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The Oratory School
The Oratory is a friendly, purposeful community dedicated to the growth of the individual within society. We believe that...
Berkshire
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Lancing College
Lancing College is a leading independent school for boys and girls aged 13 to 18. Lancing is the Senior School in the...
West Sussex
Wrekin College
Wrekin College has a long tradition of providing a happy but disciplined environment in which all pupils are encouraged to...
Shropshire
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Contributors to Attain
We are very fortunate to have welcome contributions to Attain from a very wide range of Headmasters and Headmistresses, as well as other leading figures in independent education. A summary of contributors to previous issues is available below, with links to the relevant article.
| Name | Position | Organisation | Article Title | Attain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Able, Graham | Master | Dulwich Colllege | Academies: Comment | Issue 5 |
| Armitage, Barbara | Development Director | Wycombe Abbey School | Charitable Status Viewpoints | Issue 6 |
| Badham-Thornhill, Robin | Headmaster | Summer Fields School, Oxford | Preparing for Life: Viewpoints | Issue 8 |
| Badham-Thornhill, Robin | Headmaster | Summer Fields School, Oxford | The Difficulties of Pre-Testing | Issue 9 |
| Baker, Paul | Head of Geography | Dragon School | Geography in Prep Schools | Issue 7 |
| Barnes, James | Headmaster | Lambrook Haileybury | Whither Common Entrance | Issue 4 |
| Baugh, John | Headmaster | Dragon School | And a River Runs Through It | Issue 4 |
| Berry, Jill | President 2009 | Girls' Schools Association | Helping Your Daughter Succeed | Issue 9 |
| Boggis, Andrew | Chairman | HMC | Independent-State Partnerships | Issue 2 |
| Brooks, Neil | Headmaster | Cothill House | Boarding Viewpoints | Issue 7 |
| Bruce, Martin | Headmaster | Christ Church Cathedral School | Reaching Out | Issue 2 |
| Budge, Keith | Head | Bedales Schools | School Uniform: Viewpoints | Issue 9 |
| Burbank, Val | Head of Sixth Form | St Helen & St Katharine | Single-Sex Sixth Forms | Issue 2 |
| Burgess, Matthew | ISC | Charitable Status Viewpoints | Issue 6 | |
| Carpenter, Peter | Director of Teaching and Learning | Tonbridge School | Creative Writing - Jump! | Issue 9 |
| Champion, Pam | Archivist | St Helen & St Katharine | Unlocking the Archives | Issue 6 |
| Constantine, Rowland | Headmaster | New Beacon School | Modern Languages in Prep Schools | Issue 5 |
| Coutts, Anne | Headmistress | Headington School | School Uniform: Viewpoints | Issue 9 |
| Davies, Gregg | Headmaster | Shiplake College | Effective Leadership | Issue 4 |
| Davies, Gregg | Headmaster | Shiplake College | Preparing for Life: Viewpoints | Issue 8 |
| Dawson, Tom | Headmaster | Sunningdale School | Common Entrance - Worth Fighting For? | Issue 5 |
| Dunston, John | Headmaster | Leighton Park School | Keeping the Faith | Issue 2 |
| Dytor, Clive | Head Master | The Oratory School | Resisting Change | Issue 1 |
| Dytor, Clive | Head Master | The Oratory School | Questions of Faith | Issue 5 |
| Ebner-Landy, Jo | Headmistress | The Royal School, Hampstead | Boarding Viewpoints | Issue 7 |
| Everitt, Fr Gabriel | Headmaster | Ampleforth College | Boarding Viewpoints | Issue 7 |
| Farr, Clarissa | High Mistress | St Paul's Girls' School | Asking the Right Questions | Issue 5 |
| Fleming, David | Headmaster | Brockhurst School | School Uniform: Viewpoints | Issue 9 |
| Franklin, John | Head Master | Christ’s Hospital School, Horsham | School Uniform: Viewpoints | Issue 9 |
| Freedman, Sam | Policy Exchange | Changing Control of Schools | Issue 8 | |
| Garnier, Thomas | Headmaster | Pangbourne College | Teaching Leadership | Issue 3 |
| Gorst, Richard | Business Manager | St Clare's Oxford | The Rise of the IB | Issue 1 |
| Hall, Cynthia | Co-Chair | GSA/HMC Universities Committee | Winning the University Lottery | Issue 1 |
| Harrington, Julia | Headmistress | Queen Anne's School | The End of the Beginning | Issue 4 |
| Hastie-Smith, Tim | Headmaster | Dean Close School | Charitable Status Viewpoints | Issue 6 |
| Haynes, Tim | Headmaster | Tonbridge School | Boarding Viewpoints | Issue 7 |
| Hillier, Richard | Head Master | The Oratory Prep School | Learning to Lose | Issue 2 |
| Holloway, Paula | Principal | St Clare's Oxford | The International Dimension | Issue 2 |
| Hope, Agnes | BYT | Making the Right Choices | Issue 3 | |
| Ingram, Barbara | Director of Education | IAPS | The Right Age for Senior School | Issue 4 |
| Johnson, Boris | The Science of Teaching | Issue 1 | ||
| Kilgour, Sam | Development Director | Shiplake College | A Parents Guide to Boarding | Issue 7 |
| King, Frances | Headmistress | Roedean | Preparing for Life: Viewpoints | Issue 8 |
