Independent Schools
Out with the in-crowd
Barely surving a nightmarish camp
Going the full Munch
A traumatising letter from St Paul’s arrives
Schoolboy error
The folly of public schools’ race to embrace the religion of wokeness
Who wants to be a teacher?
Lucy Kellaway’s memoir is a must-read for anyone considering the profession
Critical Race Schools
A student spectator on the wokification of the curriculum
The perils of privilege
Musa Okwonga’s memoir about his time at Eton is a confused account of having access to everywhere but belonging nowhere
Is the age of the single-sex boarding school over?
As Winchester College prepares to turn co-educational, Alexander Larman asks if single-sex boarding schools may soon become a thing of the past
Educating the G&T set
Claudia Savage-Gore on the tricky social nuances of London day schools
Eton needs to be led by a headmaster, not a social activist
Simon Henderson’s top-down revolution at Eton has lost the trust of too many parents, staff, and donors for him to remain in place
The knives come out for Ampleforth and its monks
The DfE has banned new admissions to Ampleforth following a child abuse scandal. But this former pupil remains thankful to the school’s Benedictine monks