by Sir Peter Birkett | Mar 26, 2021 | Education
What makes Finland Top of the Class? Finland has, once again, been voted Number 1 as the Happiest Country in the World, for the fourth time in a row. From the fresh Finnish outdoor lifestyle and regular connection with nature and a dedication to the wellbeing of their...
by Sir Peter Birkett | Mar 12, 2021 | Education
The Organic Child Throughout history, many great thinkers have explored how to create the optimum conditions within which life skills can be taught to young minds. These have ranged from Rigid (hierarchical and disciplinarian) to Relaxed (self-determined and...
by Sir Peter Birkett | Feb 5, 2021 | Education
Are we Nearly There Yet? In order to understand what the future of Learning will look like, we must first revisit the beginnings of formal education to spark a major shift in thinking. As we saw in the first of our ‘Origins of Education’ blog: From Emperors to Kings,...
by Sir Peter Birkett | Jan 20, 2021 | Education
20th Century Breakthrough In 1931, the Hadow Report published a series of recommendations which considered the differences in levels of intelligence among individual children. Special schools for children with severe educational challenges were proposed, while...
by Sir Peter Birkett | Nov 5, 2020 | Education
One of the reasons for the successes we experience with our pupils at Highgate Hill House Special Needs School is our high staff to pupil ratio. If you take a tour of our school and peek in any of the classrooms, you will see multiple Teaching Assistants (or Learning...
