The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), formerly known as the Headmasters' Conference and now branded HMC (The Heads' Conference), is an association of the
head teacher
A headmaster/headmistress, head teacher, head, school administrator, principal or school director (sometimes another title is used) is the staff member of a school with the greatest responsibility for the management
Management (or managing ...
s of 351
private
Private or privates may refer to:
Music
* "In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation''
* Private (band), a Denmark-based band
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fee-charging schools (both
boarding school
A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. They have existed for many centuries, and now extend acr ...
s and
day school
A day school — as opposed to a boarding school — is an educational institution where children are given instruction during the day, after which the students return to their homes. A day school has full-day programs when compared to a regular s ...
s), some traditionally described as
public schools. 302 members are based in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
,
Crown dependencies
The Crown Dependencies are three dependent territory, offshore island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the The Crown, British Crown: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Jersey, Bailiwick of Jersey, both lo ...
and
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
. There are 49 international members (mostly from the
Commonwealth
A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the 15th century. Originally a phrase (the common-wealth ...
) and also 28 associate or affiliate members who are
head teacher
A headmaster/headmistress, head teacher, head, school administrator, principal or school director (sometimes another title is used) is the staff member of a school with the greatest responsibility for the management
Management (or managing ...
s of
state schools
A state school, public school, or government school is a primary or secondary school that educates all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in part by taxation and operated by the government of the state. State-funded schools a ...
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 headmasters
[Leinster-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 (
Richmond
Richmond most often refers to:
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, a city in the United States
* Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...
),
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
England and Wales
England and Wales () is one of the Law of the United Kingdom#Legal jurisdictions, three legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom. It covers the constituent countries England and Wales and was formed by the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. Th ...
. 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
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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
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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
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Ashford School — Michael Hall
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Ashville College — Rhiannon Wilkinson
*
Bablake and King Henry VIII School — Andrew Wright
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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
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Berkhamsted School — Richard Backhouse
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Birkdale School — Peter Harris
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Birkenhead School — Paul Vicars
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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
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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
*
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 ...
— 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
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The Bury Grammar Schools — Joanne Anderson
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Canford School — Ben Vessey
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Caterham School — Ceri Jones
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Charterhouse — Alex Peterken
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Cheadle Hulme School — Neil Smith
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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
*
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 ...
— 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
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Exeter School — Louise Simpson
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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
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Francis Holland, Regent's Park — Charles Fillingham
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Francis Holland, Sloane Square — Lucy Elphinstone
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Frensham Heights School — Rick Clarke
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Giggleswick School — Sam Hart
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Godolphin School — Emma J.F. Hattersley
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The Godolphin and Latymer School — Frances M. Ramsey
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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
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Haberdashers' Boys' School — Gus R. Lock
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Haileybury — Martin Collier
*
Halliford School — James Davies
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Hampton School — Kevin Knibbs
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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
*
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 ...
— Adam S. Pettitt
*
Hill House School — David Holland
*
Hurstpierpoint College — Tim Manly
*
Hymers College — Justin Stanley
*
Ibstock Place School — Chris Wolsey
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Immanuel College — Millan Sachania
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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
*
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 ...
— 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
*
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 ...
— 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
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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
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Millfield — Gavin Horgan
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The Mill Hill School Foundation — Antony Spencer
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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
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Mount Kelly — Guy Ayling
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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
*
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 ...
— 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
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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
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Princethorpe College — Ed D. Hester
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Prior Park College — Ben J.C. Horan
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Putteridge High School – David Graham
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Putney High School — Suzie K. Longstaff
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Queen Anne's School — Julia Harrington
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Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield — Richard Brookes
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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
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Queen's College — Julian Noad
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Queenswood — Jo Cameron
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Radley College — John S. Moule
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Ratcliffe College — Jonathan P. Reddin
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Reading Blue Coat School — Peter Thomas
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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
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Redmaids' High School — Paul Dwyer
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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
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Rendcomb College — Robert T. Jones
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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 ...
