The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), formerly known as the Headmasters' Conference and now branded HMC (The Heads' Conference), is an association of the

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s of 351

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fee-charging schools (both

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s and

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s), some traditionally described as public schools. 302 members are based in the

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and

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. There are 49 international members (mostly from the

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) and also 28 associate or affiliate members who are

s of

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or other influential individuals in the world of education, who endorse and support the work of HMC.

History

The Conference dates from 1869 when

Edward Thring Edward Thring (29 November 1821 – 22 October 1887) was a celebrated British educator. He was headmaster of Uppingham School (1853–1887) and founded the The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, Headmasters' Conference in 1869. Life T ...

, Headmaster of

Uppingham School Uppingham School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school for pupils 13–18) in Uppingham, Rutland, England, founded in 1584 by Robert Johnson, the Archdeacon of Leicester, who also established Oakham School. ...

, asked sixty of his fellow headmastersLeinster-Mackay, Donald P. ''The educational world of Edward Thring: a centenary study'', Falmer Press, 1987, , . p. 100 to meet at his house to consider the formation of a "School Society and Annual Conference". Fourteen accepted the invitation, and twelve were present for the whole of the initial meeting: Edward Thring, George Blore (

Bromsgrove School Bromsgrove School is a co-educational boarding and day school in the Worcestershire town of Bromsgrove, England. Founded in 1553, it is one of the oldest public schools in Britain, and one of the 14 founding members of the Headmasters' Confer ...

Albert Wratislaw Albert Henry Wratislaw (5 November 1822 – 3 November 1892) was an English clergyman and Slavonic scholar of Czech descent. Early life Albert Henry Wratislaw was born 5 November 1822 in Rugby, Warwickshire, Rugby, the eldest son of William Ferd ...

(

Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds (), commonly referred to locally as ''Bury,'' is a cathedral as well as market town and civil parish in the West Suffolk District, West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer map 211: Bury St. Edmunds an ...

), John Mitchinson (

The King's School, Canterbury The King's School is a public school in Canterbury, Kent, England. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Eton Group. It is Britain's oldest public school and is considered to be the oldest continuously op ...

), William Grignon ( Felsted School), Robert Sanderson (

Lancing College Lancing College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding school, boarding and day school) for pupils aged 13–18 in southern England, UK. The school is located in West S ...

), George Butler (

Liverpool College Liverpool College is a coeducational day and boarding school in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England. It was one of the thirteen founding members of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, Headmasters' Conference. History Liverpool Coll ...

), Augustus Jessopp (

Norwich School Norwich School (formally King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich) is a private selective day school in the close of Norwich Cathedral, Norwich. Among the oldest schools in the United Kingdom, it has a traceable history to 1096 as an episcop ...

), William Wood ( Oakham School), Steuart Pears (

Repton School Repton School is a 13–18 co-educational, private, boarding and day school in the public school tradition, in Repton, Derbyshire, England. Sir John Port of Etwall, on his death in 1557, left funds to create a grammar school which was th ...

), T. H. Stokoe (

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), Daniel Harper (

Sherborne School Sherborne School is a full-boarding school for boys aged 13 to 18 located beside Sherborne Abbey in the Dorset town of Sherborne. The school has been in continuous operation on the same site for over 1,300 years. It was founded in 705 AD by Ald ...

), and James Welldon (

Tonbridge School Tonbridge School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school for boys aged 13–18) in Tonbridge, Kent, England, founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judde (sometimes spelt Judd). It is a member of the Eton Group and has clo ...

). John Dyne (

Highgate School Highgate School, formally Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate, is a co-educational, fee-charging, private day school, founded in 1565 in Highgate, London, England. It educates over 1,400 pupils in three sections – Highgate Pre-Preparato ...

) attended on the second day, and Alfred Carver (

Dulwich College Dulwich College is a 2-18 private, day and boarding school for boys in Dulwich, London, England. As a public school, it began as the College of God's Gift, founded in 1619 by Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn, with the original purpose of ...

) did not turn up. From that date there have been annual meetings. Until the 1970s, membership was confined to 200 schools. In 1996, the association changed its name from the "Headmasters' Conference" to the "Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference". In 2023, the name was changed to HMC (The Heads' Conference). Membership of the HMC is often considered to be what defines a school as a public school in

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. Not all independent schools are in the HMC; in particular, many notable girls' schools are not members, partly because historically the HMC was for boys' schools only. In 2005, the association opened membership to heads of girls-only schools. Today HMC's membership includes boys', girls' and co-educational schools.

List of HMC member schools in The United Kingdom

The following are the member schools, listed with their Head (Headmaster or Headmistress). In some schools other titles are used, such as "Head Master", "High Master", "Warden", "Rector" and "Principal". An up-to-date list of schools whose Heads are members of HMC can be found on the association's website.

England

* The Abbey School, Reading — William Le Fleming *

Abingdon School Abingdon School is an independent day and boarding school in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. It is the List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom, twentieth oldest Independent School (UK), independent British school. In May 202 ...

— Mike J. Windsor * Ackworth School — Anton Maree * ACS International School Cobham, — Barnaby Sandow *

AKS Lytham AKS Lytham (AKS), is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private co-educational day school located on the Fylde, Lancashire, England. It is based on a coastal 35-acre site in Lytham St Annes. AKS Lytham is a member of Headmasters' and Hea ...

— David Harrow *

Aldenham School Aldenham School is a co-educational private boarding and day school for pupils aged eleven to eighteen, located between Elstree and the village of Aldenham in Hertfordshire, England. There is also a preparatory school for pupils from the ag ...

— James Fowler *

Alleyn's School Alleyn's School is a 4–18 Mixed-sex education, co-educational, independent, day school and sixth form in Dulwich, London, England. It is a registered charity and was originally part of Edward Alleyn's College of God's Gift charitable foundatio ...

— Jane Lunnon * Ampleforth College — Peter Roberts *

Ardingly College Ardingly College () is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging Boarding school, boarding and Day school, day school in the English Public school (UK), public school tradition located near Ardingly, West Sussex, England. The school ...

— Ben Figgis * Ashford School — Michael Hall * Ashville College — Rhiannon Wilkinson * Bablake and King Henry VIII School — Andrew Wright * Badminton School — Rebecca Tear * Bancroft's School — Simon R.J. Marshall *

Barnard Castle School Barnard Castle School (colloquially Barney School or locally the County School) is a co-educational private day and boarding school in the market town of Barnard Castle, County Durham, in the North East of England. It is a member of The Head ...

— Anthony C. Jackson *

Bedales School Bedales School is a coeducational boarding and day public school, in the village of Steep, near the market town of Petersfield in Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1893 by Amy Garrett Badley and John Haden Badley in reaction to the li ...

