Tess St Clair-Ford

Dec 9, 2024 | schoolmanagementplus.com | Tess St Clair-Ford |Irena Barker |James MacDonald |James Macdonald

Unless you have a carefully managed media diet, you have almost certainly heard dire warnings about the future of our planet and species. Of course, this is not an entirely new phenomenon and I remember growing up in Canada fearing the Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons and worrying that the doomsday predictions of the Sunday morning TV preachers could be right.

Nov 27, 2024 | schoolmanagementplus.com | Irena Barker |Daniel McHugh |Paul Wood |Tess St Clair-Ford

Do you remember your first day in a new role? I do. In 2023, I took on the role of principal at Oxford International College (OIC) Brighton. Not only was this my first experience of opening a new college, it was the only one of its kind to open in the UK in 2023.  Opening a new school comes with huge challenges. Some expected, such as construction project management, ensuring compliance with the UK’s comprehensive regulatory frameworks and student recruitment. Some…less expected.