Current teaching position

Head of English and Head of Upper Sixth in a North Yorkshire boarding school.  Governor of a North Yorkshire Church of England Primary School.

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1. Best thing about teaching?

Introducing young minds to big ideas.

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2. Best city you've ever visited/lived in?

Budapest, Hungary.

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3. A song you listen to when happy/sad?

‘O Thou Who Camest From Above’, words: Samuel Wesley, tune: Hereford.

'This is the Day', The The.

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4. Biggest education inspiration?

Sir Henry John Newbolt (1862-1938).

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5. Describe your TTR shows in one sentence?

A space for exploring the creative, curious and charitable in education in good company.     

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6. Favourite TTR guest (on one of your shows)

Chris Berrow of ‘The Naked Gamer Podcast’, on the Computer Game Curriculum Late Late Show.

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7. Favourite TTR episode (of yours) so far and why?

Episode on a Computer Game Curriculum, with Chris Berrow. What lasting lessons did we learn from our schoolboy gaming careers of the 1990s and what would the perfect computer game curriculum look like?

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8. Your teaching philosophy?

I believe in the power of the Benedictine approach to the teaching of big ideas and daily routines: ‘Listen with the ear of the heart’, St Benedict of Nursia. We learn a lot from listening.

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9. Best bit of advice you ever got?

‘What is written without effort is read without pleasure’, Samuel Johnson.

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10. Dream guest on your TTR show?

William Blake (1757-1827). This might be quite challenging to set up.