— Will Goldsmith * Bede's School — Peter Goodyer *

Bedford School Bedford School is a 7–18 Single-sex education, boys Public school (United Kingdom), public school in the county town of Bedford in England. Founded in 1552, it is the oldest of four independent schools in Bedford run by the Harpur Trust. Bed ...

— James Hodgson * Bedford Modern School — Alex N. J. Tate * Benenden School — Samantha Price * Berkhamsted School — Richard Backhouse * Birkdale School — Peter Harris * Birkenhead School — Paul Vicars *

Bishop's Stortford College Bishop's Stortford College is a private boarding and day school in the English public school tradition for more than 1,200 pupils aged 4–18, situated in a campus on the edge of the market town of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England ...

— Kathy Crewe-Read *

Bloxham School Bloxham School, also called All Saints' School, is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private co-educational day and boarding school of the Public school (United Kingdom), British public school tradition, located in the village of Bloxham ...

— Paul Sanderson *

Blundell's School Blundell's School is an Private schools in the United Kingdom, independent co-educational boarding school, boarding and Day school, day school in the English Public School (United Kingdom), public school tradition, located in Tiverton, Devon, T ...

— Bart Wielenga * Bolton School — Philip Britton * Bootham School — Christopher P. Jeffery * Box Hill School — Hayley Robinson * Bradfield College — Christopher Stevens * Bradford Grammar School — Simon Hinchliffe * Brentwood School — Michael Bond *

Brighton College Brighton College is a fee-charging, co-educational, boarding and day public school for boys and girls aged 3 to 18 in Brighton and Hove, England. The school has three sites: Brighton College (the senior school, ages 11 to 18), Brighton Co ...

— Richard Cairns *

Bristol Grammar School Bristol Grammar School (BGS) is a 4–18 Mixed-sex education, mixed, Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school in Bristol, England. It was founded in 1532 by Royal Charter for the teaching of 'good manners and literature', endowe ...

— Jaideep Barot * Bromley High School — Angela Drew *

— Peter Clague *

Bryanston School Bryanston School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding school, boarding and day school for pupils aged 13–18) located next to the village of Bryanston, and near the ...

— Richard Jones * The Bury Grammar Schools — Joanne Anderson * Canford School — Ben Vessey * Caterham School — Ceri Jones * Charterhouse — Alex Peterken * Cheadle Hulme School — Neil Smith *

Cheltenham College Cheltenham College is a public school ( fee-charging boarding and day school for pupils aged 13–18) in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The school opened in 1841 as a Church of England foundation and is known for its outstanding linguis ...

— Nicola Huggett * The Cheltenham Ladies' College — Eve Jardine-Young *

Chetham's School of Music Chetham's School of Music () is a private co-educational boarding and day music school in Manchester, England. Chetham's educates pupils between the ages of 8 and 18, all of whom enter via musical auditions. The music school was established i ...

— Nicola Smith * Chigwell School — Michael Punt *

Christ's Hospital Christ's Hospital is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 11–18) with a royal charter, located to the south of Horsham in West Sussex. T ...

— Simon H. C. Reid * Churcher's College — Simon H. Williams * City of London Freemen's School — Roland Martin *

City of London School The City of London School, also known as CLS and City, is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school for Single-sex education, boys in the City of London, England, on the banks of the River Thames next to the Millennium Bridge, ...

— Alan Bird * City of London School for Girls — Jenny A. Brown * Claremont Fan Court School — William Brierly *

Clayesmore School Clayesmore School is a co-educational Private schools in the United Kingdom, private school for pupils aged 8–18 years, in the village of Iwerne Minster, Dorset, England. It is both a day and boarding school and is a member of The Headmaster ...

— Joanne Thomson *

Clifton College Clifton College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in the city of Bristol in South West England, founded in 1862 and offering both boarding school, boarding and day school for pupils aged 13–18. In its early years, unlike mo ...

— Tim Greene * Cokethorpe School — Damian Ettinger * Colfe's School — Richard Russell * Collegiate School — Jeremy McCullough * Cranleigh School — Martin S. Reader * Culford School — Julian Johnson-Munday * Dame Allan's Schools — Will Scott * Dauntsey's School — Mark J. Lascelles *

Dean Close School Dean Close School is a co-educational private boarding and day school (for pupils aged 3–18) in the public school tradition, located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The school opened in 1886 and is divided into pre-prep, prepa ...

— Emma L. C. Taylor * Denstone College — Lotte Tulloch * Downe House School — Emma McKendrick *

Downside School Downside School (formally The College of St Gregory the Great, Downside but simply referred to as Downside) is an 11–18 mixed, Roman Catholic, independent, day and boarding school in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, England. It was establish ...

— Andrew Hobbs *

— Joseph A.F. Spence *

Durham School Durham School is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging boarding and day school in the English Public school (UK), public school tradition located in Durham, England, Durham, North East England. Since 2021 it has been part of th ...

— Kieran McLaughlin *

Eastbourne College Eastbourne College is a co-educational Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging school in the English Public school (United Kingdom), public school tradition, for boarding school, boarding and Day school, day pupils aged 13–18, in ...

— Tom Lawson * Edgbaston High School — Clare Marco * Ellesmere College — Brendan J. Wignall * Eltham College — Guy R. Sanderson *

Emanuel School Emanuel School is a private, co-educational day school in Battersea, south-west London. The school was founded in 1594 by Anne Sackville, Lady Dacre and Queen Elizabeth I and today occupies a 12-acre (4.9 ha) site close to Clapham Junction ...

— Robert S. Milne * Embley School — Cliff Canning *

Epsom College Epsom College is a co-educational independent school on Epsom Downs, Surrey, England, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It was founded in 1853 as a benevolent institution which provided a boarding school education for sons of poor or deceased members ...

— Mark Lascelles *

Eton College Eton College ( ) is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing boarding school, boarding education for boys aged 13–18, in the small town of Eton, Berkshire, Eton, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It has educated Prime Mini ...

— Simon Henderson * Exeter School — Louise Simpson * Felsted School — Christopher Townsend * Forest School — Marcus Cliff Hodges *

Framlingham College Framlingham College is a public school ( boarding and day school) in the town of Framlingham, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Together with its preparatory school and nursery at Brandeston Hall, it serves pupils from 3 to 18 years of age ...

