Shore’s Latin motto, Vitai lampada tradunt – “they hand on the torch of life” – speaks to the passing of knowledge, values and integrity to the next generation. But not all beliefs are worthy of being passed on.

Clare Walker: “Speaking out came at great personal cost”.Credit: KATE GERAGHTY

During my time at Shore, I raised the alarm about a dangerous and outdated attitude toward domestic violence held by the school’s leadership – and was shunned for it.

Speaking out came at great personal cost. I was ignored, isolated and made to feel so unsafe and unsupported that I ultimately chose to resign. It threw me into financial and psychological instability. And yet I would do it again.

The attitudes promoted by the headmaster, John Collier, and echoed by others after the murder of Lilie James are not values any community should inherit. By excusing violence, reframing it and........

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