Heads & Tales

With Walter Kerr at the hosting helm, our next episode of Heads & Tales features Stephen Lehec, Headmaster of Kingston Grammar School. Once one of the country's youngest secondary heads, Stephen has spent his career celebrating the role of education not just as an academic pursuit, but as a stimulus for social mobility, confidence and personal growth.

Beaming in from San Francisco, next to join us on Heads & Tales is the bold and uncompromising Ben Nelson, founder of Minerva Project and Minerva University. Amongst many other feathers in his cap, Ben is a devout education reformer and Silicon Valley superstar in a previous life.

In the latest episode of Heads & Tales, Henry Faber sits down with Alastair Land, Headmaster of Harrow School since 2019 - a true titan of independent education with a career spanning the very best of British schooling. 

In the latest episode of Heads & Tales, Henry Faber sits down with Clare Fernyhough, founding partner of Smartphone Free Childhood, the grassroots movement that's taken the parenting world by storm.

In the latest episode of Heads & Tales, Henry Faber is joined by James Priory, Headmaster at Tonbridge School since August 2018. James brings a compelling story to independent education - from his beginnings as an assisted place beneficiary at King Edward's Birmingham to becoming the first internally appointed headmaster at Portsmouth Grammar School in almost 200 years.

In this episode of Heads & Tales, Henry Faber speaks to Tomas Duckling, the newly appointed Headmaster of Dubai College. From boarding schools in the Swiss Alps to one of the Middle East’s most academically ambitious institutions, Tom reflects on the values that have shaped his career: kindness, joy and character. He shares stories of transformative mentorship, early leadership challenges and why Marcus Aurelius sits on his desk. A measured and reflective conversation with a head who believes education’s ultimate goal is simple: to be a good human being.

Henry is joined by Professor Dr Ger Graus OBE – education trailblazer and provocateur – best known as the first Global Director of Education at KidZania. A true internationalist with roots in the Netherlands and a career forged in the UK, Ger’s impact on global education has been both profound and unconventional.

In the wake of the UK government's much-debated VAT in private schools policy, our next Heads & Tales guest needs no introduction. Julie Robinson is the CEO of the Independent Schools Council and one of the most recognisable figures in the independent sector – an articulate, tenacious and steadfast advocate for private education in the UK that is currently in the throes of a High Court legal battle with the government.

Fresh from his Forbes 30 Under 30 feature, Zubair Junjunia joins Heads & Tales to talk about founding ZNotes at 16, building a global student-led learning movement and why the future of education lies in equity, community and a bit of fiction.

Next up is Chris Balme; educator, author and passionate advocate for reimagining middle school education. As the founding principal of Hakuba International School and former head of a progressive middle school, Chris brings a wealth of experience in shaping learning environments that nurture curiosity, purpose and self-discovery.