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• This is not necessarily a book resource offering pick-up-and-go assemblies.


• The stories, philosophy, poetry and art shared in this book show how visionary education can make social change possible.


• Key reflections are shared with James advocating that building an ethos frees others to build alongside you.


• An ethos of ambition, perseverance and legacy is shared throughout.


• An extraordinary range of topics and accompanying narration shows how James established success into a privileged school whilst instilling lifelong values into his students.

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Find out more about A School Built on Ethos, in which founding principal James Handscombe takes readers through Harris Westminster Sixth Form™s development and illustrates its journey by sharing a selection of the assemblies that have underpinned and elucidated its ethos.

In the UK we have a strange relationship with modesty and being proud of ourselves. From an early age we are encouraged to try new things, to practice, get better and demonstrate our prowess in any number of tasks “ walking, speaking, writing, drawing, etc.

But then from about the age of four or five years old we™re told to œstop showing-off and so we live in a state of limbo where we develop skills and abilities but we™re encouraged to keep them to ourselves.

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Find out more about Bernie's new book The Ladder, which contains everything educators need to know in order to be effective advocates for young people and their future aspirations, pathways and career aims.

It™s clear that this inspiring book builds on Crista™s very rich experience of teaching languages and her wonderfully open-minded approach to what makes linguistic diversity so exciting. Crista shares her ideas really effectively, and I hope teachers will pursue them enthusiastically.

Find out more about Independent Thinking on MFL, a book which takes teachers on a tour of how to get the teaching of a new language right.

‹Read the introduction and listen to the episode here.

Click here to find out more about David Hodgson and discover his books, including The Buzz and The Brain Box.

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In his book The ABCs of Coping With Anxiety, James offers a concise collection of tried-and-tested strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and makes them accessible to people who are learning to cope with their anxiety on a day-to-day basis.

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Katy and Emmie's book Leader will energise leaders in any setting to lead through service and empower them with the tools to help their team flourish. What exactly is it that good leaders do to enable their teams to succeed? How do they think? What do findings from neuroscience teach us about effective leadership? Leader explores and answers these crucial questions. Find out more here.