— Mark Semmence
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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
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Roedean School — Oliver Blond
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Royal Grammar School, Guildford — Jonathan M. Cox
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RGS Worcester — John D.C. Pitt
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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
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The Royal Hospital School — Simon Lockyer
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The Royal Masonic School for Girls — Kevin Carson
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Royal Russell School — Christopher J. Hutchinson
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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
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Ryde School with Upper Chine — William Turner
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St Albans School — Jonathan W.J. Gillespie
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St Albans High School for Girls — Amber Waite
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St Bede's College — Sandra Pike
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St Benedict's School — Andrew Johnson
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St Columba's College, St Albans — David R. Buxton
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St Dunstan's College — Nicholas P. Hewlett
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St Edmund's College — Matthew Mostyn
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St Edmund's School — Edward G. O'Connor
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St Edward's School, Oxford — Alistair Chirnside
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St George's College, Weybridge — Rachel Owens
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St Helen and St Katharine — Rebecca J. Dougall
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St John's School, Leatherhead — Rowena Cole
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St Lawrence College — Barney Durrant
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St Mary's Calne — Felicia Kirk
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St Mary's College — Michael A. Kennedy
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St Mary's School Ascot — Danuta Staunton
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St Paul's Girls' School — Sarah K. Fletcher
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St Paul's School — Sally-Anne Huang
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St Peter's School — Jeremy M. P. Walker
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St Swithun's School — Jane S. Gandee
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Scarborough College — Guy Emmett
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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 ...
—
John Green
John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American author and YouTuber. His books have more than 50 million copies in print worldwide, including ''The Fault in Our Stars'' (2012), which is one of the List of best-selling books#Bet ...
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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
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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
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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 ...
— Dominic A. Luckett
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Sherborne Girls — Ruth M. S. Sullivan
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Shiplake College — Tyrone Howe
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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
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Sidcot School — Iain Kilpatrick
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Sir William Perkins's School — Debbie Picton
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Solihull School — Charles Fillingham
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South Hampstead High School — Victoria Bingham
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Stamford Endowed Schools — Will M. Phelan
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The Stephen Perse Foundation — Richard Girvan
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Stockport Grammar School — Paul M. Owen
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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
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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
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Streatham and Clapham High School — Cathy Ellott
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Surbiton High School — Rebecca Glover
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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
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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
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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 ...
— James E. Priory
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Tormead School — David Boyd
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Tranby School — Alexandra Wilson
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Trent College — Bill J. Penty
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Trinity School — Alasdair J. Kennedy
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Truro School — Andrew Johnson
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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.
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— Mark J. Beard
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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. ...
— Richard J. Maloney
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Warminster School — Matt R. Williams
* Warwick Schools Foundation — S. Burley/J. Baker
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Wellingborough School — Andrew Holman
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Wellington College — James Dahl
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Wellington School — Eugene A. du Toit
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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
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West Buckland School — Phillip Stapleton
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Withington Girls' School — Sarah Haslam
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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
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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
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Woodbridge School — Shona Norman
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Woodhouse Grove School — James Lockwood
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Worksop College — John Price
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Yarm School — P. Huw Williams
Scotland
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Albyn School — Stefan Horsman
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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
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The Edinburgh Academy — Barry G. Welsh
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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).
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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
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George Heriot's School — Gareth Warren
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George Watson's College — Melvyn W. Roffe
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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
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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
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Gordonstoun School — Lisa Kerr
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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
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The High School of Glasgow — John O'Neill
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Hutchesons' Grammar School — Mike Martin (Acting Rector)
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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
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Lomond School — Claire Chisholm
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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
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Merchiston Castle School — Jonathan Anderson
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Morrison's Academy —Andrew McGarva
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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
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St Aloysius' College — Patrick Doyle
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St Columba's School, Kilmacolm
— Victoria Reilly
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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
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Strathallan School — Mark Lauder
Wales
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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
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Christ College — Gareth D. Pearson
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Howell's School, Llandaff — Sally Davis
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Monmouth School for Boys — Simon Dorman
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Rougemont School — Lisa Pritchard
Northern Ireland
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Bangor Grammar School — S. Gilmore
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Belfast Royal Academy — Hilary Woods
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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
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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
