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For parents of children coming up to senior school age, or who are already currently in the 11-18 year old bracket. Helping you navigate you and your child’s way through the secondary schooling system, in this section you’ll find articles providing myriad of information, from insight and advice, to features, news and lifestyle articles.
Senior Articles
High style at Belfast’s Grand Central
Belfast is a city of delightful surprises, and nowhere more so than at Grand Central Hotel in the heart of the Linen Quarter
Burlington House School on the value of being rooted in nature
Matt Farrah, SENCo of Burlington House School in Tooting on how it uses the outdoor environment for learning and wellbeing
Campbell College on managing change
Jonathan Anderson, recently arrived Headmaster of Campbell College, on the challenges facing education when society and culture are shifting
Poetry in motion
National poetry competition Poetry By Heart is open, and there's a forthcoming documentary about this transformative experience
What a pantomime
Corny jokes, fairytale favourites and a wall of noise from the audience – pantomime plays for belly laughs, and don't say it isn't drama
A Sevenoaks School alumnus on the enduring value of a British education
Brian Ong, EdTech entrepreneur, advocate for the IB and Sevenoaks School alumnus, considers if a British education still sets the benchmark
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