It's time to consider new pedagogies and the learning environment must consider that its students are to become useful adults in the world.


Deborah Duncan is the Principal of The Junior and Senior School, Nicosia since August 2014. Prior to that she was the Head teacher of Teesside High School in England. She has held two other headship roles, one at The English School, Nicosia and one in a state secondary school in the UK. She has been in the teaching profession for 25 years. She was educated at the University of Durham where she read French with Spanish, has a Masters in Educational Management from the Open University and a PGCE in French and Spanish from York University. She also has the National Professional Qualification for Headship and is a trained school inspector with the Independent Schools Inspectorate in the UK.
She is a member of the Society of Heads, an organisation representing the interests of private schools and previously served on their Executive Committee and also on the executive committee of the Association of School and College Leaders. She is passionate about formative assessment practices and the

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