Tom Wheare

Tom D. Wheare FRSA (born 1944) is an English school teacher and headmaster.[1][2]

Tom Wheare was educated at the Dragon School and Magdalen College School in Oxford. He then went on to King's College Cambridge[3] (gaining an exhibition, studying History, and singing in the College Choir) and Christ Church, Oxford (studying Education for a Dip.Ed. and acting as a lay clerk in the Christ Church Cathedral Choir).

During his career as a teacher, he has been a Housemaster at Shrewsbury School and Assistant Master at Eton College. From 1983 to 2005, he was Head of Bryanston School in Dorset.[4][5]

Tom Wheare was an active member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), serving as Treasurer from 1993 to 1999, and Chairman in 2000. He has been a governor of a number of schools over the years, including Blackheath High School, the Dragon School, Exeter School, and Port Regis School. He has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools (AGBIS).

Wheare is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He edits the annual Which School? books[6][7] and the HMC magazine, Conference & Common Room.

He is married and has two daughters. He lives in Wiltshire.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Tom Wheare, Girls' Day School Trust.
  2. ^ Tom Wheare: ZoomInfo Business People Information, ZoomInfo.
  3. ^ Buffalo Bulletin, Autumn 2003.
  4. ^ About Bryanston — History, Bryanston School.
  5. ^ Holdsworth, Angela (ed.), Bryanston Reflections: Et nova et vetera. London: Third Millennium Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1903942381.
  6. ^ Wheare, T.D. (ed.), Which School? 2008, John Catt Educational Ltd, 2007. ISBN 978-1904724438.
  7. ^ Wheare, T.D. (ed.), Which School? 2009, John Catt Educational Ltd, 2008.
Educational offices
Preceded by
David Jones		 Head of Bryanston School
1983–2005		 Succeeded by
Sarah Thomas