Best Simon Jones From The Bonjour Agency Podcasts (2023)

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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At the 2023 ISS Summer Fair at the Hurlingham Club! 27:05

9h ago27:05

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#30 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by me, I’m Simon and I run The Bonjour Agency. If you work in an independent school then this is the podcast for you where we don’t talk about work but we do talk about to people in the independent school sector. Now today I’m at the Independent Schools Show Summer Fair at the Hurli…

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'Live' from the AMCIS conference! 🎤 11:31

10h ago11:31

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#29 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by me, I’m Simon and I run The Bonjour Agency. If you work in an independent school then this is the podcast for you where we don’t talk about work but we do talk about to people in the independent school sector. Today I'm at the AMCIS annual conference. I recorded this episode whil…

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The AMCIS Podcast

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A walk around the 2023 AMCIS annual conference 24:01

23h ago24:01

24:01

Welcome back to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast where we speak to people in the independent school sector. AMCIS is the association for admissions, marketing and communications in independent schools, I’m Simon Jones and in this episode I’m at the Annual Conference at the De Vere Cotswold Water Park in C…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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Remco Weeda, Director of Marketing and Admissions at Scarborough College 25:35

3d ago25:35

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#28 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by me, I’m Simon and I run The Bonjour Agency. If you work in an independent school then this is the podcast for you where we don’t talk about work but we do talk about to people in the independent school sector. Now, back in episode 12 we spoke to the great Zoe Harrison from Scarbo…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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🇸🇦 Speaking with David Ardley, Founding Principal at Beech Hall School Riyadh 27:16

12d ago27:16

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#27 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by me, I’m Simon and I run The Bonjour Agency. If you work in an independent school then this is the podcast for you where we don’t talk about work but we do talk about to people in the independent school sector. Now, today we’re zipping over to the Middle East to speak to David Ard…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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In the local park on a sunny day - Happy Easter ☀️ 7:07

2M ago7:07

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#26 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by me, I’m Simon and I run The Bonjour Agency. If you work in an independent school then this is the podcast for you where we don’t talk about work but we do talk to people in the independent school sector. Now, today I'm recording this episode on my own literally from a park on a b…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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🎙️ Tara Reeve, from the BBC to Downe House School in Berkshire 24:39

3M ago24:39

24:39

#25 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by me, I’m Simon and I run The Bonjour Agency. If you work in an independent school then this is the podcast for you where we don’t talk about work but we do talk to people in the independent school sector. Now, today we’re speaking to a mover and a shaker in the world of school adm…

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The AMCIS Podcast

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Talking with Steve King, Head of Digital Communication at King’s College, Taunton. A Houseparent and the Head of CCF 23:22

3M ago23:22

23:22

Welcome back to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast where we speak to people in the independent school sector. AMCIS is the association for admissions, marketing and communications in independent schools, I’m Simon Jones and in this episode we’re talking all about digital advertising in school. I’m about to …

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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🗣️ Geoff Ramm, the world's greatest keynote speaker 26:15

3M ago26:15

26:15

#24 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by me, I’m Simon and I run The Bonjour Agency. If you work in an independent school then this is the podcast for you where we don’t talk about work but we do talk about to people in the independent school sector. Now, I’ve been looking forward to this episode coming out because many…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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💻 Online education - starting a business with Hugh Viney 33:15

3M ago33:15

33:15

#23 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. If you work in an independent school then this is the podcast for you BUT we don’t talk about work here. Why not? Well, because you’re probably too busy to listen to a podcast when you’re at work and when you’re not at work (you’re walking the dog, you’re in t…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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🤦🏻 The time I thought I made a major mistake at work… 8:01

4M ago8:01

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#22 - A super-short episode for the end of half-term, I talk about a marketing activity I undertook that almost resulted in a major faux pas. Take a listen for 8 minutes of light relief, I’d love to know if you’ve ever made a mistake at work that caused you a problem…By Simon Jones

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The AMCIS Podcast

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Hear from Miranda Norris, Head of Felsted School 26:12

4M ago26:12

26:12

Welcome back to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast where we speak to people in the independent school sector. AMCIS is the association for admissions, marketing and communications in independent schools, I’m Simon Jones and in this episode I’m talking to Miranda Norris, she’s the Head at Felsted Prep School…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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👩🏼‍💻 Gemma Price CEO and Founder of HubGem 22:17

4M ago22:17

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#21 - It’s 2023 and welcome to the opening episode for this year of ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast for school marketing and admissions people that’s nothing to do with work. I’m Simon, former marketing manager turned owner of The Bonjour Agency, the place for Admissions and Marketing in schoo…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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🏫 Two school Heads, what do they look for in Admissions and Marketing staff? All that and much more. 28:12

