Rod Grant News Today

This has been an incredible month of live music as the outdoor venues heat up with all kinds of activities. Next comes May and on...

Along with an excess of inclement weather this past week, our music listings are flooded in the upcoming weekend with an assortment of styles, acts...

We're now in the throes of the "most wonderful time of the year," as expressed in a classic Christmas song that has seeped into our...

What a week of warm weather for November, and with it comes a collection of hot music done by some very cool people as our...

HENLEY Bowling Club players have been involved in a packed programme of matches in the last few days. On Wednesday last week they entertained Maidenhead Thicket...

Get your fill of Cuban sandwiches, or dance, dance, dance at the electronic Sunset Music Festival.

Hundreds of thousands of pupils are affected by the decision of 13 councils, with parents ‘furious at postcode lottery’

Covid caused at least 58,000 pupil absences last week amid rising fears over keeping schools open in the face of the surge in the Omicron…

Covid caused at least 58,000 pupil absences last week amid rising fears over keeping schools open in the face of the surge in the Omicron…

A headteacher is bidding to keep his pupils in for the summer. Rod Grant, who leads Clifton Hall, one of Scotland’s most renowned independent schools, wants to revamp the “antiquated” calendar he and his staff have been using, in an effort to boost learning. His plan, which is set to go out for consultation, would see the year broken down into seven phases, with no holiday period longer than five weeks or shorter than two. As well as capping the length of a term at seven weeks, t...