— J. Louise M. North * Francis Holland, Regent's Park — Charles Fillingham * Francis Holland, Sloane Square — Lucy Elphinstone * Frensham Heights School — Rick Clarke * Giggleswick School — Sam Hart * Godolphin School — Emma J.F. Hattersley * The Godolphin and Latymer School — Frances M. Ramsey * The Grammar School at Leeds A merger between the all-boys

Leeds Grammar School Leeds Grammar School was an independent school founded 1552 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Originally a male-only school, in August 2005 it merged with Leeds Girls' High School to form The Grammar School at Leeds. The two schools physica ...

(HMC member) and Leeds Girls' High School — Sue Woodroofe * The Grange School — Lorraine Earps * Gresham's School — Douglas Robb * Guildford High School — Fiona J. Boulton * Haberdashers' Boys' School — Gus R. Lock * Haileybury — Martin Collier * Halliford School — James Davies * Hampton School — Kevin Knibbs *

Harrow School Harrow School () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon (school founder), John Lyon, a local landowner an ...

— W. M. Alastair Land * Hereford Cathedral School — Michael Gray *

— Adam S. Pettitt * Hill House School — David Holland * Hurstpierpoint College — Tim Manly * Hymers College — Justin Stanley * Ibstock Place School — Chris Wolsey * Immanuel College — Millan Sachania * Ipswich School — Nicholas J. Weaver * James Allen's Girls' School — Alex Hutchinson * The John Lyon School — Katherine E. Haynes * Kent College — Mark Turnbull * Kent College, Pembury — Julie Lodrick * Kimbolton School — Will Chuter * King Edward VI School, Southampton — Neal Parker *

King Edward's School, Bath King Edward's School (KES), in Bath, Somerset, England, is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private co-educational day school providing education for 1,134 pupils aged 3 to 18. The school is a member of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses ...

— Martin J. Boden *

King Edward's School, Birmingham King Edward's School (KES) is an independent school (UK), independent day school for boys in the British Public school (UK), public school tradition, located in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Founded by Edward VI of England, King Edward VI in 1552, it ...

— Katy Ricks * King Edward's School, Witley — Joanna Wright * King's Bruton — Ian S. Wilmhurst * King's College, Taunton — Richard R. Biggs *

King's College School King's College School, also known as Wimbledon, KCS, King's and KCS Wimbledon, is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, southwest London, England. The s ...

— Anne Cotton *

— Peter J.M. Roberts * The King's School, Chester — George Hartley *

King's Ely King's Ely The School's Terms and Conditions and the Companies House registration would suggest that the School's legal name remains "The King's School, Ely" is an All-through school, all through Public school (United Kingdom), public school ...

— John Attwater * The King's School, Gloucester — David C. A. Morton *

The King's School, Macclesfield The King's School, Macclesfield, is an all through co-educational private day school in Prestbury, Cheshire, England, and a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. It was founded in 1502 by Sir John Percyvale, a former Lo ...

— Jason Slack * King's Rochester — Ben Charles * King William's College, Isle of Man — Joss Buchanan * The King's School, Worcester — Gareth Doodes * Kingston Grammar School — Stephen Lehec * Kingswood School — Andrew Gordon-Brown * Kirkham Grammar School — Daniel Berry * Lady Eleanor Holles School — Heather Hanbury *

— Dominic Oliver * Langley School — Jon E. Perriss *

Latymer Upper School Latymer Upper School is a public school in Hammersmith, London, England, on King Street. It derives from a charity school, and is part of the same 1624 Latymer Foundation, from a bequest by the English legal official Edward Latymer. There ...

— David Goodhew * Leicester Grammar School — John W. Watson *

Leighton Park School Leighton Park School is a co-educational Private schools in the United Kingdom, private school for both day and boarding pupils in Reading, Berkshire, Reading in South East England. The school's ethos is closely tied to the Quaker values, having ...

— Matthew L. S. Judd *

The Leys School The Leys School is a co-educational private school in Cambridge, England. It is a boarding and day school for about 565 pupils between the ages of eleven and eighteen. The head is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. ...

— Martin J. Priestley * Lincoln Minster School — Maria Young * Lingfield College — Richard W. Bool * Lord Wandsworth College — Adam Williams *

Loughborough Grammar School Loughborough Grammar School is a 10–18 Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boys' school in the town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, founded in 1495 with money left in the will of Thomas Burton (merchant), Thomas Burton. To ...

— Christopher Barnett * Magdalen College School — Helen Pike *

Malvern College Malvern College is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging coeducational boarding school, boarding and day school in Malvern, Worcestershire, Malvern, Worcestershire, England. It is a public school (United Kingdom), public school ...

— Keith Metcalfe * The Manchester Grammar School — Martin A. Boulton *

Marlborough College Marlborough College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English private boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. It was founded as Marlborough School in 1843 by the Dean of Manchester, George ...

— Louise Moelwyn-Hughes *

Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby is a 7–18 boys Private school, private day school, located in Great Crosby on Merseyside. The school's motto is that of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors: ''Concordia Parvae Res Crescunt'' (Sma ...

— David J. Wickes *

Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood Merchant Taylors' School is an 11–18 boys Public school (United Kingdom), public day school, founded in 1561 in London. The school has occupied various campuses. From 1933 it has been at Sandy Lodge, a site close to Northwood, London, Nort ...

— Simon Everson * Millfield — Gavin Horgan * The Mill Hill School Foundation — Antony Spencer *

Monkton Combe School Monkton Combe School is a public school ( fee-charging boarding and day school), in the village of Monkton Combe near Bath in Somerset, England. History Monkton Combe School was founded in 1868 by the Revd. Francis Pocock, a former curate ...

— Chris Wheeler * Moreton Hall — George Budd * Mount Kelly — Guy Ayling * Mount St Mary's College — Daniel Wright *

New Hall School New Hall School is a Catholic co-educational private boarding and day school in the village of Boreham near Chelmsford, Essex, England. It was founded in 1642 in the Low Countries, now Belgium, by sisters of the Catholic order Canonesses of ...

— Katherine A. Jeffrey * Newcastle High School for Girls — Michael Tippett * Newcastle-under-Lyme School — Michael Getty * Newcastle upon Tyne Royal Grammar School — Geoffrey Stanford *

— Steffan Griffiths * Norwich High School for Girls — Alison Sefton * Nottingham High School — Kevin D. Fear * Notting Hill & Ealing High School — Matthew R.C. Shoults * Oakham School — Henry W.F. Price * Oldham Hulme Grammar School — Craig J.D. Mairs *

The Oratory School The Oratory School () is an HMC co-educational Private schools in the United Kingdom, private Catholic Church, Catholic boarding and day school for pupils aged 11–18 located in Woodcote, north-west of Reading, Berkshire, Reading, England. F ...

