Welcome back! I hope your holiday was restful yet productive, and that four a.m. panics about little Susie in year 11 who hasn't fully grasped the significance of the summer term were kept to a minimum. So far, I've avoided giving away much about what kind of role Pinemarten Education will have. It is, as the website suggests, in the business of making educational apps and technological solutions aimed at both learners and institutions. I wanted to give you a sneak peak into

The basic infrastructure that underpins the way we think about 'school' hasn't changed very much over the last few hundred years, and it isn't questioned nearly enough because we as a society have so much invested - socially, politically and financially - in this system. The entire structure is predicated on the idea that there are many students, but only a few educators. Therefore, classrooms have many children, but one teacher. Exams are one-size fits all, with only a minim