January 26th 2024
Sherborne School and Sherborne Girls believe that Leadership needs to be on the curriculum. This is why, along with other leadership events throughout the year, we host our annual Sixth Form Leadership Conference. On Tuesday 23rd January, all Sixth Form pupils, across both schools, attended workshops and talks focused on our guiding leadership principles:
We believe that leaders at Sherborne:
- Serve others, exhibiting compassion, humility and moral courage.
- Actively pursue lifelong learning, embracing global diversity.
- Create, inspire and motivate successful teams towards achieving positive change.
- Communicate with clarity, skill, and passion.
Both events concluded with the pupils giving their own brief individual presentations on leadership: the Lower Sixth pupils gave a brief talk on a leader who inspires them – some talked about their mother, the father, their matron, their housemaster/ housemistress. The Upper Sixth pupils gave a brief talk on how their thoughts on leadership have developed during the Sixth Form – many commented on how they used to think that the leader was the one doing the talking, but have learnt that a skilful leader is more often the one who does the most listening!
The conference is a key event in our calendar. We want our pupils to embark on their lives beyond school with a useful leadership toolkit, so that they can go on to make a positive impact upon society and lead with skill, humility and emotional intelligence.
Alex Boyd-Williams, Deputy Head (Sixth Form)
