Welcome to the Spring 2025 edition of Independent 樱花动漫 magazine. Explore this particularly bountiful issue for insights into everything from the madness of school sports to why a career in school marketing could be for you.
Highlights this quarter include:
- Irfan Latif, headmaster of , explores how “toxic masculinity” has become a defining issue in contemporary education.
- David Walker, director of the Boarding Schools’ Association, responds to the recent Radio 4 series , acknowledging hard truths but agreeing that they are now very different places.
- From his headmaster’s seat at Brighton College Bangkok, Nick Gallop discusses how independent schools can adapt as the global centre of gravity shifts away from Europe towards South East Asia.
- Andrew Lewer reflects on how independent schools can attempt to stand out from the crowd.
- Richard Harman, CEO of the Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools, (AGBIS) looks at the Independent Schools Inspectorate’s evolving approach to inspections and how schools can adapt.
- Expert Louise Brenlund gives some essential and timely advice on a school’s ability to dismiss staff for expressing views on social media that don’t align with school values.
- Zoe MacDougall interviews AMCIS’s outgoing CEO Tory Gillingham about how school marketing has changed since she stepped into the role.
- Rachel Kerr looks at the rewards of a career in school marketing.
- Prompted by a touchline gaffe, headmaster George Bailey explores why school sport can get so emotive.
