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Principal's Blog

Radnor House parents receive a Weekly Bulletin of news information, highlights of achievements and details of forthcoming events, as well as additional communications from other departments and individuals as necessary.

Our Principal, Darryl Wideman, also writes a regular blog to share his thoughts about education and the world with a wider audience, which you can read below.

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  • Creativity - What’s the Point?

    It’s not an easy time to be a teacher of art & design! The benefit of arts in education is constantly being questioned and undermined, cuts are being made in many schools and the arts are too often perceived as subjects for less academically able pupils. However, it is good to report in th...
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  • The Learners Inherit the Earth

    Sir James Dyson once said that the most important quality he looks for in people coming to work for him is the willingness to try, fail and learn. He loves such spirit, which he sees as being all too rare in the world today, and which is perhaps not surprising given the narrowness of the curriculum...
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  • E = P + R + C

    This week was probably the last chance we will have to do a full round of assemblies with all the year groups because it will not be long before the theatre is set up for the GCSE and A Level examinations, and we will all turn our focus to end of school year tests, both external and internal. It the...
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  • My First Rule of Enlightenment is to Show Up

    Woody Allen’s credibility might not be as strong as it used to be, but it’s hard to deny he has made some lasting contributions to cultural life over the years. He may or may not have said that his first rule of enlightenment is to show up, but you can’t always let truth get in the...
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  • Chimps, Black Dogs and Bouncebackability

    There are times when a Head’s heart (yes, apparently we have them as well!) can sink when looking at the calendar for the end of term. While some may be in winding down mode, with suitcases half-packed for the break, it is usually the time when more people than usual send emails or ask for app...
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  • Poetry, please

    I can’t remember where I got it from, but I have a note in one of my ‘blue sky’ files that recommends delivering the same assemblies to all the different age groups in the school. I think it may have come from a primary school head who was making the point that a younger audience i...
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  • Co-education, Co-education, Co-education

    In the centenary year of women gaining the right to vote in this country, and in the week of International Women’s Day, I was reminded on Wednesday that, while much progress has undoubtedly been made, there is still much to do before we can come close to saying that men and women are truly equ...
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  • Stand Out from the Crowd

    In this week’s assemblies, I tried to do some public mind reading, but it soon became clear that Derren Brown has nothing to fear. I told the children I was looking for someone with a special personality. I asked them to close their eyes, listen to a description I was going to read out and see...
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  • Old and Young

    It seems to be an increasingly depressing experience listening to the news each morning. However, two things struck me this week as plumbing new depths – one personal, one much more public.
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  • An Effective Curriculum

    Designing an effective curriculum is one of the key challenges for everyone involved in education, from the Secretary of State to the classroom teacher. Over the centuries, many different models have been tried, from the fascination of the ancients for astrology and geometry to the more modern attem...
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  • A Breath of Fresh Air

    Among the best feedback I’ve heard since I joined Radnor House is that we are providing a breath of fresh air in our approach to pupil recruitment this year. From the talks I have given at open mornings and tours to the way our staff and pupils have treated our visitors in recent weeks, we hav...
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