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Methodist College, Belfast — Jenny Lendrum
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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
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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
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Royal School, Armagh — Graham G. W. Montgomery
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The Royal School Dungannon — David Burnett
Guernsey
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Elizabeth College — Jenny Palmer
Jersey
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Victoria College — Dr Gareth Hughes
Isle of Man
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King William's College — Joss H. Buchanan
International members
Africa
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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
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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
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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
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The British School, New Delhi, India
— Vanita Uppal
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British School Jakarta, Indonesia
— David N. Butcher
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The Cathedral & John Connon School, Mumbai, India
— Meera Isaacs
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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
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The Lawrence School, Sanawar, India - Himmat Dhillon
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Harrow International School Bangkok — Jonathan Standen
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Harrow International School, Hong Kong — Ann Haydon
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The International School Bangalore, India
— Dr Caroline Pascoe
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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
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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
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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
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Marlborough College, Malaysia — Alan D. Stevens
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Rugby School Japan - Tony Darby
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Shrewsbury International School, Bangkok, Thailand
— Chris P. Seal
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Tanglin Trust School, Singapore
— Craig Considine
Australia and New Zealand
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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
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Camberwell Grammar School, Balwyn, Victoria
— Paul Hicks
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The King's School, Parramatta, New South Wales
— Anthony L. George
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Methodist Ladies' College, Kew, Melbourne
— Diana C. Vernon
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Scotch College, Hawthorn, Victoria
— I. Tom Batty
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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
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St Leonard's College, Brighton East, Victoria
— Stuart Davis
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Christ's College, Christchurch, Canterbury
Central, North and South America
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The Grange School, Santiago, Chile
— Nicholas Eatough
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St George's College, Buenos Aires, Argentina
— James Diver
* St George's College North, Los Polvorines, Buenos Aires, Argentina
— Oliver Proctor
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St Paul's School, Brazil São Paulo, Brazil
— Titus Edge
Continental Europe
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Aiglon College, Chesières, Switzerland
— Richard M. McDonald
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The British School of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
— Ruth Sanderson
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The British School of Barcelona, Spain
— Jonathan Locke
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The British School of Brussels, Tervuren, Belgium
— Melanie Warnes
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The British School of Milan, Italy
— Chris Greenhalgh
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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
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Campion School, Pallini, Athens, Greece
— Mike Henderson
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The English College in Prague, Praha, Czech Republic
— Nigel Brown
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The English School, Nicosia, Cyprus
— David A. Lambon
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King's College, Soto de Viñuelas, Madrid, Spain
— Matthew Taylor
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St Catherine's British School, Athens, Greece
— Stuart Smith
* St George's, Rome — David P. Tongue
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St Julian's School, Quinta Nova, Portugal
— Paul Morgan
Middle East
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Brighton College Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
— Helen Wilkinson
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The British School – Al Khubairat, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
— Mark Leppard
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British School Muscat, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman
— Kai Vacher
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Doha College, Doha, State of Qatar
— Steffen Sommer
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Dubai College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
— Michael E. Lambert
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GEMS Wellington Academy, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
— Kevin Loft
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Jumeirah English Speaking School, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
— Shane O'Brien
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St Christopher's School, Isa Town, Kingdom of Bahrain
— Simon Watson
Republic of Ireland
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Clongowes Wood College — Christopher Lumb
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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
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Saint Columba's College, Dublin — Mark T. Boobbyer
Associates
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Bangor Grammar School, Bangor, County Down
— Elizabeth Huddleson
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Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury, Wiltshire
— Stuart Smallwood
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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
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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
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Monmouth School for Girls, Monmouth, Monmouthshire
— Jessica Miles
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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
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The Judd School, Tonbridge, Kent
— Jon Woods
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Wymondham College, Morley, Norfolk
— Dan Browning
Former Members
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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 ...
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Allhallows School (closed 1998)
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Bath College (closed 1909)
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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)
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Bembridge School (closed 1997)
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Carmel College (closed 1997)
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Douai School (closed 1999)
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Kelly College (closed 2014)
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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 ...
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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" ...
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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)
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Rishworth School
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Rydal School
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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 ...
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Tettenhall College
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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.
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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,
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. ...
, 1869
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Daniel Harper, Head-master,
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 ...
, 1870
* John Dyne, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1871
* A R Vardy, Chief Master,
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 ...
, 1872
*
G Ridding, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1873
*
Alfred Carver, Master,
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 ...
, 1874
*
John Percival, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1875
*
T W Jex-Blake, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1876
* G C Bell, Master,
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 ...
, 1877
*
H M Butler, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1878
*
J J Hornby, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1879–80
* E C Wickham, Head Master,
Wellington College, 1881
* H W Eve, Head Master,
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.
...
