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Abbey: Connected

Each week, Abbey staff provide their reflections on a wide range of issues that affect education, the UK and the wider world. Click the button below to read through the library of articles.

Big news to start the summer

This is a special edition of our regular Heads Connected series focusing on three hugely exciting developments to mark the start of this summer term. These projects really do span the range from…

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The Power of Hope

“The last two years” is a phrase we read, hear, think or say a lot at the moment. As we reach the end of our Spring Term, it’s hard not to think about these same months in 2020, as we witnessed the…

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Joy and sorrow

This sun-drenched week brought experiences so vividly contrasting that the effect was disorienting.

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When I grow up

A child entering school has endless answers to the question “what do you want to be when you grow up?” Within a few brief years, these may narrow to a set of career aspirations that are consistent…

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Solidarity, fellowship, peace

Last year I wrote about one of the core obligations we, as a school, are asked to fulfil by the Government: to promote what are known in education as the four Fundamental British Values. These are…

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