The Chronicle, Spring 2019

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how we can develop ourselves, here at Teddies, to enhance prescribed courses such as GCSEs to bring them into line with what we believe to be the right education for young people facing life as adults in these early years of the 21st century. What are your top three values? Why do you think they’re important and how will you embed them in school life? Above all else: compassion. As the world moves towards automation and artificial intelligence, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that humans are at the centre of everything. We face the world better and enjoy life more if we have compassion. Further, if we define success as bringing out the best in the people around us, an emphasis on collaboration and respect for other people – taking the time to understand different points of view – is equally important. We face a particular challenge in Western society as traditional models of leadership stem from the legacy of an autocratic, male-dominated culture. Things are changing rapidly: the autocratic style is becoming less successful. Increasingly, decisions are made collaboratively and with compassion.

Inigo Cottam, Maksim Orlov, Tabitha Emmott and Phoebe Lewis

What do you want the pupils to take away from Teddies? The belief that they can continue to grow, but that they can’t do it without others; and others can’t do it without them. I hope

pupils leave Teddies understanding that if they pursue their goals at the expense of others, it is not success in the way that we understand it.

Ruby Freeland and Robin Wheeler