“Education, some people say, is what’s left over when you forget everything you’ve learnt in school. Education really is the person you become, all the qualities you have.” - Headteacher Tom McDonald reflecting on his pupils’ Malawi experience in the BBC High School documentary

“The next conference we go to, we’ll have one slide: `we’ll be in the car park if anyone wants a fight’.” - Philip Graham, depute head of Govan High, attempting to lighten the atmosphere after his headteacher’s comments ruffled feathers at a Stirling conference.