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‘Many independent schools would be awful state schools’
Six years ago, Hans van Mourik Broekman’s school converted from independent to state-run. It’s not the right option for all private schools, he says
23 September 2019
‘Politicians are completely distracted by Brexit and won’t have any time to meddle in schools: education will improve dramatically as a result’
Let’s hope the process of leaving the EU absorbs every minute of parliamentary time, leaving schools space to consider what they are doing rather than what they are told must still be done
5 January 2017
‘UCAS needs fundamental reform - any other industry selling a £9,000 a year product wouldn’t get away with these restrictive and anti-consumer practices’
Despite the happy ending, one school principal explains why his results day experience confirmed the UCAS system is monopolistic and all its associated works are totally rotten
19 September 2016
‘I would have to calm my own fears before speaking to my EU-national colleagues and my sixth formers from EU countries’
Last week, this Dutch principal of a Liverpool school wrote about the need to support EU nationals working and studying in Britain’s schools. Today, he reacts to the news that his worst fears have been made reality
24 June 2016
‘My advice is that every school conducts a thorough risk assessment for Brexit’
We must be prepared to support the EU nationals working and studying in our schools, says the principal of Liverpool College
18 June 2016
Compliance is crippling school finances, says leading headteacher
Hans van Mourik Broekman, headmaster of Liverpool College, warns that compliance costs are spiraling out of control
18 March 2016
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