At this point, I would like to thank all of our support staff, as well as all of our teaching staff for their resilience, attitude and commitment, and for the positive way in which all of them contribute to the safety, progress and wellbeing of our pupils. Our community would not thrive if it were not for the extraordinary work that our staff do, and so please will you join me in thanking them all. I am also delighted that the hard work of our staff has received external validation this year. Following on from the excellent Inspection report we received last summer, today it has been announced that we have won the ‘Most Nurturing Co-educational Independent School
in Kent’ award, which is testament to our dedicated pastoral staff and also our commitment to mental health and wellbeing. We were also delighted to find out in March that we were included in the Fortune 250 list of the World’s Leading Boarding Schools, which featured a range of schools throughout the world, many of them much bigger than we are, but we were recognised for the community that we have here, our High Performance Learning and the incredible extra-curricular programme and results that we have produced.
Mr Barney Durrant, Head of College
We are increasing our use of renewables, the grounds team have done superb work in re-wilding certain areas of the College and providing appropriate habitats, and we will also be introducing bees into our environment next year for educational, as well as environmental reasons. One of the things that it is customary to do on Speech Day is to thank our staff who are leaving. We say goodbye to our undergraduate sports assistants Ryan Robinson- Smith, Jodie Taylor, Taylor Gibson and Zoe Curtis. They have all been a great support in the Boarding Houses and sports pitches and we wish them all the best as they return for their final year of university. Mr Paul Loyrette has been a dedicated and positive member of the French Department this year and we thank him for his service. Daniel Nicholls has been an excellent tutor in Cameron House and inspired a number of people in the Chemistry Department and we wish him well as he takes up a role at Chatham and Clarendon. Glenn Briscoe has made a significant contribution to the Geography Department over the last two years and his research for his Masters’ in Education benefitted our pupils – we wish him well as he leaves to pursue further research opportunities through a PhD. Francine McGrath has been an inspirational teacher of Maths for the last 5 years and an important member of our community, and we wish her well for the future. Sue Flory has been caring for our AEN pupils since 2014 and we are grateful for the patient and measured way that she has supported them.
Alastair Brogdon has helped develop our hockey and Elite Performance programme over the last three years and inspired a number of our pupils to achieve the highest levels – we wish him well and are fortunate that we will still see him on our circuit. Jeremy Bowyer has made a significant impact on the College’s music over the last four years and in that time we have seen the range and number of our pupils increase significantly across a wide range of groups. Louisa Dawson has cared for the Bellerby boarders this year and her dedicated and supportive nature has been welcomed by all – we wish her all the best for the future. Huw Stevens has helped develop the hockey to the levels it is at today, and latterly has also been a dedicated and conscientious Housemaster of Newlands. We wish him well as he pursues his hockey coaching at Aldenham and Southgate. Amy Humphrys has been an inspirational and committed Housemistress of Clifford and has played a vital role in developing the House since it started. We wish her well as she takes on the Assistant Head role at Dane Court. Finally, Adam Izzard has developed the sporting provision at the College significantly over the last 12 years and the many accolades that we have are testament to his leadership and direction. We wish him all the best as he starts his career as a Housemaster at Stonar School.
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