6M ago28:12

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#20 -Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast for school marketing people that’s nothing to do with work or school marketing. I’m Simon, former marketing manager turned owner of The Bonjour Agency, the place for Admissions and Marketing in school. In each episode I speak to someone in t…

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The AMCIS Podcast

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All things admissions-related & more at the AMCIS Admissions Conference 34:43

6M ago34:43

34:43

Welcome back to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast where we speak to people in the independent school sector. AMCIS is the association for admissions, marketing and communications in independent schools, I’m Simon Jones and in this episode I’m talking to a number of people, with the first half having been r…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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☀️ Working overseas at an independent school with Patrick O’Shaughnessy 25:31

6M ago25:31

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#19 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast for school marketing people that’s nothing to do with school marketing, because let’s face it, you work hard already. I’m Simon, former marketing manager turned owner of The Bonjour Agency, the place for school marketing managers. In each e…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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Not talking work at the Independent Schools Show 22:31

7M ago22:31

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#18 -Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast for school marketing people that’s nothing to do with school marketing, because let’s face it, you work hard already. I’m Simon, former marketing manager turned owner of The Bonjour Agency, the place for school marketing managers. In each ep…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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David Wellesley Wesley, Founder of the Independent Schools Show in London 18:28

7M ago18:28

18:28

#17 -Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast for school marketing people that’s nothing to do with school marketing, because let’s face it, you work hard already. I’m Simon, former marketing manager turned owner of The Bonjour Agency, the place for school marketing managers. In each ep…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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🏊‍♀️ Sarah Kershaw, International Marketing Strategy Consultant - from her home office to wild swimming! 25:07

8M ago25:07

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#16 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast for school marketing people that’s nothing to do with school marketing, because let’s face it, you work hard already. I’m Simon, former marketing manager turned owner of The Bonjour Agency, the place for school marketing managers. In each e…

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The AMCIS Podcast

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Talking with Alex Hutchinson, Headmistress at James Allen's Girls' School or JAGS. 26:10

8M ago26:10

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Welcome back to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast where we speak to people in the independent school sector. AMCIS is the association for admissions, marketing and communications in independent schools, I’m Simon Jones and in this episode I’m talking to Alex Hutchinson, Head at James Allen's Girls' School …

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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📸 Taralyn Cox & Craig Chambers from 360 Marketing Lab - Hear their journey 32:15

8M ago32:15

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#015 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast for school marketing people that’s nothing to do with school marketing, because let’s face it, you work hard already. I’m Simon, former marketing manager turned owner of The Bonjour Agency, the place for school marketing managers.” In each…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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🔔 Simon Blake, King's Ely, on his near-death experience, life outside school and Notting Hill 34:41

8M ago34:41

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#014 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast for school marketing people that’s nothing to do with school marketing, because let’s face it, you work hard already. I’m Simon, former marketing manager turned owner of The Bonjour Agency, the place for school marketing managers. In each …

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The AMCIS Podcast

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Talking with Jenny Dinning, Head of External Relations at Bootham School 26:39

9M ago26:39

26:39

Welcome back to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency, with a new season of episodes where we speak to people in the independent school sector. AMCIS is the association for admissions, marketing and communications in independent schools. I’m Simon Jones and in this episode I’m talking to Jenny Dinning, Head of External Relations a…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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😎 Kat Green from Shiplake College - what's she like outside school?? 25:12

9M ago25:12

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#013 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast for school marketing people that’s nothing to do with school marketing, because let’s face it, you work hard already. I’m Simon, former marketing manager turned owner of The Bonjour Agency, the place for school marketing managers.” In each…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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🚜 Zoe Harrison from Scarborough College talks about life outside school marketing 23:35

9M ago23:35

23:35

#012 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast for school marketing people that’s nothing to do with school marketing, because let’s face it, you work hard already. I’m Simon, former marketing manager turned owner of The Bonjour Agency, the place for school marketing managers. In each …

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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⚡️ Three fun things for you this summer 15:21

10M ago15:21

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#011 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast for school marketing people that’s nothing to do with school marketing, because let’s face it, you work hard already. In this episode I’m bringing you three different things I think you might be interested in. One is something you can do o…

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The My Online Schooling Podcast

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Online schooling from age 6: Meet Junior Pupil Taliya, mum Soraya and Head of Juniors Sara Goyea 23:47

11M ago23:47

23:47

S3:E10 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. Now this episode today is great fun. We speak to Sara Goyea, Head of Juniors, but we also have a Mum, Soraya, with and daughter Taliya. And they’re all going to be giving us their experienc…

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The My Online Schooling Podcast

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Journey to become global citizens: Talking to the MOS Secondary School leaders 24:25

1y ago24:25

24:25

S3:E9 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. Now this podcast is also available to watch as a video so if you’d like to see our guests as well as hear them then head over to YouTube and search My Online Schooling. So let’s get right in…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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7 things I discovered at the AMCIS Annual Conference this year 14:35

