Nicola Bunchuay

9 October 2026 Growing Minds, Finding Our Voice and Building Our Community As we approach the halfway point of Term 1, it is a good opportunity to reflect on what education is really about. Of course, academic achievement matters enormously, but education is also about developing curious minds, finding the confidence to express ideas, learning to listen to others and discovering what it means to be part of a community. Across the school, we see these qualities developing in different ways. In...

2 October 2026 Fostering a Sense of Belonging This Term Five weeks into the new school year, routines are established, friendships are taking shape and pupils are beginning to find their place within their classes and the wider school community. That sense of belonging is about much more than feeling comfortable. It grows as children discover what they enjoy, recognise their strengths, learn when to ask for help and begin to understand how they learn best. As the term progresses, pupils are...

25 September 2026 What Does It Mean to Be a Values-Led School? It is easy for a school to have values. It is much harder to live by them. Six words can be printed on a wall, added to a website or repeated in an assembly. But that isn't really where values exist. They show themselves in the choices we make when nobody is reminding us what they are. Do we tell the truth when it would be easier not to? Do we try again when something is difficult? Do we have the courage to do something that makes...