Tea with the Head is all about conversations with headmasters and headmistresses of Britain's finest boarding schools. Ferdinand Steinbeis, Managing Director of educational consultancy and boarding school specialists von Bülow Education (www.buloweducation.com), chats to the 'heads' over tea and gets to know them, their schools and their views on education and life in general. 

In this episode of Tea with the Head, Ferdinand talks to Lisa Kerr, Principal of Gordonstoun, a boarding school in Scottland.  

Ferdinand and Lisa talk about Lisa's illustrious career path from music via media to the head of one of Britain's most prestigious boarding schools. They talk about what makes Gordonstoun unique, and what an education in a world beset by uncertainty needs to look like. 

We hope you enjoy this conversation!

This is the first episode of "Tea with the Head", a podcast devoted to conversations with headmasters of well-known, British boarding schools.

"Tea with the Head" is the brainchild of Ferdinand Steinbeis, MD of educational consultancy von Bülow Education (www.buloweducation.com) in Oxford, England. 

In this episode Ferdinand interviews Andrew Rattue, Headmaster of top IB-boarding school St Clare's in Oxford. Andrew explains why and how St Clare's is unique amongst British boarding schools and gives a vivid account of what happened at St Clare's during  the three weeks since the outbreak of the corona virus pandemic. 

We hope you enjoy our podcast!

Yours, 
Ferdinand Steinbeis