Interview: Noel Michell, President of the C of E Flower Arrangers’ Association

‘Flowers have a sacramental power — in the widest sense’

The window that Darwin opened

‘Christian thinkers came to terms with evolution quite readily’

Maggie Durran: Begin with firm foundations

We would like to develop our church and open it up to local people.

EDUCATION: Church schools struggle to find new heads

‘If anything, the situation has now worsened’

EDUCATION: Seen through a glass brightly

“It looks magnificent from the outside at night,” Mrs Mears says, “and it gives such a strong message about how we share common Christian values.”

EDUCATION: Books to widen children’s knowledge and eyes

SOME SCHOOLS now have so many accolades on their official notepaper that there is hardly any space left for the letter.

EDUCATION: Schools group to keep out chill

WHEN three new academies open in September, they will already have filial ties, joining one of the oldest education families in the country, the Woodard...

EDUCATION: Te Deum after affiliation

IN BLACKBURN, Lancashire, the 1650 pupils of St Wilfrid’s Church of England High School and Technology College are streaming in to lunch or out into the...

EDUCATION: School with a chapel and Aga

IT IS entrance-exam day for 11-year-old hopefuls at Bloxham School.

EDUCATION: The view from the bottom of the class

TO BE BORN in January 1946 was to be born into a brave new world.

EDUCATION: Now bullies are online

At one time, of course, the worst that teachers could expect was some kind of cruel jape.

EDUCATION: Danger of Welsh opt-out

THE Welsh Assembly government has fol­lowed the lead taken by England, and has decided that sixth-formers in Wales should no longer be compelled to attend...

EDUCATION: A chance to educate properly

SOMETHING had to be done. When I started teaching, a child’s primary education could consist of phonics or painting, depending on the school.



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