In the latest episode of our series celebrating Significant Strengths in IAPS schools, Kate Bevan, Chair of the IAPS Education Committee and Head of Junior School at Notting Hill and Ealing High School, is joined by Euan Burton-Smith and Natalie Sandford, Head and Deputy respectively at The Mount School in Huddersfield.

Together, they explore the initiatives that earned The Mount recognition from ISI for its outstanding focus on wellbeing. Euan and Natalie share their practical strategies that not only support pupils’ emotional wellbeing but also enhance academic progress and attainment.

In this episode, Nick Robinson, IAPS Director of International and a former IAPS Head, chats with Duncan Bailey, Headmaster of Runnymede College Prep in Madrid, who shares his journey into international headship and reflects on the unique value that both he and his pupils find in being part of the IAPS community. As Runnymede College prepares to host our upcoming Madrid Symposium on Thursday 20 November, this conversation offers a timely insight into how the IAPS network can support International schools in fostering excellence and connection across borders.

In this episode, recorded live at our Annual Conference in Brighton, we continue Tim Smith’s Journal Club series! Tim, Head at Hampton Pre-Prep and Prep, sits down with Christabel Westall, Headmistress at Terra Nova School, for a thought-provoking conversation on the concept of ‘glorious failure’. Together, they explore a series of research papers and discuss what schools can do to ensure children leave equipped to cope with failure in their lives.