Simon Larter-Evans

Sep 11, 2024 | schoolmanagementplus.com | Helen Pike |Simon Larter-Evans |Sam Hart |Melvyn Roffe

Yarm Preparatory School is part of Yarm School, a thriving independent school in the North East, situated in a vibrant market town on the banks of the river Tees. Yarm is a modern school which was founded in a unique way by a group of parents and a pioneering headmaster.

Jul 26, 2024 | schoolmanagementplus.com | Louise Brenlund |Simon Larter-Evans |Chris Barnes |Aidan Warlow

Last Friday, my daughters’ school sent out the new guidelines about penalty notices and how they will be issued from the next academic year. For a first offence, it’s £160 per parent, per child – £80 if paid within 21 days. For a second offence within three years, you pay £160 per parent, per child, with no reductions available.

Jul 15, 2024 | schoolmanagementplus.com | Simon Larter-Evans |Chris J Seal |Alex Hutchinson |Irena Barker

The election of 22-year-old Sam Carling as MP for North West Cambridgeshire has, inevitably, raised a few eyebrows about his age and lack of life experience. It even prompted one political commentator to suggest that there should be an age limit for candidates (around the age of 35). She went on to suggest that experience and wisdom were things that you could only gain with age, a sentiment that many around the country would agree with.

Jun 22, 2023 | tes.com | Simon Larter-Evans

A parent, who was initially delighted to have been awarded a high-profile qualification in medicine, lamented to me recently that it might not have been worth the effort. Teachers are prone to feel beleaguered and unappreciated for what they do, while the Church is imbalanced with a disproportionately ageing clergy. And the criminal justice system is on its knees because crime, it seems, doesn’t pay.