— Joseph J. Smith * Oswestry School — Lyndsay Lang *

Oundle School Oundle School is a public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging boarding school, boarding and day school) for pupils 11–18 situated in the market town of Oundle in Northamptonshire ...

— Sarah Kerr-Dineen *

Pangbourne College Pangbourne College is a mixed-sex education, coeducational Public school (UK), public school (private boarding school, boarding and day school, day school), for pupils aged 13-18 years, in Pangbourne, Berkshire, England. It is set in 230 acres ...

— Thomas J.C. Garnier *

The Perse School The Perse School is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging Day school, day and, in the case of the Perse, a former boarding school) in Cambridge, England. Founded i ...

— Edward C. Elliott * Plymouth College — Jo Hayward * Pocklington School — Toby Seth *

Portsmouth Grammar School The Portsmouth Grammar School (PGS) is a co-educational Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school in Portsmouth, England, located in the historic part of Portsmouth. It was founded in 1732 as a Single-sex education, boys' school ...

— David Wickes * Princethorpe College — Ed D. Hester * Prior Park College — Ben J.C. Horan * Putteridge High School – David Graham * Putney High School — Suzie K. Longstaff * Queen Anne's School — Julia Harrington * Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield — Richard Brookes *

Queen Elizabeth's Hospital Queen Elizabeth's Hospital (also known as QEH) is a 7–18 private boys' day school in Clifton, Bristol, England, founded in 1586. QEH is named after its original patron, Queen Elizabeth I. Known traditionally as "The City School", Queen Eliz ...

— Rupert Heathcote * Queen's College — Julian Noad * Queenswood — Jo Cameron * Radley College — John S. Moule * Ratcliffe College — Jonathan P. Reddin * Reading Blue Coat School — Peter Thomas *

Reed's School Reed's School is an independent secondary school, secondary day school, day and boarding school for boys with a co-educational sixth form located in Cobham, Surrey, England. There are currently around 700 day pupils (620 boys, 80 girls) and 1 ...

— Mark W. Hoskins * Redmaids' High School — Paul Dwyer *

Reigate Grammar School Reigate Grammar School is an 11–18 co-educational private day school in Reigate, Surrey, England. It was established in 1675 by Henry Smith. History The school was founded as a free school for poor boys in 1675 by Alderman Henry Smith with Jo ...

— Shaun A. Fenton * Rendcomb College — Robert T. Jones *

— Mark Semmence *

Rossall School Rossall School is a private Day school, day and boarding school, boarding school in the United Kingdom for 0–18 year olds, between Cleveleys and Fleetwood, Lancashire. Rossall was founded in 1844 by St. Vincent Beechey, St Vincent Beechey as a ...

— Jeremy A. Quartermain * Roedean School — Oliver Blond * Royal Grammar School, Guildford — Jonathan M. Cox * RGS Worcester — John D.C. Pitt *

Royal High School, Bath Royal High School Bath is a private day and boarding school for girls located in Bath, Somerset, England. Established in 1998 from the merger of two older schools, the Royal School (founded in 1864) and Bath High School (founded in 1875), it e ...

— Kate Reynolds * The Royal Hospital School — Simon Lockyer * The Royal Masonic School for Girls — Kevin Carson * Royal Russell School — Christopher J. Hutchinson *

Rugby School Rugby School is a Public school (United Kingdom), private boarding school for pupils aged 13–18, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire in England. Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independ ...

— Peter R.A. Green * Ryde School with Upper Chine — William Turner * St Albans School — Jonathan W.J. Gillespie * St Albans High School for Girls — Amber Waite * St Bede's College — Sandra Pike * St Benedict's School — Andrew Johnson * St Columba's College, St Albans — David R. Buxton * St Dunstan's College — Nicholas P. Hewlett * St Edmund's College — Matthew Mostyn * St Edmund's School — Edward G. O'Connor * St Edward's School, Oxford — Alistair Chirnside * St George's College, Weybridge — Rachel Owens * St Helen and St Katharine — Rebecca J. Dougall * St John's School, Leatherhead — Rowena Cole * St Lawrence College — Barney Durrant * St Mary's Calne — Felicia Kirk * St Mary's College — Michael A. Kennedy * St Mary's School Ascot — Danuta Staunton * St Paul's Girls' School — Sarah K. Fletcher * St Paul's School — Sally-Anne Huang * St Peter's School — Jeremy M. P. Walker * St Swithun's School — Jane S. Gandee * Scarborough College — Guy Emmett *

Seaford College Seaford College is an independent Mixed-sex education, co-educational boarding school, boarding and day school at East Lavington, south of Petworth, West Sussex, England. Founded in 1884, it is a member of the Headmasters Conference, Headmaster ...

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Sedbergh School Sedbergh School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding school, boarding and day school, day school) in the town of Sedbergh in Cumbria, North West England. It comprise ...

— Dan Harrison *

Sevenoaks School Sevenoaks School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school. It is co-educational, a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding school, boarding and day school, located in Sevenoaks, Kent, England. Established in 1432, it ...

— Jesse Elzinga *

— Dominic A. Luckett * Sherborne Girls — Ruth M. S. Sullivan * Shiplake College — Tyrone Howe *

Shrewsbury School Shrewsbury School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Shrewsbury. Founded in 1552 by Edward VI by royal charter, to replace the town's Saxon collegiate foundations which were disestablished in the sixteenth century, Shrewsb ...

— Leo Winkley * Sidcot School — Iain Kilpatrick * Sir William Perkins's School — Debbie Picton * Solihull School — Charles Fillingham * South Hampstead High School — Victoria Bingham * Stamford Endowed Schools — Will M. Phelan * The Stephen Perse Foundation — Richard Girvan * Stockport Grammar School — Paul M. Owen *

Stonyhurst College Stonyhurst College or Stonyhurst is a co-educational Catholic Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing education for boarding school, boarding and day school, day pupils, adhering to the Society of Jesus, Jesuit tradition. It is ...

— John R. Browne *

Stowe School The Stowe School is a public school (English private boarding school) for pupils aged 13–18 in the countryside of Stowe, England. It was opened on 11 May, 1923 at Stowe House, a Grade I Heritage Estate belonging to the British Crown. ...

— Anthony K. Wallersteiner * Streatham and Clapham High School — Cathy Ellott * Surbiton High School — Rebecca Glover *

Sutton Valence School Sutton Valence School (SVS) is a private school near Maidstone in southeast England. It has 560 pupils. It is a co-educational day and boarding school, boarding school. There are three senior boarding houses: Westminster, St Margaret's and Sutto ...

— James Thomas *

Taunton School Taunton School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school, now co-educational, in the county town of Taunton in Somerset in South West England. It serves boarding and day-school pupils from the ages of 13 to 18. The current headmaster i ...

