Dr Adrian Rainbow, Deputy Head (Co-curriculum) of Sevenoaks School, describes how the whole person education philosophy is applied there and the benefits pupils – and society – enjoy from it

We live in precarious times: climate change, species extinction, tariff wars, the impact of Artificial Intelligence and the threat of a global economic depression, to mention just a few. So it’s easy to understand doomsayers claiming that humans are on a dangerous trajectory and that our children will inherit a damaged world, rife with uncertainty. But this does not have to be the dominant narrative. 

TEST The new Science and Technology Centre at Sevenoaks School

The new Science and Technology Centre at Sevenoaks School

TEST The new Science and Technology Centre at Sevenoaks School

Exams matter, but everything else a student can learn in school matters so much more

Speaking Sense

Mike Piercy, education consultant and former Head of The New Beacon, turns language pupil A favourite word: smellfungus. A favourite book: The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (two weighty tomes). A favourite pursuit: looking up a word, getting distracted by other,...

Perfect Pitch

Mike Piercy, education consultant and former Head of The New Beacon, sings the praises of music in education What exactly is it that drives parents to make huge sacrifices by sending their children to independent schools? Different families have different...

‘It’s not fair!’

Mike Piercy, education consultant and former Head of The New Beacon, explains the importance of winning and losing with good grace The beefy second row lay prone, groaning, as the pack lumbered away. “Get up, Darling!” I cried. Opposition spectators...