Summary Chris Ramsey reflects on his time as headmaster at Whitgift School, discussing memorable moments, challenges, personal growth, and his upcoming transition to a new role in Madrid. He shares advice for students and reflects on the impact he hopes to leave behind. Keywords Chris Ramsey, headmaster, Whitgift School, memorable moments, challeng…

Summary In this conversation, Simon Jones interviews Steven Henderson, the Director of Music at Whitgift School, about various topics related to music. They discuss chamber music, the role of music in exams, music to work to, the impact of AI on music, the qualities of a successful musician, and upcoming events in the music department at Whitgift S…

Summary The conversation revolves around the sports mentoring programme at Whitgift School. The programme focuses on the holistic development of young sportspeople, addressing their identity, mindset, movement skills, and lifestyle. The mentors aim to support and guide students in their sporting journeys, helping them understand their strengths, ma…

Summary In this conversation, Simon Jones interviews Adrian Norris, the assistant head pastoral at Whitgift. They discuss Adrian's role at the school, his experiences over the past 30 years, and the challenges facing young people today. Adrian emphasises the importance of building relationships, promoting good behavior, and prioritizing the well-be…

S3 E13 - Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. Now today’s episode is a little different because we’re recording this during the school summer vacation time. It’s the Whitgift Summer School and we’re honoured to have three students from around the world with us t…

Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. Whitgift School online Website: www.whitgift.co.uk Whitgift Global: https://www.whitgift.co.uk/global Twitter: @WhitgiftSchool1 Facebook: WhitgiftSchool LinkedIn: whitgift-school…

Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. Whitgift School online Website: www.whitgift.co.uk Whitgift Global: https://www.whitgift.co.uk/global Twitter: @WhitgiftSchool1 Facebook: WhitgiftSchool LinkedIn: whitgift-school…

Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. Whitgift School online Website: www.whitgift.co.uk Whitgift Global: https://www.whitgift.co.uk/global Twitter: @WhitgiftSchool1 Facebook: WhitgiftSchool LinkedIn: whitgift-school…

Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. Whitgift School online Website: www.whitgift.co.uk Whitgift Global: https://www.whitgift.co.uk/global Twitter: @WhitgiftSchool1 Facebook: WhitgiftSchool LinkedIn: whitgift-school…

Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. Whitgift School online Website: www.whitgift.co.uk Whitgift Global: https://www.whitgift.co.uk/global Twitter: @WhitgiftSchool1 Facebook: WhitgiftSchool LinkedIn: whitgift-school…

Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. Whitgift School online Website: www.whitgift.co.uk Whitgift Global: https://www.whitgift.co.uk/global Twitter: @WhitgiftSchool1 Facebook: WhitgiftSchool LinkedIn: whitgift-school…

Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. Now today I’m talking to Clemens Krammer, Head of Basketball at Whitgift because this is one of the fastest growing sports at school. Their fixtures have increased from only 23 games ten years ago to an unbelievable 143 match…

Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. And today we have a great guest back onto the show because James Hammond, Director of Drama, is with us and he’s talking about some of the recent productions in the past, what’s happening right now, and what we can expect to …

S3 E4 - Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. Now this is a great episode for anyone who’s interested in finding out more about IB, that’s the International Baccalaureate. Edmund White is the Director of IB and I get to ask him what the differences are between A …

S3 E3 - Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. Today we’re talking all about the future of students at Whitgift. Kate Goldberg is an Assistant Head and she’s in charge of something called ‘Student Futures’. I get to ask her what that actually is, how’s it’s not ju…

S3 E2 - Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. Today’s episode is one you’re going to love whether or not you’re into sport. We’re talking to Karl Stagno, he’s the Director of Hockey at Whitgift. So I ask him how he got into this in the first place and what brough…

S3 E1 - Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, this is the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. And it’s the start of term so who better to speak to than Headmaster Chris Ramsey. Now this is a great episode, we talk about some of the highlights of the summer term but we also talk about what’s coming up i…

S2 E20 - Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. Now this is a cracking episode. We don’t have one guest, we have six. And they’re all in a band together so we’re talking about music; writing it, performing it, enjoying it. The band is called, ‘The Strange New Norm…

S2 E19 - Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. Today we’re talking all about food, we have someone from Chartwells, they’re the catering company that manages the food provision at school. Isabella Wood is a Management Graduate for the company and she talks to us …

S2 E18 - Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. In this episode we’re getting all musical. Justin Miller is the Director of Choral Music and he’s joined by Fraser Ellson, a Graduate Music Assistant. Together we talk about what choral music looks like at Whitgift, …

S2 E17 - Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. Now this is a fabulous episode, we have Erin Badhan talking to us about the animals they keep at Whitgift and the reason this is a fabulous episode is that Whitgift has lizards, tortoises, snakes, guinea pigs, fish a…

S2 E18 - Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. This is a cracking episode, you’re going to love this. School captain, Harvey, joins us to talk about what it’s like being the School Captain (that’s Head Boy in some other schools) and he’s joined by five Prefects, …

S2 E15 - Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. In this episode we’re talking about sport, football in particular, an episode I loved recording not because I’m a huge football fan but because I’m not. That means this episode isn’t filled with football jargon but i…

S2 E14 - Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations. This is the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about topics that are relevant to you. Today we’re talking to Paul Elliott, Head of Science, at Whitgift and you know, I love episodes like this one. I didn’t know Paul before the recording but I immediately discovered he’s a very likeable charact…

S2 E13 - Welcome back to Whitgift Conversations, this is the podcast where we talk to staff and pupils about life at school. Now when I heard this episode was coming I got very excited because it’s all to do with the student-directed Junior Play last month, Swallows and Amazons. Oscar is a Y13 student at the school and he directed this production f…