John Herbert Dunston FRSA (born 1952, London) was the

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and

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, both English

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schools. John Dunston studied Modern Foreign Languages at the University of Cambridge. He then undertook teacher training at the

University of York , mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £8.0 million , budget = £403.6 million , chancellor = Heather Melville , vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery , students ...

. He taught in Germany as well as the maintained and independent sectors in England. He was an English language assistant at the Gymnasium Eppendorf, Hamburg (1973–74), a teacher and housemaster at

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1975–79, a teacher at Bancroft's School, Woodford Green (1979–90, head of modern languages from 1983). In 1990, he became head at Sibford School at

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near Banbury in

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.Lottie Dodwell, A Farewell to John Dunston,
The Park
', Leighton Park School, pages 11–13, Autumn 2010. In 1996, he became head at

in Reading,

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. During his time at the school, he spent a sabbatical break as a Farmington Fellow at Harris Manchester College, Oxford in 2009, funded through the

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. He retired as head of

in 2010. Dunston became an

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(ISI) Inspector in 1994 and a Reporting Inspector in 2001.The Team: John Dunston

RSAcademics
UK. He was also Chairman of the

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(AEGIS) and the

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(SHMIS). In 2011, he became a senior advisor at RSAppointments, a specialist arm of RSAcademics that helps school governors in finding and selecting school heads. In 1977, Dunston became an Associate of the

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. In 1994, he was elected a Fellow of the

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. He is a governor of

Shiplake College ("The Example Teaches") , established = 1959 , type = Public schoolIndependent day and boarding , religious_affiliation = Church of England , head_label = Headmaster , head ...

, and

The John Lyon School ("May the fortune of the house stand") , established = 1876 , closed = , type = Public School Independent Day School , religion = , president = , head_l ...

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Selected publications

Keeping the Faith

Attain
', Issue 2, Spring 2007.
Johann Sebastian Bach and the Jews
'' The Friend'', 10 April 2009. *
Germans, Jews and the Enlightenment: Lessons for today?
',

Farmington Institute for Christian Studies The Farmington Institute is based at Harris Manchester College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Sir Ralph Waller is director of the Farmington Institute. The institute's aim is to support, encourage and im ...

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, University of Oxford, UK, Hilary Term 2009.
The different qualities of silence
'' The Times'', 14 January 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunston, John 1952 births Living people Schoolteachers from Oxfordshire Alumni of the University of Cambridge Alumni of the University of York English Jews Heads of schools in England Fellows of Harris Manchester College, Oxford Schoolteachers from Berkshire