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In this issue... 05 Ethical Leadership innovative programme, meaningful qualification 08 Reforming 11+ Examinations UCAS style application idea 10 Destructive Pressures on Teachers how to fight back against the risks 18 Technology & Teenage Mental Health conference shares ideas & experiences 20 Moving On – Choosing a Senior School are children given too much say? Strictly Victorian! 24 Profile Farlington School, Sussex, Prep 6 travelled back in time to 1851 to experience a day in a in conversation with Louise Salmond Smith typical Victorian schoolroom. The girls, aged ten and eleven, spent the day in Victorian 28 Lives Devoted to Playing & Teaching Music dress and discovered what it was like to be a Q&A with three school staff Victorian school child. The girls were expected to sit through lessons 40 Avoiding the Horror Stories in silence and only speak when spoken to. getting guardianship right They covered subjects such as the British Empire, maths with imperial measures and 44 Educating the Engineers of Tomorrow how to write perfect copperplate handwriting. They read lessons from a Victorian reading why schools should start at Year 3 book and they learnt how to sew for their sampler. Lunch consisted of pasties, sandwiches, fruit and biscuits and at break Plus they were able to roll hoops, skip together 06 Growth mindset conference – diary date and play a game of marbles. 09 Charity Commission appoints manager This hands-on historical experience fits into 12 Students inspire huge eco-savings the girls’ history curriculum which is currently focusing on the Victorian era. They are 14 Changing Faces...Changing Places... learning about Victorian domestic life, the 19 Teachers setting exams – latest from Ofqual contrasting lifestyles of the rich and poor, the 26 Science special growth of urbanisation and the achievements 28 Music & Drama Focus Feature of the era. 34 Does technology hinder pupils’ interpersonal skills – new research 36 Sports Focus Feature Rock Fest 42 Catering Focus Feature Dauntsey’s School, Wiltshire, staged its annual Rockfest concert to a sell-out audience. Nine acts from the Lower School and twelve from the Upper School took to the stage to perform a wide range of numbers, all exhibiting great talent and enthusiasm. Kester Sims, Head of Music Technology, said:“Rockfest goes from strength to strength 36 Sports 42 Catering and this year the audience was treated to an exciting evening of great rock talent, supported by our own expert lighting and The Digest; Heads Hunted; Editorial Advisory Board; Key Personnel; sound team of pupils.” Contact Us pages 46 & 47. Is Your School Mentioned? A-Z on page 47 Independent Schools Magazine 3 Library receives planning permission Planning permission has been Conversely, the eastern elevation is secured from Wiltshire Council for to be glazed in order to maximise a new library building on behalf of daylight and views across the St Mary’s Calne. orchard. The library entrance will be located in the centre of the Teacher wins top award The library, designed by Woods solid wall, providing clear views on Bagot, is a stand-alone pavilion A talented York teacher has won a Harriet runs Psychology master arrival of the internal space and modelled on an orangery, with an top award for her work to engage classes, a Psychology Summer the landscape beyond. articulated timber roof structure students and the public with School and has collaborated on a supported on columns that floats The layout of the internal space science. residential ISSP course in the Lake over a more substantial masonry has also been well thought Bootham School’s Head of District teaching Psychology skills shell. Meanwhile, the roof forms through to reflect the most Psychology, Harriet Ennis, received for success, well-being and peak an internal cluster of tree-like forward-thinking ideas in the honour from the British performance. structures, bringing the orchard education. Psychological Society (BPS) for She also presents public lectures as into the building and blurring Public Engagement, largely in Headmistress, Dr Felicia Kirk, part of Bootham School’s recital the boundary between inside recognition of her work with the commented: “The new library will room lecture series and as part and outside spaces while at the be a lively academic hub of the York Independent State Schools same time using the surrounding Partnership (ISSP). of the Activities programme at school – a place which will instil Bootham, she runs ‘Psychology enclosure to create the sense of a a love of reading, research and Psychology is a challenging science walled garden. experiments for seniors’ once a learning for staff and pupils alike and Harriet has been teaching it to week. The western elevation of the and will encourage exploration able students as young as 11 from library, which faces a service road, and the pursuit of knowledge, across York, as well as to the wider Bootham’s A-level psychologists will be solid in order to mitigate as well as collaboration and the community. also recently entered The University noise from the access route. sharing of ideas.” The York ISSP is recognised as the of York’s research competition and best of its kind in the UK, having won. Students designed their own delivered over 5000 opportunities research, collected and analysed their for enrichment to ‘able & interested’ data and presented it in the form of students since its inception in 2006. a scientific poster. Daily Deep Maintenance Security Gardening & Cleaning Cleaning Landscaping Going co-ed The Governors and Senior Leadership Current parents were consulted Team of Farlington School, Sussex, and were overwhelmingly have made the decision to welcome supportive of the proposal. boys into its Reception Class from Louise Higson, Headmistress September 2018. said:“ This is a significant and The move towards a co-educational exciting change for the School. Prep School will be gradual and The Farlington ethos of inspiring existing classes in the Prep and and educating the individual will Pre-Prep will remain girls-only. Only the Nursery and Reception class always remain. We know that in September 2018 will have both girls and boys learn in different boys and girls. There is no change ways and this will be reflected to the arrangements in the Senior in our teaching methods in the School or Sixth Form. classroom.” YOUR TRUSTED EDUCATION FM PARTNER Small enough to care, big enough to cope 0845 459 3157 I [email protected] www.crystalservices.uk.com 4 Independent Schools Magazine Advertisement Sales: 01242 259249 [email protected] Independent school’s initiative soon available to all Ethical leadership – innovative programme & meaningful qualification for pupils All schools recognise effort and industry, community contribution. But how can being a good person be quantified, measured, and develop into an accredited qualification which means something outside school? Jo Owens - a member of the senior leadership team and Director of Ethical Leadership at Lichfield Cathedral School in Staffordshire – discusses her innovative Ethical Leadership Programme which will soon be available to other schools across the country... From my office window I can 13. This marked the culmination of about opportunities for community see the three spires of Lichfield many months of work, writing and involvement and we have built links Cathedral, the resident peregrines rewriting our fledgling programme. with Support Staffordshire, Samuel setting up their annual nest, and a Our first challenge was to define Johnson Community Hospital, and few hundred Cathedral School pupils what we meant by ethical leadership. Co-op Central England, to facilitate making their way to our weekly this further. presentation assembly. Many of The leadership bit was fairly straightforward; the definition of Our pupils’ efforts to support them will be awarded certificates of personal statements for university ethical was far harder. We felt we our school community and those recognition for sporting endeavours, applications or a talking point instinctively knew what it meant, beyond school are renewed and academic effort, and service to the during interviews, helping them to but we needed a way to articulate redoubled because they feel valued community. With the exception of and can recognise for themselves stand out and be remembered. the spires and the birds of prey, I’m it clearly. You can imagine that the importance of ethical leadership. The world needs ethical leaders and totally aware that none of this is meetings discussing this, when a They have developed the ability we can’t keep this to ourselves. Our specific to my school. member of the clergy is on the team, became wide ranging and to articulate their experience and Ethical Leadership Programme will Of course all schools recognise effort philosophical debates. In the end we leadership skills, and to link this to a soon be available for all schools to and industry. Of course we all value cut through all the whimsical detail shared ethical purpose. set up and run. We can even visit to community contribution. Without and decided on our definition. As well as the clear benefits talk you through the practicalities. exception, educators know that our Register your interest in becoming Ethical conduct is doing what is for personal development and pupils are more than a list of grades, an early adopter by emailing right because you know it to be so.