Jan 24, 2017 | Education, Mental Toughness
This post was taken from TES. See original post here Independent schools know that development of resilience is not only a good selling-point but also brings greater success in hard-edged exam results, writes one head It’s official, then: children in independent...
Jan 20, 2017 | Education, Mental Toughness
Fiona Clapp Education Blog In the second half of this term my school along with about 60 other independent schools will embark on a fascinating piece of research commissioned by the ISC, the aim of which is to measure whether independent schools are better able to...
Jan 18, 2017 | Education, Press Coverage
Private school children are tougher than their state educated counterparts, a study has found. New research commissioned by the Independent Schools Council (ISC) found that pupils at fee-paying schools are more controlled, committed and confident than those who went...
Jan 18, 2017 | Education, Mental Toughness
Assessing Mental Toughness The study provided a unique opportunity to assess almost 10,000 pupils in 60 schools using the 4Cs mental toughness framework. The data emerging from what is a very significant study has been interesting, valuable and insightful. Importantly...
Dec 13, 2016 | Doug Strycharczyk, Education
A picture is worth a thousand words. The second in a series of visual posts. The fastest growing area of our work globally lies in the world of Education. To the point we have appointed Steve Oakes as Director of Education to lead our work in this area. This growth is...