— Lee C. Glaser *

— James E. Priory * Tormead School — David Boyd * Tranby School — Alexandra Wilson * Trent College — Bill J. Penty * Trinity School — Alasdair J. Kennedy * Truro School — Andrew Johnson *

University College School University College School, also known as UCS, is a private day school in Frognal, Hampstead, London, England. The school was founded in 1830 by University College London and inherited many of that institution's progressive and secular views. ...

— Mark J. Beard *

— Richard J. Maloney * Warminster School — Matt R. Williams * Warwick Schools Foundation — S. Burley/J. Baker * Wellingborough School — Andrew Holman * Wellington College — James Dahl * Wellington School — Eugene A. du Toit *

Wells Cathedral School Wells Cathedral School is an independent co-educational boarding and day school for 2–18 year olds located in Wells, Somerset, Wells, Somerset, England, which provides an all-round education alongside specialist music and chorister training. T ...

— Alastair Tighe * West Buckland School — Phillip Stapleton *

Westminster School Westminster School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Westminster, London, England, in the precincts of Westminster Abbey. It descends from a charity school founded by Westminster Benedictines before the Norman Conquest, as do ...

— Gary Savage *

Whitgift School Whitgift School is an independent day school with limited boarding in South Croydon, London. Along with Trinity School of John Whitgift and Old Palace School it is owned by the Whitgift Foundation, a charitable trust. The school was prev ...

— Chris D. Ramsey *

Winchester College Winchester College is an English Public school (United Kingdom), public school (a long-established fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) with some provision for day school, day attendees, in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It wa ...

— Elizabeth Stone *

Wimbledon High School Wimbledon High School is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private girls' day school in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, South West (London sub region), South West London. It is a Girls' Day School Trust school and is a member of the Girls' ...

— Fionnuala Kennedy *

Wisbech Grammar School Wisbech Grammar School is an 11–18 Mixed-sex education, co-educational, Church of England, Private schools in the United Kingdom, private Day school, day and boarding school in Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Founded by the Gui ...

— Chris Staley * Withington Girls' School — Sarah Haslam *

Woldingham School Woldingham School is an Private schools in the United Kingdom, independent Boarding school, boarding and day school for girls, located in the former Marden Park of outside the village of Woldingham, Surrey, in South East England. It is a Roman ...

— James Whitehead *

Wolverhampton Grammar School Wolverhampton Grammar School is a co-educational private school in Wolverhampton, England. History Initially a grammar school for boys, WGS was founded in 1512 by Sir Stephen Jenyns, a master of the ancient guild of Merchant Taylors, who was ...

— Alex Frazer * Woodbridge School — Shona Norman * Woodhouse Grove School — James Lockwood * Worksop College — John Price *

Worth School Worth School is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private co-educational Roman Catholic boarding school, boarding and day school, day school for pupils from 11 to 18 years of age near Worth, West Sussex, Worth, West Sussex, England. Unti ...

— Stuart McPherson *

Wrekin College Wrekin College is a private co-educational boarding and day school located in Wellington, Shropshire, England. It was founded by Sir John Bayley in 1880. It is now co-located with a preparatory school, The Old Hall School, founded by 1835 ...

— Tim Firth *

Wycliffe College Wycliffe College () is an evangelical Colleges of the University of Toronto, graduate school of theology of the University of Toronto located at the University of Toronto#St. George campus, St. George campus in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded i ...

— Nick Gregory *

Wycombe Abbey Wycombe Abbey is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private girls' boarding and day school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. The school was founded in 1896 by Dame Frances Dove (1847–1942), who was previously headmistress of ...

— Jo F. Duncan * Yarm School — P. Huw Williams

Scotland

* Albyn School — Stefan Horsman *

Dollar Academy Dollar Academy is a 5–18 Private schools in the United Kingdom, private co-educational day and boarding school for boys and girls in Scotland. The open campus occupies a site in the centre of Dollar, Clackmannanshire, at the foot of the Ochil ...

— Ian H. Munro * The Edinburgh Academy — Barry G. Welsh * Erskine Stewart's Melville Schools — Anthony Simpson (consisting of two single-sex secondary schools – Stewart's Melville College and The Mary Erskine School - alongside the mixed gender ESMS Junior School and ESMS Sixth Form). *

Fettes College Fettes College () is a co-educational private boarding and day school in Craigleith, Edinburgh, Scotland, with over two-thirds of its pupils in residence on campus. The school was originally a boarding school for boys only and became co-ed in ...

— Helen Harrison * George Heriot's School — Gareth Warren * George Watson's College — Melvyn W. Roffe *

The Glasgow Academy The Glasgow Academy is a coeducational Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school for pupils aged 3–18 in Glasgow, Scotland. In 2016, it had the third-best Higher level exam results in Scotland. Founded in 1845, it is the oldes ...

— Matthew K. Pearce *

Glenalmond College Glenalmond College is a co-educational independent boarding school in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, for children aged between 12 and 18 years. It is situated on the River Almond near the village of Methven, about west of the city of Perth. T ...

— Mark Mortimer * Gordonstoun School — Lisa Kerr *

High School of Dundee The High School of Dundee is a private, co-educational, day school in Dundee, Scotland, which provides nursery, primary and secondary education to just over one thousand pupils. Its foundation has been dated to 1239, and it is the only private sc ...

— Lise Hudson * The High School of Glasgow — John O'Neill * Hutchesons' Grammar School — Mike Martin (Acting Rector) *

Kelvinside Academy Kelvinside Academy is a private day school in Glasgow, Scotland, founded in 1878. It has a capacity of over 600 pupils and spans two years of Nursery, six years of Junior School (primary school), a transition year of Senior Preparatory, and six ...

— Daniel Wyatt * Lomond School — Claire Chisholm *

Loretto School Loretto School, founded in 1827, is an independent school (UK), independent boarding and day school for boys and girls aged 3 to 18. The campus occupies in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. History The school was founded by the Reverend Th ...

— Graham Hawley * Merchiston Castle School — Jonathan Anderson * Morrison's Academy —Andrew McGarva *

Robert Gordon's College Robert Gordon's College is a co-educational private school for day pupils in Aberdeen, Scotland. The school caters for pupils from Nursery through to S6. History Background Robert Gordon, an Aberdeen merchant, made his fortune in 18th cent ...

— Robin Macpherson * St Aloysius' College — Patrick Doyle * St Columba's School, Kilmacolm — Victoria Reilly *

St Leonards School St Leonards School is a co-educational private boarding and day school for pupils aged 4–19 in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Founded in 1877 as St Andrews School for Girls Company, it adopted the St Leonards name upon moving to its current pre ...

