Medbury school

HEADMASTER – IAN MACPHERSON

With almost 30 years as a specialist in boys’ education, Medbury Headmaster, Mr Ian Macpherson, has seen first-hand the difference a boy-friendly approach has on maximising academic engagement and social and emotional development.

This was a key driver in seeing Medbury School join the International Boys’ Schools Coalition (IBSC) and partner with Swinburne University to establish programmes to support emotional intelligence, within his first year of leadership in 2018.

Medbury’s partnership with Swinburne University of Technology is an exciting initiative aimed at developing emotional intelligence (EI)

via the Aristotle-EI programme.

According to Mr Macpherson, helping boys to gain a better understanding of themselves and others; build resilience; and master skills, which help them tackle greater obstacles and ask more ‘why’ questions; are key milestones to achieving academic success and wellbeing.

‘When a Medbury boy leaves for secondary school, he will leave as a well-rounded individual; a motivated and independent learner; and a critical thinker with high selfesteem, who reacts to others and the changing world around him, with confidence and good grace,’ says Mr Macpherson.

Helping boys to gain a better understanding of themselves and others.