Anthony R. M. Little

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Anthony Richard Morell Little MA (Cantab) (born 1954), also known as Tony Little, is a leading English educationalist who was headmaster of Chigwell School and Oakham School before becoming headmaster of Eton College in 2002.

Contents 1 Education 2 Outline of career 3 Other appointments 4 Family 5 Quotations 6 References

[edit] Education

Little was educated at Eton College and Cambridge University. He gained an upper second class honours degree in English language and literature at Corpus Christi College (University of Cambridge) [1], where he was a choral scholar, then a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at Homerton.

[edit] Outline of career

• Assistant master teaching English, later housemaster, at Tonbridge School, Kent, 1977–1983
• Head of English & Drama and housemaster at Brentwood School, Essex, 1983–1990
• Headmaster of Chigwell School, Essex, 1990–1997
• Headmaster of Oakham School, Rutland, 1997–2002
• Headmaster of Eton College, 2002 to date

[edit] Other appointments

• Member of Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, 1990 to date
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, 1991
• Honorary Educational Advisor to The World Trust
• Governor of Westminster Abbey Choir School
• Governor of Northwood College, 1990 to 1998
• Governor of St Albans School, 1994 to date
• Member of the Inspectorate of the Independent Schools Inspectorate
• Member of the East India Club

[edit] Family

Little is the son of Edward and Margaret Little. In 1978, he married Jennifer Anne Greenwood, and they have one daughter.

[edit] Quotations

• "Eton is a four-letter word."
• "Prince Harry is a scholar and a gentleman."

[edit] References

• Who's Who 2007 (A. & C. Black, London, 2007)
• EtonCollege.com
• Interview with Anthony Little in Daily Telegraph newspaper, 4 September 2002
• The World Trust
• Article in The Times
• Anthony Little news from the BBC
• Article of Anthony Little at IUB
• Families Online
• Westminster Abbey Choir School
• ISI Report — Independent Schools Inspectorate
• Report of Eton unfair dismissal case in The Guardian newspaper
• The Importance of Being Eton: Inside the World’s Most Powerful School by Nick Fraser (Short Books, 2006)