— Simon Brian * Strathallan School — Mark Lauder

Wales

The Cathedral School, Llandaff The Cathedral School, Llandaff ( Welsh: ''Ysgol y Gadeirlan, Llandaf'') is a coeducational private day school located in Llandaff, a district north of the Welsh capital Cardiff. Originally established as a choral foundation to train choir boys f ...

— Clare Sherwood * Christ College — Gareth D. Pearson * Howell's School, Llandaff — Sally Davis * Monmouth School for Boys — Simon Dorman * Rougemont School — Lisa Pritchard

Northern Ireland

* Bangor Grammar School — S. Gilmore * Belfast Royal Academy — Hilary Woods *

Campbell College Campbell College located in Belfast, Northern Ireland and founded in 1894 comprises a preparatory school department (junior age) and a senior Northern Ireland 'Voluntary Grammar' school, the latter meaning, in terms of provision of education, a ...

— Robert Robinson *

Coleraine Grammar School Coleraine Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland that was established in 2015 following the amalgamation of Coleraine Academical Institution and Coleraine High School. The school w ...

— David R.J. Carruthers * Methodist College, Belfast — Jenny Lendrum *

Rockport School Rockport School is an independent day and boarding school for boys and girls from 2.5 years to 18 years in the British Public School tradition. It is situated in of woodland on the shore of Belfast Lough in Craigavad, near Holywood, County D ...

- George Vance *

Royal Belfast Academical Institution The Royal Belfast Academical Institution is an independent grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. With the support of Belfast's leading reformers and democrats, it opened its doors in 1814. Until 1849, when it was superseded by what today ...

— Janet Williamson * Royal School, Armagh — Graham G. W. Montgomery * The Royal School Dungannon — David Burnett

Guernsey

* Elizabeth College — Jenny Palmer

Jersey

* Victoria College — Dr Gareth Hughes

Isle of Man

* King William's College — Joss H. Buchanan

International members

Africa

Michaelhouse Michaelhouse is a full boarding senior school for boys founded in 1896. It is located in the Balgowan, KwaZulu-Natal, Balgowan valley in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The Spear’s Schools Index 2025 reco ...

, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa — Antony Clark * Peponi School,

Ruiru Ruiru is a municipality and sub-county in Kiambu County, Kenya. It sits within the greater Nairobi#Nairobi metropolitan region, Nairobi Metropolitan region. According to the 2019 national population census, Ruiru was the 4th largest urban centr ...

, Kiambu County, Kenya — Mark Durston * Peterhouse Boys' School, Marondera,

Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...

— Jonathan Trafford

Asia

* The British School, New Delhi, India — Vanita Uppal * British School Jakarta, Indonesia — David N. Butcher * The Cathedral & John Connon School, Mumbai, India — Meera Isaacs *

The Doon School The Doon School (informally Doon School or Doon) is a Selective school, selective all-boys Private school, private boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, which was established in 1935. It was envisioned by Satish Ranjan Das, a lawyer ...

, Dehradun, India — Dr Jagpreet Singh * The Lawrence School, Sanawar, India - Himmat Dhillon * Harrow International School Bangkok — Jonathan Standen * Harrow International School, Hong Kong — Ann Haydon * The International School Bangalore, India — Dr Caroline Pascoe *

Jerudong International School Jerudong International School (; Abbrev: ) is a co-educational, boarding and day school in Brunei, Southeast Asia. It has over 1660 students - of which around 200 are boarding students. Less than 50% of its student body are Bruneians, with the ...

, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam — Nicholas E. Sheehan *

Kellett School Kellett School () is a British international co-educational school in Flag of Hong Kong (1871–1997), Hong Kong and member of the Federation of British International Schools in Asia. Founded in 1976, the school's aim is to provide a British-sty ...

, The British International School in Hong Kong — Mark S. Steed *

Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar (KTJ) is a co-educational international school in Mantin, Seremban District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, founded in 1991. Its primary school is a day school for pupils between the ages of 4 and 11, while its secondary school ...

, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia — Glenn Moodie * Marlborough College, Malaysia — Alan D. Stevens * Rugby School Japan - Tony Darby * Shrewsbury International School, Bangkok, Thailand — Chris P. Seal * Tanglin Trust School, Singapore — Craig Considine

Australia and New Zealand

Anglican Church Grammar School The Anglican Church Grammar School (ACGS), formerly the Church of England Grammar School and commonly referred to as Churchie, is an independent, Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican, Day school, day and boarding school for boys, located in ...

, East Brisbane — Alan Campbell * Camberwell Grammar School, Balwyn, Victoria — Paul Hicks * The King's School, Parramatta, New South Wales — Anthony L. George * Methodist Ladies' College, Kew, Melbourne — Diana C. Vernon * Scotch College, Hawthorn, Victoria — I. Tom Batty *

The Scots College The Scots College is an independent primary and secondary Day school, day and Boarding school, boarding school for boys, predominantly located in , an Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is affiliat ...

, Bellevue Hill, New South Wales — Ian P. M. Lambert * St Leonard's College, Brighton East, Victoria — Stuart Davis * Christ's College, Christchurch, Canterbury

Central, North and South America

* The Grange School, Santiago, Chile — Nicholas Eatough * St George's College, Buenos Aires, Argentina — James Diver * St George's College North, Los Polvorines, Buenos Aires, Argentina — Oliver Proctor * St Paul's School, Brazil São Paulo, Brazil — Titus Edge

Continental Europe

* Aiglon College, Chesières, Switzerland — Richard M. McDonald * The British School of Amsterdam, The Netherlands — Ruth Sanderson * The British School of Barcelona, Spain — Jonathan Locke * The British School of Brussels, Tervuren, Belgium — Melanie Warnes * The British School of Milan, Italy — Chris Greenhalgh *

The British School in the Netherlands The British School in the Netherlands (BSN) is an International Baccalaureate, IB-classified group of Private schools in the United Kingdom, private schools situated in The Hague area. Four campuses together form one school: Junior School Leidsch ...

, Voorschoten, The Netherlands — Heath Monk * Campion School, Pallini, Athens, Greece— Mike Henderson * The English College in Prague, Praha, Czech Republic — Nigel Brown * The English School, Nicosia, Cyprus — David A. Lambon * King's College, Soto de Viñuelas, Madrid, Spain — Matthew Taylor * St Catherine's British School, Athens, Greece — Stuart Smith * St George's, Rome — David P. Tongue * St Julian's School, Quinta Nova, Portugal — Paul Morgan

Middle East

* Brighton College Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — Helen Wilkinson * The British School – Al Khubairat, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — Mark Leppard * British School Muscat, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman — Kai Vacher * Doha College, Doha, State of Qatar — Steffen Sommer * Dubai College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Michael E. Lambert * GEMS Wellington Academy, Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Kevin Loft * Jumeirah English Speaking School, Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Shane O'Brien * St Christopher's School, Isa Town, Kingdom of Bahrain — Simon Watson

Republic of Ireland

* Clongowes Wood College — Christopher Lumb *

The King's Hospital The Hospital and Free School of King Charles II, Oxmantown, also called The King's Hospital (KH; ) is a Church of Ireland co-educational independent day school, day and boarding school situated in Palmerstown, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland, ...

