Traditional teaching. Traditional discipline. Traditional values. An amalgamation of our Michaela GCSE 2024 results day videos, made by one of our teachers… ❤️

Dust! It’s just a bit of dust in my eye!

Huge congratulations to you, your staff and students. Inspiring teachers make all the difference. Every single child should be able to access a superb education, such as the one your school offers. Sadly, it’s a rarity rather than standard.

Amazing insight on education from John Taylor Gatto - ” Now for the good news. Once you understand the logic behind modern schooling, its tricks and traps are fairly easy to avoid. School trains children to be employees and consumers; teach your own to be leaders and adventurers. School trains children to obey reflexively; teach your own to think critically and independently. Well-schooled kids have a low threshold for boredom; help your own to develop an inner life so that they'll never be bored. Urge them to take on the serious material, the grown-up material, in history, literature, philosophy, music, art, economics, theology -all the stuff schoolteachers know well enough to avoid. Challenge your kids with plenty of solitude so that they can learn to enjoy their own company, to conduct inner dialogues. Well-schooled people are conditioned to dread being alone; they seek constant companionship through the TV, the computer, the cell phone, and through shallow friendships quickly acquired, quickly abandoned. Your children should have a more important life, and they can.” From his book; Dumbing Us Down - page 104

This is absolutely joyous 😊. I cried tears of joy for each and every child. Thank you for sharing their achievements 💯💫💫💫💫

Ahh it brings back memories! And a non traditional intake and ethnic diversity: getting bloody brilliant results. I wish @Keir_Starmer would engage you as a consultant. School is so important for making kids do well in life.

Brilliant Katharine! A talisman to ward off the nay-sayers! All strength to you and your staff!

Well done Michaela 👏👏 It can be done…. If only!

You are giving these young people the tools they need to successfully navigate life.

It’s wonderful what you have achieved! It is enough to bring a tear to your eye. Well done! You must have put your whole life into this and it is an inspirational thing to see the results.