Summer 2012 Contents What’s inside Contributors
NEWS 7 News
A round up of junior and senior schools’ news
COMMENT 15 Head view
FINANCE 45 School fees
How will your child cope with boarding? Roland Martin has some inspiring words of reassurance
17 Pupil view 25 If at first you
30 Going global
Hands up for Hanford, says Isabella Butler
don’t succeed... A dose of failure is good for your child, advises Heather Hanbury
Lord Wei of Shoreditch says that the British independent education system is one of our greatest exports
EDUCATION 18 Schools profile
HEALTH 49 Check list
Gavin Worrall of Close Brothers explains how their savings scheme could help you
Thea Jourdan looks at the health checks children should have
53 Going solo
When is the right time to let your children travel independently, asks Glynis Kozma
54 Agony aunt Victoria Lambert has the answers
LIFE 56 Pack your bags!
Thea Jourdan has been a journalist for 15 years writing for national newspapers and The Economist. “I love talking to people about issues that affect them,” says Thea, who has three children, the two eldest of whom go to Brookham Pre-Prep in Hampshire. Thea writes about the health checks your child should have before the autumn term starts (p.47).
Natalie Milner grills the matrons and asks what your child should pack if they start boarding next term
Boarding is enjoying a renaissance. Charlotte Phillips looks at why living at school is on the up
27 Education profile 33 Focus on the web
Emily Jenkinson on how schools are doing their bit to foster the entrepreneurial spirit
Victoria Lambert looks at cyberbullying and what you can do to protect your child online. Teacher Michael Bevington asks could your child be allergic to Wi-Fi? And headmistress Jane Prescott says the web is a fantastic learning tool
40 Sport
Independent schools will be at the forefront of Britain’s sailing success at 2012, enthuses Tracy Cook
61 The great outdoors 67 Shiver me timbers 77 Property
SCHOOL’S OUT 71 Parent’s page
Holiday activities you can do with your child...or ones they can do solo
Annabel Heseltine heads to Salcombe for some mother-son time
Short-term lets could pave the way for a new revenue stream, says Anna Tyzack
Charlotte Phillips and her family have experi- enced almost every type of school going, from day to boarding and single sex to co-education. Charlotte looks at boarding and why it’s on the increase (p.18). Add her other life as a part-time music specialist at a local prep school and it’s no wonder she finds education an endlessly fascinating topic.
Where you talk to us and we talk to you
80 Bright sparks
What our school leavers and graduates did next
82 School memories
Tony Aikenhead reminisces over his days at Barnard Castle School
Lord Wei of Shoreditch is the youngest peer in the House of Lords and a serial social entrepreneur who helped to found the educational charity Teach First. He is the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for East Asian Busi- ness and the Trea- surer of the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Chinese in Britain. In this issue, he explores interna- tionalism (p.30).
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