— Mark E. Ronan * Saint Columba's College, Dublin — Mark T. Boobbyer

Associates

* Bangor Grammar School, Bangor, County Down — Elizabeth Huddleson * Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury, Wiltshire — Stuart Smallwood *

Gordon's School Gordon's School is a secondary school with academy status in West End near Woking, Surrey, England. It was founded as the Gordon Boys' Home in 1885. It is now one of the 36 state boarding schools in England. It converted to an academy on 1 J ...

, Woking, Surrey — Andrew Moss *

Methodist College Belfast Methodist College Belfast (MCB), locally known as Methody, is a co-educational voluntary grammar school in Belfast, located at the foot of the Malone Road, Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1865 by the Methodist Church in Ireland and is one of e ...

, Belfast, County Antrim — Scott Naismith * Monmouth School for Girls, Monmouth, Monmouthshire — Jessica Miles *

Pate's Grammar School Pate's Grammar School is a grammar school with academy status in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. It caters for pupils aged 11 to 18. The school was founded with a fund bestowed to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, by Richard Pate in 1574 ...

, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire — Russel Ellicott * The Judd School, Tonbridge, Kent — Jon Woods * Wymondham College, Morley, Norfolk — Dan Browning

Former Members

Abbotsholme School Abbotsholme School is a co-educational Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding school, boarding and day school. The school is situated on a 140-acre campus on the banks of the River Dove, Central England, River Dove in Derbyshir ...

* Allhallows School (closed 1998) * Bath College (closed 1909) *

Beaumont College Beaumont College was between 1861 and 1967 a Public school (UK), public school in Old Windsor, Old Windsor in Berkshire. Founded and run by the Society of Jesus, it offered a Roman Catholic public school education in rural surroundings, while l ...

(closed 1967) * Bembridge School (closed 1997) * Carmel College (closed 1997) * Douai School (closed 1999) * Kelly College (closed 2014) *

Llandovery College Llandovery College () is a coeducational independent boarding and day school in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The college consists of Gollop Preparatory, Senior School and Sixth Form. It was previously known as "Welsh College, Llandovery" ...

Mercers' School The Mercers' School was an independent school in the City of London, England, with a history going back at least to 1542, and perhaps much further. It was operated by the Worshipful Company of Mercers and was closed in 1959. History After the ...

(closed 1959) * Rishworth School * Rydal School *

St Bees School St Bees School is a co-educational fee-charging school, located in the West Cumbrian village of St Bees, England. In 1583, it was founded by Edmund Grindal, the Archbishop of Canterbury, as a free grammar school for boys. The school remain ...

* Tettenhall College *

Weymouth College Weymouth College is a further education college located in Weymouth, England. The college has over 4,000 students, studying on a wide range of practical and academic courses in many subjects. The college is part of The University of Plymouth ...

(closed 1940)

HMC Projects in Central and Eastern Europe

HMC Projects in Central and Eastern Europe is a charity offering opportunities for students and young teachers from Central and Eastern Europe to develop themselves, by coming to HMC member schools in the UK for a year.

Chairs of the HMC

Chairmen of the Headmasters' Conference

The following are the Chairmen of the HMC until 1996. *

, Headmaster,

, 1869 * Daniel Harper, Head-master,

, 1870 * John Dyne, Head Master,

, 1871 * A R Vardy, Chief Master,

, 1872 * G Ridding, Head Master,

, 1873 * Alfred Carver, Master,

, 1874 * John Percival, Headmaster,

, 1875 * T W Jex-Blake, Head Master,

, 1876 * G C Bell, Master,

, 1877 * H M Butler, Head Master,

, 1878 * J J Hornby, Head Master,

, 1879–80 * E C Wickham, Head Master, Wellington College, 1881 * H W Eve, Head Master,

, 1882–83 * E M Young, Head Master,

, 1884–85 * W Haig Brown, Head Master, Charterhouse, 1886–87 * W A Fearon, Head Master,

, 1888–89 * E Warre, Head Master,

, 1890–91 * L W Baker, Headmaster, Merchant Taylors' School, 1892–93 * E Warre, Head Master,

, 1894–95 * H A James, Headmaster,

, 1896 * E Lyttelton, Headmaster, Haileybury, 1897 * H W Moss, Headmaster,

, 1898–99 * Dr H B Gray, Head Master, Bradfield College, 1900 * H W Moss, Headmaster,

, 1901 * C C Tancock, Headmaster,

, 1902 * E Lyttelton, Headmaster, Haileybury, 1903 * A W Upcott, Head Master,

, 1904 * G Rendell, Head Master, Charterhouse, 1905 * S R James, Headmaster,

, 1906 * C E Brownrigg, Master, Magdalen College School, 1907 * R Arbuthnot Nairn, Head Master, Merchant Taylors' School, 1908 * W T A Barber, Headmaster,

, 1909 * E Lyttelton, Head Master,

, 1910 * N C Smith, Head-master,

, 1911 * J Gow, Head Master,

, 1912 * W C Eppstein, Headmaster, Reading Blue Coat School, 1913 * F Fletcher, Head Master, Charterhouse, 1914–15 * A A David, Headmaster,

, 1916–18 * F Fletcher, Head Master, Charterhouse, 1919 * A A David, Headmaster,

, 1920–21 * R Cary Gilson, Chief Master,

, 1922 * F Fletcher, Head Master, Charterhouse, 1923 * Cyril Alington, Head Master,

, 1924–25 * F Fletcher, Headmaster, Charterhouse, 1926–27 * R Cary Gilson, Chief Master,

, 1928 * F. Fletcher, Headmaster, Charterhouse, 1929 * F B Malim, Master, Wellington College, 1930 * F Fletcher, Headmaster, Charterhouse, 1931 * F B Malim, Master, Wellington College, 1932 * D C Norwood, Head Master,

, 1933 * F Fletcher, Headmaster, Charterhouse, 1934 * F B Malim, Master, Wellington College, 1935 * H H Hardy, Headmaster,

