a revelation for George Orwell, and considers how both allow us to envision a better future for our students.

The Principal addresses responses to the current crisis, identifies 12 ways of keeping happy, and considers what the future holds.

The Principal reflects on the sense of community in the school, finds an emblem for it in coffee, and talks about the need for the community to be even stronger since the virus outbreak and the closure of cafés.

The Principal shares three key childhood memories, and reveals how they shed the light on the current situation.

The Principal identifies 10 essential study skills for students, and advises how parents can help their children learn at home, this week in particular.

This week the Principal addresses the crisis caused by the Coronavirus, and attempts to set it in a wider context.

The Principal this week explains why play is part of human nature, and how we can harness that instinct to make learning more fun as well as more effective.

In this week’s blog, the Principal gives advice on how to organise and write an effective essay.

With Brexit imminent, the Principal ponders what it means to be British and European, and how differences in coffee and street names should not obscure the shared cultural values of the EU and UK. 

With the university application process about to start for Year 12 students, the Principal identifies recent trends in the sector, and explains why our students are well-placed to succeed.

In this week’s Blog, the Principal looks at the life and work of Lee Miller, celebrated photographer, as an example of how young female students can be inspired to pursue their ambitions in what promises to be the female century.

For his first regular post of 2020, the Principal recalls a scene from The Graduate, and links it with the BSM's new sustainability goals, to be launched this week.

In the final round-up of his top 50 films, the Principal selects his 10 best movies from the last 20 years.