In this article Mr Duncan, Pilgrims' Second Master, considers the privilege of being a Prep School teacher and how a passionate teacher can, within reason, connect with any age group.

I hope that you all enjoyed a fantastic extended Bank Holiday Jubilee Weekend.  As I expected, it was amazing to see what a bit of national pride can do to bring people together as a community; and that community spirit was equally palpable at our own Pilgrims’ Platinum Jubilee picnic on the Friday before half-term.  

The last two weeks at school have been full of success. If you’ll allow me to go back to Saturday 7 May, I returned from a (successful!) cricket match and popped down to the main pitches on my way home. 

I've recently had time to reflect on what academic success means. To see Year 8s, some of whom I have known for a very long time, wait nervously for their results in the cloisters at Winchester College, or in the Pilgrims’ Hall, it is hard not to think about how much they have achieved and how I, and we as an institution, feel about them.