You can turn your life around at any time because while nobody can go back and start a new beginning, anyone can start today and make a new ending
I once worked with a Headteacher colleague who likened his school to a car garage. He said, very proudly, that they would take in children who were, for some reason, struggling, broken or suffering real difficulties, and then they would conduct whatever remedial work was necessary before getting them back out there, ready to go again. That was the calling of the school, to his mind. Of course, such work is far easier said than done, and it doesn’t always work. The ‘issue’ nee
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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you
It’s been a very long time since I wrote a blog like this, and so much has happened since I have. Not only have I undergone a huge change in work, moving from a school I had worked at for 11 years, five of them as Headteacher, but my wife and I welcomed our son, Archie, to take our family from three to four. September 2025 was certainly a busy month! In fact, everything has been incredibly busy since. Back in 2022, when I had written my 75th blog as a Headteacher, I explained
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