November ~ December 2018 Chair Head Bursar Registrar Staffroom School Office ...the professional journal for Management & Staff Time to Swap to Care free School Minibuses from Red Kite Choose from our complete range of versatile and fully type approved 9 - 17 Seat School Minibuses • Finance Options To Suit all Budgets Call today to arrange a quotation or free demonstration • Nationwide Service and Support • D1 and B Licence Driver Options 01202 827678 • New Euro 6 Engine Technology redkite-minibuses.com • New and Pre-Owned available [email protected] VEHICLE CERTIFICATION AGENCY NATIONWIDE SUPPLIERS OF PEUGEOT FORD & VAUXHALL In this issue... 05 Schools Fees & Money Laundering where’s the evidence? how schools can protect themselves 06 Pupils Solve Real-world Problems through innovative new projects 08 Student Leadership new approach brings benefits 10 Public Austerity & Independent School Pay Rugby team meet new survey Dylan Hartley 16 GDPR Data Subject Requests Bedford Prep’s U12 rugby team were jubilant how to deal with them, step-by-step guide on Sunday 7 October when a series of superb performances earned them the runners-up 24 Profile trophy at the Finborough School Rugby in conversation with Antony Spencer Festival, where they were very excited to meet England co-captain, Dylan Hartley. 44 In Remembrance In the group stage, they won their first three Marking a Century Since the Armistice matches against St Faiths, Finborough B and Taverham. In the final group game, Bedford Prep undoubtedly played the best rugby of Plus the tournament; they used free-flowing, 07 Changing Faces, Changing Places; Heads Hunted running rugby with quick passing and some outstanding offloading out of the tackle to 12 Religious Education ~ Commission implications overturn a gutsy St Joseph’s side. 15 No VAT on Fees ~ for now anyway Having won all their group games, the boys 18 Inspecting the Inspectorates ~ latest news progressed into the top-tier triangular against 26 Music, Drama & Dance Focus Feature an extremely physical Finborough A side and 30 Wellbeing initiatives a Greshams side playing a similar style to 32 The Great Outdoors ~ projects explored Bedford Prep, with eye-catching speed and passing. 34 Catering & Food ~ Focus Feature 37 Brexit negotiations ~ ‘Send in the Kids!’ The boys finished runners-up, scoring 19 tries and conceding just one, gaining the Runners- 38 Global Perspective ~ Part Two Up Trophy. While they were there, the boys 41 £51m fee assistance in Scotland met and had their photo taken with England 42 Sports News co-captain Dylan Hartley (pictured). 47 Editorial Advisory Board; Free e-mag Subscriptions; Contact Us Town Crier tradition Season’s Greetings Warwick’s Town Crier has visited Warwick As has become our custom, this is a combined November~December issue. School annually for more than a century. This Our next issue will be out in January. year his visit got a specially loud cheer. The team at ISM wish all readers, advertisers, and advisory board members a pleasant Christmas and successful New Year. See why on page 14 LOOKING TO BUY OR SELL A SCHOOL OR NURSERY National SchoolTransfer For a Professional – Confidential Service www.nationalschooltransfer.com Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)1980 621251 Independent Schools Magazine 3 New outdoor pursuits venture Giggleswick School, Yorkshire, is Governing Body Leadership Awards expanding its provision to become such as Hill and Moorland Leader, a commercial outdoor activities to provide training relevant to a provider. range of activities. This is expected to be popular with those such as The school is opening up its scout leaders or teachers working facilities and expertise to the wider on the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award public with a range of outdoor scheme. Giggleswick also has educational and recreational providership status for the National courses for all ages and abilities Navigation Award Scheme. as well as instructor training and PE Teacher’s Channel Swim qualifications. As well as set dates open to anyone Sophia Storrar, a PE teacher at high water Spring tide of 7.1m to book onto, bespoke courses will certainly added to the challenge! Head of outdoor pursuits (OP), be available, with a minimum of Abbey Gate College, Cheshire, Chris Wright (pictured), is successfully swam the English four people per class. Sophia took on the Channel implementing and leading the Channel in a team relay to raise challenge to raise funds to help development, which will make the Chris said: “Corporate development money for Cancer Research UK. improve cancer treatments and in most of the school’s experience, days can be arranged and we can Smashing her £2000 target, memory of her best friend, Pip and resources and ideal location for also facilitate guided walks, caving, Sophia raised nearly £4000. all those who have battled cancer. adventure on the edge of the mountain biking - you name it. We