Writing
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Everything published since 2018, by strand, series and year.
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Education: Extinct. The Nature Table
Conkers, frogspawn, a wasps’ nest somebody’s dad found in a shed. Every classroom had a nature table once, and then quietly none of them did. This…
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The Assembly at Laxey
The final episode of Whichever Way You Throw Me, a week of stories from my own career and what each one taught me about leadership. The…
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There Was No Blueprint
Episode four of Whichever Way You Throw Me, a week of stories from my own career and what each one taught me about leadership. The series…
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The Field at Onchan
I have lived in Onchan all my life. I went to school there as a boy. I live there now, a few minutes from where I…
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The School I Helped Build, Twice
In 2011 I was appointed deputy headteacher of Murrays Road School in Douglas. A junior school, Years 3 to 6, single site, with a separate infant…
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Just Looking After the Keys
In 2014 I inherited my first headship from the head before me. Eleven years later, when my role changed and the job was advertised, he applied…