Richard Jones never planned to be a teacher. He studied economics, worked in recruitment, rented out custom-wrapped camper vans to backpackers, and only discovered teaching after spending a week shadowing his best friend in a classroom. Now he's head of Bryanston, one of Britain's most distinctive schools, having made the leap from senior deputy to headship in just 15 months during Covid. In this episode, Richard explains the Bryanston method of giving students real independence from Year 9, shares his frustration with league tables that reduce schools to exam results and makes the case for scrapping school uniform: "Instead of saying tuck your shirt in, I'm saying how's your day going?"
