At 10.30am on Wednesday, at the height of the mass walkout by hundreds of pupils at Pimlico Academy, a video was posted on Twitter of headmaster Daniel Smith inside the school. Filmed from behind, Mr Smith can be seen hurriedly walking along a corridor being relentlessly pursued by a male student, it is believed, who … Read more
Protesting pupils’ list of demands presented to the head – and what he has already agreed to A statement purporting to be from the pupil protesters breaks down their ‘demands’. An extract from this document is shown below, with changes that headteacher Daniel Smith has agreed to marked by an asterisk and italics. DISCRIMINATION We … Read more
John Patrick Holian (pictured), the headmaster of a Catholic school on Long Island, has been placed on leave after an incident involving an 11-year-old black student The white headmaster of a $15,000-a-year Long Island Catholic school forced an 11-year-old black student to kneel down and apologize to a teacher because doing so was the ‘African … Read more
At first glance, Mike Fairclough’s domestic set-up looks much like the cheerful chaos that will be familiar to many families. His three-year-old twin daughters Luna and Star charge around, endlessly changing dressing-up costumes and asking a million questions a minute. His sons Iggy, 16, and Tali, 22, wander around blaring loud music. The difference is … Read more
Headmaster, 41, of £18,000-a-year London private school will come out as gay to his pupils and staff in online assembly tomorrow and says ‘my only regret it not doing it earlier’ Headteacher Nicholas Hewlett plans to tell students and staff at St Dunstan’s College in Catford that he is gay during an online assembly tomorrow … Read more
Eton pupil is sent home after sending headmaster letter saying ‘parents, staff and boys have been shocked by your arrogance’ and demanding he RESIGNS Pupil accused the head of ‘arrogance, laziness and utter disregard for the school’ Letter was in response to the dismissal of Will Knowland over provocative video In video lecture, English teacher … Read more
Meet the headmaster of Reykjavik’s Elfschool, where you can learn all about elves and ‘hidden people’ – magical beings that are real for 54% of Icelanders Historian and folklore expert Magnus Skarphedinsson runs the Elfschool Elves, he says, are not an illusion for Icelanders, or for a great many foreigners Mr Skarphedinsson he’s met more … Read more
Body of retired headmaster is exhumed NINE days after being buried by the wrong family after mortuary mix-up Relatives gathered at St Mary’s Church near Carlisle to grieve the wrong man Another Cumbrian man believed to be in his late 80s had been buried instead North Cumbria Integrated Care Foundation said an investigation is underway … Read more
School chiefs are ‘greatly relieved’ following the Government A-level U-turn after ministers heeded calls from the headmaster of Eton College to dump the ‘unfair’ algorithm. Simon Henderson said that several of pupils had seen their teacher-assessed grades downgraded by the standardising process, sometimes by more than one grade, ‘and in a way which on many … Read more