Destination Education
00:41:35 · Ruth Benny, Scott Crawford
[00:41:35] S0: My husband moved from Glasgow. But the cynic in me, and as I've told you I've been in Hong Kong for thirty one years, the cynic in me, and I have seen this, it's not always the young person's idea to go to boarding school, is it? Would be nice if it always was. [00:41:55] S1: And part of our conversations that we have with young people here is about exploring that. And we'll push back to parents and say if we don't think this is the right thing. And it might not be the right thing right now. And maybe year nine entry isn't right for your son or daughter. And maybe you should think perhaps about year ten or defer until the sixth form. Because the worst thing that can happen is that they come to us and they don't adjust and they're unhappy and they have to move back. And we are confident enough as a school to put the brakes on and say no. [00:42:28] S0: Because you'd rather not take them too early in it not to work out than to say just take your time. [00:42:33] S1: Well we have that duty of care to the young person. [00:42:35] S0: We seen so we call them boomerangs unfortunately, they went too soon, too early and they come back and something's not good. [00:42:43] S1: No. [00:42:44] S0: I need to let you go. I want to... What... Is there a question that you would have liked me to have asked you that I haven't asked you yet? [00:42:52] S1: Gosh. We covered a lot of ground, haven't we? [00:42:55] S0: There something Yeah. You wanna tell? Bye. What's the best question that parents ask to you? [00:43:02] S1: The best question. If only there was one.
00:43:02 · Scott Crawford, Ruth Benny
[00:43:02] S1: The best question. If only there was one. [00:43:05] S0: I [00:43:08] S1: think they're always quite interested in knowing a bit about what makes me tick and why I want to be in this curious role. Is it curious? It is a weird role if [00:43:27] S0: you because think about the [00:43:28] S1: you're sort of playing a part in some ways because people have an impression of how the head should be. I told a story at Founders Day at the end of last year that a couple of weeks after when I arrived at Lancing I to take the bin out, I don't know if you have to do this in Hong Kong the same way, but I had to take the bin out from my headmaster's house and it was late at night and I was in my jogging bottoms and I thought oh gosh, the headmaster can't take the bin out in his jogging bottom, so I went back into the house and I put trousers on, dressed up, to go outside in the middle of the night to put the bin out and I thought that's just absurd isn't it? I don't need to do that. This idea of having to play a part is something that I've stopped doing and I'm just more naturally me and I'm quite keen to talk to parents about who I am and what interests me and why I do this job. Those conversations can be quite revealing. [00:44:32] S0: I'm sure they should be interested in who is running the school because I do feel to a certain extent everything flows down from the top. But yeah, it's been great to get to know you. I'd love to come to the school [00:44:43] S1: next Do please visit.
00:44:43 · Scott Crawford, Ruth Benny
[00:44:43] S1: next Do please visit. [00:44:44] S0: Yeah. We're around. And so Doctor Scott Crawford, thank you for being my guest. You. If today's episode sparked questions or if you're ready for support with UK boarding school admissions we're here to help. Reach out to us at w w w dot topschoolsadmissions dot com or follow the link in the show notes. Your child's exceptional UK boarding school educational journey starts with a conversation. So let's have a chat.