Bernard Trafford’s magazine/newspaper articles

For Headlines (The Journal of the Secondary Heads Association)

Never glad, confident morning again, October 1999

What did you do at half-term?  March 2000

Much more than soggy chips  November 2000

In a glass darkly  July 2001

What price integrity? March 2002

Too important not to November 2002

Those top-up fees March 2003

Don't let this one get away November 2003

Voices March 2004

Stating the Blairingly obvious July 2004

For The Leader (The Journal of the Association of School and College Leaders)

The last word, September 2005, June 2006, May 2007

 

Ruling Classes, February 2008

For SecEd, the weekly journal for secondary education

Crisis? What crisis? (March 2007)

 

Been there, got the T shirt (May 2007)

 

The beginning of the end for childhood? (Guest editorial, May 2007)

 

Testing times (July 2007)

 

It’s the money, stupid (September 2007)

 

Culture shock (May 2008)

 

Dismiss this weasel view of education (Guest editorial, May 2008)

 

Balls’ address was smoke and mirrors (Guest editorial, June 2008)

For Conference and Common Room (the journal of the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference, HMC):

Independent and Innovative (October 2006)

 

Punching above our weight (October 2007)

 

Inside the Looking-Glass House (May 2008)

For The Schools’ Advertiser:

Choosing your independent school (Autumn 2007)

Discipline: a headmaster’s view (Spring 2008)

Tips for entrance exams and interviews (Summer 2008)

For CRONER-i Independent Education e-Newsletter:

Articles on:

          Attracting and retaining pupils

Marketing your school

Working with the Bursar

Making the most of heads of department

Inspection

School fees; setting and collection

Q&As on:

Spending the school fees

Fundraising

Safeguarding of children

Parent contracts

Sponsorship

Complaints

Other articles:
Independence and partnership, Education Journal June 1999

Girl power is working – but there’s no need to panic The Daily Telegraph 27 September 2000

School councils and citizenship PSHE and Citizenship Update May 2001

Oxbridge Entrance/case study: independent school head Times Educational Supplement Friday Magazine 20th September 2002

(with Ian Tyler) How we have risen to the challenge: bright dyslexic children can study on equal terms when they have the right support  Daily Telegraph Independent Schools Supplement, 13 March 2004

Creativity or survival: can heads be creative under pressure? Journal of the Heads Association of Scotland (HAS), May 2008

We’re not all toffs, The Guardian, 19 June 2008