BLOGS & Events

It is Mental Health Awareness week and this year is about tackling loneliness and the risk it has upon our own health and mental wellbeing.

We are bombarded by questions and choices. What would you like to eat today? What is the purpose of life? Where do you live? Can

Choosing the right school for your child is one of the most important decisions a parent will make. As you begin to consider ‘what next?’

Our brain is the boss of the body. The squishy mass encased in our skull runs the show and controls just about everything we do,

National offer day for secondary school places, 1st March 2022, has been and gone. The competition for places at good state or grammar schools has

We are constantly growing and changing throughout our lives. Everyday, we do this emotionally, physically and socially. That’s the joy of being human. Let’s celebrate

What should become the new normal in education? Digital and AI technologies are transforming the world of work and today’s workforce will need to learn

2022… the year of promise! So much to be thankful for and so much still yet to happen before we can breathe easily. For many

Reading is drummed into us as an important skill from an early age. We are told to read for a multitude of benefits. Not least,

The Ofsted framework in 2019 outlined recommendations for schools about the importance of character development. Admittedly, they realise it is a very complex concept, but

I am most grateful this week to one of our cognitive coaches alerting me to a pilot project in twenty-one schools which is now about

For children preparing for senior school interviews, they have probably had this question thrown to them a multitude of times. In Year 6, it seems

At Meta Prep, metacognition comes first and is central to our mission. Since we started this amazing adventure, the focus for our pupils and cognitive

It is not every blog that you get to start with ‘does it matter’! As a teacher who wants to stoke curiosity, I would say

After months of remote learning, the screen is often at the heart of arguments between parents and children. It is a balancing act, technology can

For over 70 years, the 11+ exam has been a key staging post in many children’s lives. We all understand the pressure that children are

If you walk into any school, they will be conducting guided reading groups in literacy, particularly in younger years, but guided reading is so important

Money, money, money! Sadly there is not enough to go around and education has been one of the areas that has suffered in recent years,

Over the summer, I had a great hour discussing with Alicia Drummond, founder of The Wellbeing Hub, the importance of motivation and how we can

At a ceremony, last week to open the new building of a local boys school, the engaging Huw Edwards (he of BBC News fame) left

The new term has begun and for those in education our thoughts drift ahead to the next three months. Thinking about all the opportunities and