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S2 E19: Eton College Head Master Simon Henderson: Inside the school where leaders are made

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The Differences Between an Excellent State School and a Private School

Some of the most inspiring teachers and people I've met in education work in the state sector. We have a long school day, we spend more than 50% of our time doing activities that are non-academic. And that is, I think, central to the school's ethos. It's the stuff that happens around the edges, it happens outside the classroom that I think is in the DNA of a lot of boarding schools.

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