, 1936–38 * Spencer Leeson, Head Master,

, 1939–44 * J Wolfenden, Headmaster,

, 1945 * J Wolfenden, Headmaster,

, 1946 * H Lyon, Headmaster,

, 1947 * J Wolfenden, Headmaster,

, 1948 * J Wolfenden, Headmaster,

, 1949 * G C Turner, Headmaster, Charterhouse, 1950 * R Birley, Head Master,

, 1951–52 * E James, High Master, The Manchester Grammar School, 1953–54 * Walter Hamilton, Headmaster,

, 1955–56 * R Birley, Head Master,

, 1957–58 * Desmond Lee, Head Master,

, 1959–60 * C P C Smith, Headmaster, Haileybury, 1961–62 * D R Wigram, Headmaster,

, 1963–64 and 1964–65 * Walter Hamilton, Headmaster,

, 1965–66 * Desmond Lee, Head Master,

, 1967 * D D Lindsay, Headmaster,

, 1968 * T E B Howarth, High Master, St Paul's School, 1969 * J MacKay, Headmaster,

, 1970 * A R D Wright, Headmaster,

, 1971 * F H Shaw, Headmaster, King's College School, Wimbledon, 1972 * F F Fisher, Master, Wellington College, 1973 * Michael McCrum, Head Master,

, 1974 * N P Barry, Headmaster, Ampleforth College, 1975 * R W Young, Principal, George Watson's College, 1976 * J M Rae, Headmaster,

, 1977 * David Baggley, Headmaster, Bolton School, 1978 * J S Woodhouse, Headmaster,

, 1979 * Ian Beer, Headmaster,

, 1980 *

John Thorn John Abraham Thorn (born April 17, 1947) is a German-born American sports historian, author, and publisher. Since 2011, he has served as the Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball. Early life Thorn was born in Stuttgart, Germany ...

, Head Master,

, 1981 * J W Hele, High Master, St Paul's School, 1982 * Roger Ellis, Master,

, 1983 * David Emms, Master,

, 1984 * B H McGowan, Headmaster,

Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School Haberdashers' Boys' School (formerly Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School) is a 4–18 boys Independent school (United Kingdom) in Elstree, Hertfordshire, England. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The school was ...

, 1985 * C H D Everett, Headmaster,

, 1986 * M J W Rogers, Headmaster,

, 1987 * D A G Smith, Headmaster, Bradford Grammar School, 1988 * M M Marriott, Headmaster, Canford School, 1989 * D. J. Jewel], Master, Haileybury, 1990 * J. G. Parker, High Master, The Manchester Grammar School, 1991 * D. L. Milroy, Headmaster, Ampleforth College, 1992 * R. J. Wilson, Headmaster, Trinity School, 1993 * R. de C Chapman, Headmaster,

, 1994 * Hugh Wright (schoolmaster), Hugh Wright, Chief Master,

, 1995 * Anthony Evans, Headmaster,

, 1996

Chairs of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference

The following are the Chairs of the HMC after 1996. * Michael Mavor, Headmaster,

, 1997 * Patrick Tobin, Principal,

Stewart's Melville College Stewart's Melville College (SMC) is all-boys' Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school in Edinburgh, Scotland. Classes are all boys in the 1st to 5th years and co-educational in Sixth (final) year. It has a roll of about 750 p ...

, 1998 * James Sabben-Clare, Headmaster,

, 1999 * Tom Wheare, Headmaster,

, 2000 * Chris Brown, Headmaster,

, 2001 * E. Gould, Master,

, 2002 * G. Able, Master,

, 2003 * Martin Stephen, High Master, The Manchester Grammar School/ St Paul's School, 2004 * Priscilla Chadwick, Principal, Berkhamsted Collegiate School, 2005 * Andrew Boggis, Warden, Forest School, 2006 * Nigel Richardson, Headmaster,

, 2007 <*> * Bernard Trafford, Headmaster,

, 2007–2008 * Tim Hastie-Smith, Headmaster,

, 2008–2009 * Andrew Grant, Headmaster, St Albans School, 2009–2010 * David Levin, Headmaster,

, 2010–2011 * Kenneth Durham, Headmaster,

, 2011–2012 * Chris Ray, High Master,

Manchester Grammar School The Manchester Grammar School (MGS) is a highly Selective school, selective Private_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom, private day school for boys aged 7-18 in Manchester, England, which was founded in 1515 by Hugh Oldham (then Bishop of Exeter). ...

, 2012–2013 * Tim Hands, Master, Magdalen College School, 2013–2014 * Richard Harman, Headmaster,

, 2014–2015 * Christopher King, Headmaster, Leicester Grammar School, 2015–2016 * Mike Buchanan, Headmaster, Ashford School, 2016–2017 * Christopher King, Headmaster, Leicester Grammar School, 2017-2018 * Shaun Fenton, Headmaster,

, 2018–2019 * Fiona Boulton, Headmistress, Guildford High School, 2019 -2020 * Sally-Anne Huang, High Master, St Paul's School, 2020-2021 * Richard Backhouse, Principal, Berkhamsted School, 2021-2022 * Melvyn Roffe, Principal, George Watson's College, 2022-2023 * Sue Woodroofe, Principal, The Grammar School at Leeds, 2023-2024 <*> Change to Academic Year Chairmanship

Chairs of the HMC Committee

The following were Chairmen of the HMC Committee in the early years of the Conference. In these years they served alongside the Chairman of the Conference (the 'annual meeting') until, in 1921, it was agreed that the Chairman of the Annual Meeting should always also be Chairman of the HMC Committee. * G Ridding, Head Master, Winchester College, 1870, 1871, 1872 * Daniel Harper, Head Master, Sherborne School, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878 * G C Bell, Master, Marlborough College, 1879, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1885, 1886, 1887 * T W Jex-Blake, Head Master, Rugby School, 1880 * E C Wickham, Head Master, Wellington College, 1884, 1888 * E Warre, Head Master, Eton College, 1889, 1893 * W A Fearon, Head Master, Winchester College, 1891, 1895 * E Lyttelton, Headmaster, Haileybury, 1898, 1902, 1904 * H W Moss, Headmaster, Shrewsbury School, 1900 * J Gow, Head Master, Westminster School, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1911 * R Cary Gilson, Chief Master, King Edward's School, Birmingham, 1909, 1910 * F Fletcher, Head Master, Charterhouse, 1913 * C Lowry, Headmaster, Tonbridge School, 1916

Chairs of the HMC by Institution

References

External links

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Catalogue of the HMC archives
held at the

Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick The Modern Records Centre (MRC) is the specialist archive service of the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, located adjacent to the Central Campus Library. It was established in October 1973 and holds the world's largest archive collect ...

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