, 1882–83
* E M Young, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1884–85
*
W Haig Brown, Head Master,
Charterhouse, 1886–87
*
W A Fearon, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1888–89
*
E Warre, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1890–91
* L W Baker, Headmaster,
Merchant Taylors' School, 1892–93
*
E Warre, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1894–95
*
H A James, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1896
*
E Lyttelton, Headmaster,
Haileybury, 1897
* H W Moss, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1898–99
*
Dr H B Gray, Head Master,
Bradfield College, 1900
* H W Moss, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1901
* C C Tancock, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1902
*
E Lyttelton, Headmaster,
Haileybury, 1903
* A W Upcott, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1904
* G Rendell, Head Master,
Charterhouse, 1905
* S R James, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1906
* C E Brownrigg, Master,
Magdalen College School, 1907
* R Arbuthnot Nairn, Head Master, Merchant Taylors' School, 1908
* W T A Barber, Headmaster,
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.
...
, 1909
*
E Lyttelton, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1910
* N C Smith, Head-master,
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 ...
, 1911
* J Gow, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1912
* W C Eppstein, Headmaster,
Reading Blue Coat School, 1913
* F Fletcher, Head Master,
Charterhouse, 1914–15
*
A A David, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1916–18
* F Fletcher, Head Master,
Charterhouse, 1919
*
A A David, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1920–21
* R Cary Gilson, Chief Master,
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 ...
, 1922
* F Fletcher, Head Master,
Charterhouse, 1923
*
Cyril Alington, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1924–25
* F Fletcher, Headmaster,
Charterhouse, 1926–27
* R Cary Gilson, Chief Master,
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 ...
, 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,
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 ...
, 1933
* F Fletcher, Headmaster,
Charterhouse, 1934
* F B Malim, Master,
Wellington College, 1935
* H H Hardy, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1936–38
*
Spencer Leeson, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1939–44
* J Wolfenden, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1945
* J Wolfenden, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1946
* H Lyon, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1947
* J Wolfenden, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1948
* J Wolfenden, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1949
* G C Turner, Headmaster,
Charterhouse, 1950
*
R Birley, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1951–52
* E James, High Master,
The Manchester Grammar School, 1953–54
*
Walter Hamilton, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1955–56
* R Birley, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1957–58
*
Desmond Lee, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1959–60
* C P C Smith, Headmaster,
Haileybury, 1961–62
* D R Wigram, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1963–64 and 1964–65
*
Walter Hamilton, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1965–66
* Desmond Lee, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1967
* D D Lindsay, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1968
* T E B Howarth, High Master,
St Paul's School, 1969
* J MacKay, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1970
*
A R D Wright, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1971
* F H Shaw, Headmaster,
King's College School, Wimbledon, 1972
* F F Fisher, Master,
Wellington College, 1973
*
Michael McCrum, Head Master,
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 ...
, 1974
* N P Barry, Headmaster,
Ampleforth College, 1975
* R W Young, Principal,
George Watson's College, 1976
*
J M Rae, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1977
* David Baggley, Headmaster,
Bolton School, 1978
* J S Woodhouse, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1979
*
Ian Beer, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 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,
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 ...
, 1981
* J W Hele, High Master,
St Paul's School, 1982
*
Roger Ellis, Master,
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 ...
, 1983
*
David Emms, Master,
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 ...
, 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,
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 ...
, 1986
* M J W Rogers, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 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,
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 ...
, 1994
*
Hugh Wright (schoolmaster), Hugh Wright, Chief Master,
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 ...
, 1995
* Anthony Evans, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 1996
Chairs of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
The following are the Chairs of the HMC after 1996.
* Michael Mavor, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 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,
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 ...
, 1999
*
Tom Wheare, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 2000
* Chris Brown, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 2001
* E. Gould, Master,
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 ...
, 2002
* G. Able, Master,
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 ...
, 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,
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 ...
, 2007 <*>
* Bernard Trafford, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 2007–2008
* Tim Hastie-Smith, Headmaster,
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 ...
, 2008–2009
* Andrew Grant, Headmaster,
St Albans School, 2009–2010
* David Levin, Headmaster,
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, ...
, 2010–2011
*
Kenneth Durham, Headmaster,
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.
...
, 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,
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. ...
, 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,
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 ...
, 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
See also
*
Girls' Schools Association
The Girls' Schools Association (GSA) is a membership association for the heads of independent and state girls' schools in the United Kingdom. It is a constituent member of the Independent Schools Council (ISC), and works with the Association ...
*
Headmasters' Conference of the Independent Schools of Australia
*
List of private schools in the United Kingdom
*
Society of Heads
The Society of Heads, formerly the Society of Headmasters & Headmistresses of Independent Schools (SHHIS), or "S of H", is an association of circa 130 Headmasters and Headmistresses of various types of private schools in the United Kingdom, and was ...
References
External links
*
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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