Jane Teresa Lunnon (born 1969) is an English schoolteacher and headmistress, currently head of

Alleyn's School Alleyn's School is a 4–18 Mixed-sex education, co-educational, Independent school (United Kingdom), independent, Church of England, day school and sixth form in Dulwich, London, England. It is a registered charity and was originally part of Ed ...

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, and previously of

Wimbledon High School Wimbledon High School is an independent girls' day school in Wimbledon, South West London. It is a Girls' Day School Trust school and is a member of the Girls' Schools Association. History Wimbledon High School was founded by the Girls' Public ...

. Before that, Lunnon was Deputy Head of

Wellington College, Berkshire Wellington College is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) in the village of Crowthorne, Berkshire, England. Wellington is a registered charity and currently educates roughly 1,200 pupils, between the ages of 13 and ...

Early life

Lunnon was educated at the North London Collegiate School and the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

, where she graduated in English. She has a twin sister, Jenny, who is head of

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Career

Lunnon’s early career was in research and marketing, before she became a schoolteacher at

Prior's Field School Prior's Field is an independent girls' boarding and day school in Guildford, Surrey in the south-east of England. Founded in 1902 by Julia Huxley, it stands in 42 acres of parkland, 34 miles south-west of London and adjacent to the A3 road, w ...

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, and then at Wellington College. There, she was successively Head of English, Head of Sixth Form, and Assistant Director of Studies, then from 2010 Senior Deputy Head to Anthony Seldon. In 2014 she was appointed as Headmistress of

, and in 2020 as the first female Head of Alleyn’s School, taking up the post in January 2021."About Jane Lunnon"
rolemodels.me, accessed 30 January 2021 Although the school had become co-educational in 1975, all its heads had been men since its separation from the

College of God's Gift The College of God's Gift, often referred to as the Old (Dulwich) College, was a historic charity founded in 1619 by the Elizabethan actor and businessman Edward Alleyn who endowed it with the ancient Manor of Dulwich in south London. In 1857 it ...

in 1882.

In 2018, Krishnan Guru-Murthy quoted Lunnon on the subject of ''

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'' that it was "not really doing anything very much for feminism". In January 2020, ''

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'' reported her warning to parents against using

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groups to manage their children’s time when they were in secondary schools. She saw this as hindering them from learning to take responsibility for the demands of their lives. In May 2020, ''

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'' interviewed Lunnon on the challenges to schools of lockdown in the

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. In September 2020, Lunnon was announced as one of the five nominees in the "Best head of a public school" category of the Tatler Schools Awards, together with Douglas Robb of

Gresham's School Gresham's School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Independent school (United Kingdom), independent Day school, day and boarding school) in Holt, Norfolk, Holt, Norfolk, England, one of the top thirty International Bac ...

, Mark Turnbull of

Giggleswick Giggleswick, a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England, lies on the B6480 road, less than north-west of the town of Settle and divided from it by the River Ribble. It is the site of Giggleswick School. T ...

, Emma McKendrick of Downe House, and Antony Wallersteiner of Stowe. Lunnon was announced as winner of the award in October.Megan Hinton
"No Hampshire schools chosen for Tatler's school awards 2020"
'' Basingstoke Gazette'', 8 October 2020, accessed 30 January 2021 Lunnon also serves on the Education Committee of the

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, the Universities Committee of the

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, and the governing body of

Newland House School Newland House School is an independent co-educational preparatory school located in Twickenham, London, England. Introduction Newland House School has over 440 pupils from the ages of three to thirteen, based in the Nursery (age 3-4), Pre-Prep ...

. She is a Trustee of the Royal SpringBoard Foundation.

Personal life

Lunnon married a fellow teacher at

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. Her husband, Neil Lunnon, is now headmaster of Fulham Prep School, and they have two children, Josie and Jamie.

Notes

External links

Jane Lunnon, Head of Wimbledon High School

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Jane Lunnon appointed as new head of Alleyn's
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