Andrew Maund

As Lent begins, I shall be abstaining from social media until Easter. Wishing everyone a Holy and Blessed Lent!

The government's VAT plans for independent schools risk costing the taxpayer up to £1.8 billion, a new report from the @ASI has found telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/3…

YES! Many families are making choices due to the 20% tax on school fees—disrupting their kids education, changing jobs, taking on larger mortgages, or going into debt. It’s time to drop the stereotypes and listen to parents about the reality they’re facing. #EducationNotTaxation

Service personnel who rely on boarding schools to provide educational stability for their children are concerned they will be priced out by VAT on fees, @DailyMailUK reports dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Independent boarding schools provide much-needed stability for many children of service personnel. They ensure that pupils can continue their education disruption-free while their parents are deployed across the UK and overseas 🧵 (1/8)

"Pupils displaced from the independent sector would add pressure to state boarding schools, which have fewer places available and they're often at capacity." ISC CEO @JulieR_isc explains how VAT on fees could push military families into the already stretched state sector 👇

Take note, @Keir_Starmer @bphillipsonMP according to education experts, adding VAT will make independent schools more expensive and more elitist. #findabetterway #EducationNotTaxation telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/0…

ISC CEO @JulieR_isc explains how small independent schools would be among those hit hardest by the VAT on fees policy ⬇️

Beautiful Lake Vyrnwy provides the perfect backdrop for our 35th Wedding Anniversary celebrations!

Wishing everyone a Happy, Healthy, Peaceful and Prosperous 2024! A&Cxxxx

@donnajsalkeld Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas and great skiing (and apres-ski!)

@Bonposselt @unibirmingham Many congratulations, Dr Posselt! A well-deserved award from a great university!

Wonderful graduation day, concluding my PhD from the school of Engineering in Human performance using stereo 3D in Helmet Mounted Displays. Only possible with the love and support from my wonderful husband! #PhDLife #Stereo3D #HMD @unibirmingham

@MarkDorsett63 Great news! Very well done and many congratulations!

Celebrating Catherine’s birthday in style!

Not bad weather for early November!

This cephalopod did not die in vain…

“Late October in the South of France?” “No, Wonderful West Wales, actually!”

#ThrowbackThursday: Looking back on the OB Reunion earlier this month for leavers between 1980 and 2009. #BromsAlumni #OldBromsgrovians #OBEvent #BromsgrovianCommunity

#ISOTY2023 Meet the Finalists in the Co-educational Independent School of the Year category! @KingsWorcester Read King's Worcester's, and the six other co-educational finalists, full awards entry here: buff.ly/464a14W

If you are heading back to school and absolutely dreading it, I promise you that you won’t be alone. I also promise you it doesn’t make you less of a teacher and it doesn’t mean you don’t love teaching in general. It doesn’t make you negative or silly. But you’ll rarely see anyone tweeting their dread, more likely ‘can’t wait’. In fact, many won’t even say it. Many who work in schools with crazy surveillance cultures don’t want to show any perceived weakness or vulnerability - they want to protect themselves. This can mean you feeling completely alone, sometimes mad. You aren’t.