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The Most Difficult Issue in Independent School Sport

Posted Tuesday, 2 November 2021

There is wide consensus amongst those involved in sport in independent schools of the most difficult issue they face. It is the same all over the world. No discussion of frustrations gets far before agreement is reached that intrusive parents are the worst aspect of the job. It wasn’t always...

The Most Difficult Issue in Independent School Sport

Posted Tuesday, 2 November 2021

There is wide consensus amongst those involved in sport in independent schools of the most difficult issue they face. It is the same all over the world. No discussion of frustrations gets far before agreement is reached that intrusive parents are the worst aspect of the job. It wasn’t always...

Permission to Play Rugby, Sir? Maintaining Schools Rugby in a Landscape of Choice

Posted Tuesday, 2 November 2021

Permission to Play Rugby, Sir? Rugby Football has had a long and prominent place in the history of schools. The assumption that all boys would play the full version of the game was historically unchallenged: many took part in full contact Rugby several times each week. Many boys fell in...

Is There a Place for Mixed School Sport?

Posted Wednesday, 6 October 2021

Co-education was late to the educational party. Almost all of the early schools were single sex, with the foundation of many boys’ schools having a fifty year start on the girls. Even when comprehensivisation brought mixed schools to the state system in the 1970s and 80s, physical activity was very...

Offering Parents Choice about Rugby

Posted Monday, 27 September 2021

Rugby Football has had a long and prominent place in the history of UK schools. Many boys fell in love with the game at an early age, played enthusiastically throughout their years in education and had a lifelong involvement in community clubs, often organisations founded for the old boys of...

Book Review

Posted Monday, 13 September 2021

‘Belonging: The Ancient Code of Togetherness’ Owen Eastwood This is a fascinating book, which attempts to explain the science behind the widely held, but anecdotal, view that teams can provide a uniquely positive experience for their members. This is based on the universal human need to belong. The author draws...