There have been other cock-ups: trying to take on Peter Mandelson – the headmaster of the dark arts – over Yachtgate in 2008.
King Edward VII visited Rugby School towards the end of James's time as headmaster on 3 July 1909, the first royal visit to the School.
With groups of up to 24 pupils, we constantly had to move around, so I invited the headmaster on a tour around the department.
The headmaster of the Collegiate School, the boys' school on the Upper West Side, has announced that he will leave next summer to become headmaster of Roxbury Latin School in West Roxbury, Mass.
"No brains," wrote the headmaster on his last report.
He planned to meet with Father Edwin Leahy, the St. Benedict's headmaster, on Monday night to discuss his departure and assist with finding a new coach for the program.
It is unclear exactly what date he can be said to have joined the school, because although agreement between the school and the governing legislature was reached in May 1899, the process of finding a new headmaster went on under the guidance of an interim one.
Another common refrain is that it is important to prepare pupils for the "world of work" – this was the explanation given by the headmaster of Ryde Academy on the Isle of Wight last year when more than 250 girls were taken out of lessons because their skirts were too short.
One of the main attractions was a discussion (dubbed the "Chandbagh Debate") held between alumni including Vikram Seth, Kamal Nath, Manpreet Singh Badal, Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia and retired headmaster Kanti Bajpai, on the topic Can India lead?
This information will be collected alongside the collection of information via the headmaster questionnaire survey on the acceptability, feasibility and sustainability of the programme in Schools.
