Bradford Grammar School's head, Simon Hinchliffe, reflects on the schools public benefit activities and explains the steps being [...]

Two years ago, in the Autumn of 2022, I found myself making a case for independent schools like [...]

Hope was the given theme for the first Bradford Grammar Senior School assembly of 2024 – an apt [...]

Over many years, Bradford Grammar School has sought to enact an impactful public benefit on behalf of the [...]

The theme of the week at Bradford Grammar School is Gratitude, which ties neatly into our Founders’ Day [...]

There’s a buzz of eager anticipation in the Price Hall before assembly. I know, it’s not reserved for [...]

Last week’s performance of Roald Dahl’s ‘The Witches’ by our Year 7 and 8 ‘Friday Drama Club’ had [...]

Watching Bradford Grammar School alumnus, Emile Cairess (2016) finishing the London Marathon in sixth place with a time [...]

Excellence, Opportunity, and Happiness – these are the words that groups of students, parents, prospective BGS families and [...]

“We were told this summer that it was a “mutant algorithm” that had caused the anguish of the [...]

I read an article in The Conversation last week that captured the critical essence of much anti-Boris feeling. [...]

The killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers has appalled decent people worldwide. Reactions have been diverse, [...]

We all get scared. At worst, fear can near paralyse. Less dramatically, fear can cloud judgement, affect behaviours, [...]

A reflection, and why not? It’s late, I can’t sleep and there is a restorative glass of something [...]

Whole school assemblies resume next week in the Price Hall following Year 11 and 13 mock exams. In [...]

It is impossible to hang your hat on one theme or moment in any given academic year, term [...]

New Year, new term at Bradford Grammar School and one of those blogs that comes from playing back [...]

‘Twas the night before Christmas’ – well, not quite, but the feel is much the same at BGS [...]

Rallying ideologies and party-political point scoring have characterised recent debates about the future of education in the UK [...]

Every year it’s the same. We’ve been back at school for a few days only, but it feels [...]

I wrote about leadership earlier in the year and have reflected on this theme since, usually as my focus [...]

“Inequality is now entrenched in Britain from birth to work, and the Government needs to take urgent action [...]

Tuesday last week was the first day back after Easter and in true BGS, some would say Hoc [...]

“The emphasis on seeking ‘almost superhuman beings’ to lead schools deters people from applying for headships, a prominent [...]

Character education is back on the national agenda following an address by the Education Secretary, Damian Hinds. Great. [...]

BBC Mastermind … contestant, Hinchliffe … specialist subject: The Life and Times of Peppa Pig. We have two [...]

Each school term is a sprint. It’s a dangerous thing sitting down for ten minutes with a mug [...]

I’ve just finished a few lines of introduction for the latest edition of ‘Hoc Age’, our termly school [...]

The summer break is over and today is the first day of the new academic year. We are [...]

The arts are under threat in our schools. This week The Independent reported Press Association analysis charting a “significant” [...]

Having tackled the BGS in-tray over the opening Bank Holiday weekend of the half term break, we retreated [...]

When I was a kid, my experiences of ‘posh’ private schools were largely confined to getting beaten at [...]

Interviews for a new Teacher of English have filled much of today. The field was extensive and strong [...]

A departure from the normal blog format. I let my phone record this morning’s start of term assembly. I [...]

I remember my first school rugby practice. Autumn, Year 9 (Third Year in old money), an exposed sports [...]

In late November the Social Mobility Commission published its annual ‘State of the Nation 2017’ report, which described [...]

On 24 November I had the great pleasure of addressing the Annual Dinner of the Old Bradfordians Club [...]

Mid-afternoon and the Price Hall seems oddly quiet now that the rush of our Open Day has come to [...]

Monday, mid-morning coffee half-sipped, biscuit resisted, fruit eaten, (a small victory – lead by example), but I’m battling [...]

Not a typical blog, but one final insight into the current term at BGS. This is the script [...]

Wild things: Why we need to get outside The Easter Holiday has once again played host to various spring-time [...]

It is half past four on the first Thursday of a new term. I’ve just finished my daily [...]