Tony Little (headmaster)

Anthony Richard Morell Little (born 1954), also known as Tony Little, is a British schoolmaster who was head master of Chigwell School and Oakham School before becoming head master of Eton College in 2002.

Education

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

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

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

"Eton is a four-letter word?"
"Prince Harry is a scholar and a gentleman."
"There is the tradition of Eton -- we have been here for 570 years -- and the school has had within it young men who have gone on to do remarkable things in all manner of walks of life."

Academic offices
Preceded by John Lewis	Head master of Eton College 2002-	Succeeded by Incumbent