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Future gazing is a difficult art form and the likelihood of getting it right is very low. Reading from today into tomorrow is notorious for many hostages to fortune – most of us get it wrong! There are however, a number of relative certainties that can provide a structure for looking at how society might develop and what the role of schools in the future might be. There are a number of things we know now that will impact on our society and economy and that will shape how we develop schools to em… Continue

One of the most exciting project I'm currently involved with is the creation of a learning campus on the Isle of Wight. The campus will contain a new secondary school whose teaching and learning structure is based in a different way of approaching the curriculum. The building will support a focus on vocational skills, expecting young people to ready and prepared for the world of work and ground them in learning techniques which will enable them to have confidence to meet the challenges of the wo… Continue