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HEADMASTER'S BLOG

We hope you enjoy reading these weekly blog posts by our Headmaster, Mr Richard Murray.

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January 2026

  • Celebrating Poetry at CCCS

    Published 26/01/26

    In the last few days I have done 18 mock interviews for boys going for interviews to senior schools. It has been a most engaging process which I have much enjoyed. I have asked each of them if there is anything in the news recently that has interested them. Every single one of them has elected to talk about President Trump, Greenland and Venezuela. Clearly these are matters which are exercising the minds of CCCS boys, and indeed, all of the boys were able to say something interesting. The most striking comment about these issues occurred at lunchtime, however, when one of the boys announced that he had “solved the issue of Greenland!” I was, of course, all ears. “Donald Trump has promised that if he takes over Greenland, he will make all residents of the island US citizens. What I would do, if I were the Danish Government, is to offer citizenship to a very large number of refugees and then see what Donald Trump would do. ” We are always encouraging our pupils to think outside the box.

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  • Welcoming the Master of Magdalen College School to CCCS

    Published 19/01/26

    It was lovely to see so many of you in the Cathedral this morning to hear The Master of Magdalen
    College School, Helen Pike, speak to the School. The reading she had chosen was the one about
    Jesus calming the Storm. “Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith.” says Jesus before causing the wind to drop. The Master had read some important research about which factor is the most important in
    causing people to succeed in an activity. She was expecting, and I suspect hoping, that it would be
    diligence, always a useful message to deliver to a pupil body, but in fact it was ……. confidence.

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  • Welcome Back to School!

    Published 12/01/26

    Friday night is newsletter night and many of you have told me that you look forward greatly to its arrival. Given that we obviously have an enthusiastic clientele (I have even heard of regular readers in Australia), I have decided that we should include some more sections in the publication. From this issue onwards, therefore, we will have two regular articles written by a member of staff talking through their areas of responsibility, providing some explanations and thoughts about them. Hopefully this will mean that you will learn something more about the school. It should also mean that you have more varied voices. There will also be a section focussing upon our enrichment programme. In terms of enrichment, every term is unique – some activities are repeats of popular choices, but there are also new options. This term, for instance, we have started a fencing club and several of our staff are now qualified fencing instructors – for life, following a training course over the Christmas holidays! I commend these articles to you and hope that you will find them a fascinating insight into some of the varied aspects of our busy school.

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January 2026