1y ago14:35

14:35

#010 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast for school marketing people that’s nothing to do with school marketing, because let’s face it, you work hard already. Now usually, in each episode, I speak to someone in the sector who won’t talk about work but we get to find out more abou…

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The My Online Schooling Podcast

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Success Coordinators Tegan and Emma - Connecting with pupils, parents and families 24:08

1y ago24:08

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S3:E8 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. Today we talking to two of the Success Coordinators at My Online Schooling, Tegan and Emma. They’re about to talk to us all about their roles at My Online Schooling. We’re going to hear what…

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The AMCIS Podcast

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Hear from the Chair of AMCIS and Director of Communications, Admissions & Development at Brentwood School, Oli Adams 22:58

1y ago22:58

22:58

Welcome to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast to find out more about the people behind AMCIS as we hear from member schools and the AMCIS board. And in this episode we’re hearing from Oli Adams, Director of Communications, Admissions & Development at Brentwood School. Oli is also Chair of AMCIS but it’s not…

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The My Online Schooling Podcast

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The Importance of Learning Languages in the 21st Century 20:27

1y ago20:27

20:27

S3:E7 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. Today we have an episode dedicated to the language teachers at My Online Schooling and we’re joined by Marianne Kavanagh and Noelia Freire, both of whom are in the languages department at th…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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Dragana Hartley, Cheltenham Ladies' College, talks about her amazing life! 25:01

1y ago25:01

25:01

#009 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast for school marketing people that’s nothing to do with school marketing, because let’s face it, you work hard already. In each episode I speak to someone in the sector who won’t talk about work but we get to find out more about them as a pe…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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Emily Richards, Founder of Stickman. She's not a stick and she's not a man... 21:03

1y ago21:03

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#008 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast for school marketing people that’s nothing to do with school marketing, because let’s face it, you work hard already. In each episode I speak to someone in the sector who won’t talk about work but we get to find out more about them as a pe…

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The My Online Schooling Podcast

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Innovative and interactive language learning with Lingua Connect 24:25

1y ago24:25

24:25

S3:E6 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. Now today we’re talking all about languages with Lingua Connect, the latest offering from MOS for pupils whose first language is not English, and who are looking for some additional support …

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The AMCIS Podcast

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Director of Marketing and Communications at Perrott Hill School, Lizzi Gardner 21:14

1y ago21:14

21:14

Welcome to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast to find out more about the people behind AMCIS as we hear from member schools and the AMCIS board. And in this episode we’re hearing from Lizzi Gardner from Perrott Hill School. Lizzi is the schools Director of Marketing and Communications and joined AMCIS five …

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Andrew Velhosh: Something your school can do today for Ukraine 13:58

1y ago13:58

13:58

#007 - This episode is a little different to normal. In fact, it’s a special one-off episode which comes with a very important message. It’s shorter than normal, it’s being recorded on 21st March 2022 and it’s to do with what’s currently happening in the world. Today we’re talking to Andrew Velhosh who, until recently, was a pupil recruitment agent…

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The My Online Schooling Podcast

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Our adventure living, working and studying online in Spain: Hear from mother Jet and Year 10 pupil Ginger 22:01

1y ago22:01

22:01

S3:E5 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. Today we’re speaking to Jet and Ginger, mother, and pupil from My Online Schooling. Jet will tell us all about her experience finding and choosing My Online Schooling, why it suits her and h…

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I'd Rather be at the Beach

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Comedy duo Paula Bottomley and Melanie Burke, Admissions and Marketing 17:41

1y ago17:41

17:41

#006 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast for school marketing people that’s nothing to do with school marketing, because let’s face it, you work hard already so this is just for fun. In each episode I speak to someone in the sector who won’t talk about work but we get to find out…

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The My Online Schooling Podcast

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Our Online School Experience: Hear from father Riyadh and Year 8 pupil Maryam 24:52

1y ago24:52

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S3:E4 -Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. Today we’re speaking to Father and Daughter team Riyadh and Maryam. They’ll tell us all about My Online Schooling from the perspective of a parent and a pupil. This is a great episode for pro…

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It's time for Rachel Hadley-Leonard! 28:41

1+ y ago28:41

28:41

#005 - Welcome back to ‘I’d Rather be at the Beach’, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast for school marketing people that’s nothing to do with school marketing, because let’s face it, you work hard already so this is just for fun. In each episode I speak to someone in the sector who won’t talk about work but we get to find out…

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The AMCIS Podcast

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David Milner of Sedbergh School and Vice Chair at AMCIS 23:04

1+ y ago23:04

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Welcome to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast to find out more about the people behind AMCIS as we hear from member schools and the AMCIS board. And in this episode we’re hearing from David Milner at Sedbergh School. David is the school’s Director of Marketing and International Relations but he’s also Vice-…

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