Yorkshire Dales National Park. have a range of experienced staff at The team of three swimmers In preparation for her cross- Giggleswick and we also work with completed the crossing in 11 Channel swim, Sophia trained Said Chris: “From now on, everyone local freelance experts to offer safe hours and 58 minutes supported across the globe in oceans, seas, can access our OP department. This and fun activities to all, under our by pilot boat, Rowena. The rivers, quarries, lakes and pools, is an exciting development for us, AALS licence. Dover Strait is renowned for both day and night, sometimes in we are opening up the outdoors having strong tidal flows and the temperatures below 7°C. to a much wider range of people, “We intend to reinvigorate our giving adults and groups of all ages holiday course provision and the opportunity to improve their develop programmes for adults as Former heads gather skills and discover new activities.” well as children during the Easter and summer breaks.” Courses and events will be on offer for centenary throughout the year to fit alongside Chris also intends to put the school’s extensive programme Giggleswick firmly on the map for for its pupils in a wide range of outdoor interest events. Already it outdoor sports, from climbing, is the venue for the English Schools Fellrunning Championships and fellrunning and mountaineering hosts a popular Kendal Winter to kayaking, caving and mountain League fell race. The school will biking. host a cyclocross race in December, Giggleswick Outdoor Pursuits in collaboration with the Yorkshire will offer courses such as Hill Cyclocross Association and on April Skills and Mountain Skills under 13 and 14 2019 a specialist UK the Mountain Training England ultra running festival will take place umbrella, as well as National at the school. A host of ex pupils and staff came to David Bowie practising his music together recently to celebrate the in his parents’ house which was Bickley Park School, Kent, one next door to the school. hundredth birthday – and shared Current Head Master, Patrick tales of wartime, prime ministers Wenham, said: “This was a unique and pop stars. gathering, with former pupils flying Alumni were tracked and traced in from as far afield as Finland. It from around the globe and were was especially wonderful to be able invited to revisit the school to to assemble Heads spanning over collectively share memories. Old half the school’s existence. A joyous boys who’d been pupils during atmosphere pervaded the day with World War II, and from as far away those attending sharing a common as Finland, came together to join delight in revisiting Bickley Park four ex-Head Masters and the and even enjoying a school meal daughters of two others, for the day. together.” The oldest old boy in attendance, This term the centenary was Clyde Britton, recalled a German themed around celebrating the bomb landing on the main building past. The Spring Term will look while he and fellow pupils sheltered at how schools and learning in the cellar. Another told stories will change in the future and about the occasions when Prime the Summer Term embraces Minister Harold Macmillan used to ‘Community’ with a massive street drop in for tea and biscuits with party involving the school and the boys, while one told of listening wider community. 4 Independent Schools Magazine Advertisement Sales: 01242 259249 [email protected] School fees & money laundering Following the recent publication of The Serious and Organised Crime Strategy by the Home Office, the Government minister for security and economic crime, Ben Wallace, said that the government would target bodies such as public schools, football clubs and luxury car garages that may be facilitating billions of pounds worth of money laundering, but failing to report suspicious activity. The comment prompted a stern reaction from school leaders who demanded concrete evidence of any wrong-doing. Henry Briggs, senior partner at the Birmingham office of chartered accountants Haines Watts, considers the issues... As the Home Office is currently services and so should be aware A ‘No Cash’ policy should be firmly a matter of course; to help with being vilified in other areas of of their need to comply with the in place. I would be surprised any possible future non-payment the press for providing inaccurate Regulations. if there are many schools left of fees, as well as satisfying any information to the last Home that do not already have this. If Home Office enforcer or journalist The areas of risk for them are a Secretary, one may be forgiven for they do accept cash, and think alleging improper or illegal activity. matter of common sense. Payment cynically dismissing such politically they have good reason for some of fees by cash can have no good With both Home Office and charged hard talk, were it not parents paying this way, they reason, other than that either the HM Revenue and Customs staff serious.