Pastorally Speaking

Does punishing bad behaviour at school really change things or is rehabilitation a better way forward? Andy Woodward considers a tricky conundrum

Andy Woodward has just returned from an an investigative journey into 'the manosphere', the male world as lived and expressed through social media. As...

Setting boundaries for teenagers can be challenging and frustrating for parents but, argues Head of Harrodian Senior School, Andy Woodward, it's well worth the effort

Head of Senior School Andy Woodward reminds us why eating breakfast is so important, especially for our teenagers.

Should teachers share difficult aspects of their own life experience with children? Head of Senior School, Andy Woodward believes such honesty has many potential benefits.

Mr Woodward's pastoral blog has a guest contributor this week, as Mr Guy Holder states the case for delaying the age at which we give smartphones to our children.

How can parents normalise talking about sex to their children? Andy Woodward suggests ways of starting a conversation and explains what Harrodian is...

Compassion means taking a conscious decision to educate ourselves about others' experiences and feelings. And that is an important step we want to help our pupils to try and take, argues Andy Woodward.

Unfashionable as Victorian morality may be, Andy Woodward wonders if the era's educationalists do still have something to teach us about building...

It's great that children today are more willing than ever before to tell their parents what they think and feel and that parents are happy to listen...