| Little, Tony | Headmaster | Eton College | Proving the Benefit | Issue 8 |
| Long, Chris | Headmaster | St Edmund's College | The Value of Summer Schools | Issue 8 |
| Lucas, Geoff | Secretary | HMC | Why Offer Diplomas? | Issue 7 |
| Lynch, Prudence | Head | Kensington Prep School | School Uniform: Viewpoints | Issue 9 |
| McPhail, Angus | Warden | Radley College | The Immeasurable Value of Education | Issue 3 |
| Merriman, Richard | Headmaster | Birchfield School | Preparing for Life: Viewpoints | Issue 8 |
| Moore, Mark | Head of College | Clifton College | Academies: Comment | Issue 5 |
| Moriarty, Hilary | National Director | BSA | Boarding in the 21st Century | Issue 7 |
| Muirhead, Doug | IFA | Affinity Independent | The Ultimate Investment | Issue 2 |
| Ramsay, Alastair | Headmaster | The Downs, Malvern College Prep | Preparing for Life: Viewpoints | Issue 8 |
| Ray, Dr Christopher | High Master | The Manchester Grammar School | Academies: Comment | Issue 5 |
| Renwick, Lynne | Headmistress | Our Lady's Convent School | Stretched to the Limits | Issue 3 |
| Robinson, Julie | Headmistress | Vinehall School | Preparation for Life | Issue 6 |
| Shephard, Jonathan | Chief Executive | ISC | Independent Schools & Public Benefit | Issue 4 |
| Spencer Ellis, Paul | Headmaster | Royal Alexandra & Albert School | Cyber Bullying | Issue 6 |
| Stanley, Barbara | Head | The Abbey School | The Pursuit of Excellence | Issue 3 |
| Stephen, Dr Martin | High Master | St Paul's School | Examination Meltdown | Issue 9 |
| Tait, Peter | Headmaster | Sherborne Preparatory School | Smartening Up Not Dumbing Down | Issue 6 |
| Thackrah, Stuart | Headmaster | Holmwood House | Boarding Viewpoints | Issue 7 |
| Townsend, Ralph | Headmaster | Winchester College | Pre-U - Revolution by Tradition? | Issue 6 |
| Trafford, Dr Bernard | Chairman 2008 | HMC | Preparing for Life: Viewpoints | Issue 8 |
| Tranmer, John | Headmaster | Froebelian School | Inspections Unravelled | Issue 7 |
| Tuckwell, Janette | Millfield Preparatory School | Teaching to Touch-Type | Issue 9 | |
| Walsh, Claire | Head of DT | Chandlings | Get Cooking | Issue 2 |
| Wansey, Jonathan | Headmaster | Crosfields Preparatory School | Happy Prep School Days! | Issue 3 |
| Watkins, Diana | Headmistress | Leaden Hall | Boarding Viewpoints | Issue 7 |
| Wilson, John | Director of Music | Chandlings | Making the Right Noises | Issue 8 |
| Wood, Professor John | Chief Executive | CCLRC | The Science of Misconceptions | Issue 3 |
| Woodhead, Chris | Professor of Education | University of Buckingham | Analysing the Parties' Policies | Issue 5 |
| Wright, Dr Helen | Headmistress | St Mary's School, Calne | Ensuring Self-fulfilment | Issue 8 |
| Northcott, Simon | Headmaster | S. Anselm's Preparatory School | Who Benefits from 'Public Benefit'? | Issue 10 |
| Garnier, Thomas | Headmaster | Pangbourne College | Who Benefits from 'Public Benefit'? | Issue 10 |
| Ray, Dr Christopher | High Master | The Manchester Grammar School | Who Benefits from 'Public Benefit'? | Issue 10 |
| Price, Leolin | QC | Ten Old Square | Who Benefits from 'Public Benefit'? | Issue 10 |
| Leather, Dame Suzi | Chair | Charity Commission | Who Benefits from 'Public Benefit'? | Issue 10 |
| Tranmer, John | Headmaster | The Froebelian School | Challenges Facing Prep Schools | Issue 10 |
| Smyth, Richard | Director | Stonebridge Music Courses | A Musical Phoenix Rises | Issue 10 |
| Hynam, Jeff | Bursar | Winchester College | The Recession: Viewpoints | Issue 10 |
| Launchbury, Stephen | Bursar | Roedean School | The Recession: Viewpoints | Issue 10 |
| Blackmore, Simon | Bursar | Cothill Educational Trust | The Recession: Viewpoints | Issue 10 |
| Dickens, Mark | Bursar | Cumnor House School | The Recession: Viewpoints | Issue 10 |
| Rutter-Jerome, Shane | General Secretary | AGBIS | The Recession: Viewpoints | Issue 10 |
| Berry, Jill | Head | Dame Alice Harpur School | Stop Bashing Parents! | Issue 10 |
| Preston, Dr Giles | Head of Science | Lancing College | Is Science a Matter of Choice? | Issue 10 |
| Merriman, Richard | Headmaster | Birchfield School | Making the Switch to Co-Ed | Issue 10 |
| Palmer, Tom | Author | Enjoying Reading through Sport | Issue 10 | |
| McKaughan, Michael | Headmaster | Denmead School | Sport: Teaching Enjoyment | Issue 11 |
| Peters, Mark | Director of Sport | Hornsby House | Sport: Confidence to Play | Issue 11 |
| Watson, Paddy | Headmaster | Foremarke Hall | Sport: Learning to Grow Up | Issue 11 |
| Green, Peter | Headmaster | Ardingly College | The Lie of the League Table | Issue 11 |
| Reader, Martin | Headmaster | Wellington School | Making the Jump | Issue 11 |
| Rose, Lucy | PR & Communications | IAPS | Supporting Children's Needs | Issue 11 |
| Moriarty, Hilary | National Director | BSA | Looking Up, Looking Out | Issue 11 |
| Hanson, David | Chief Executive | IAPS | Comment: Vetting & Barring | Issue 11 |
