Headmaster of Loretto Junior School

Mr Philip Meadows

BA, CertEd, MA (Cantab)

The Governors and Headmaster appointed Mr Philip Meadows as the Headmaster of Loretto Junior School in April 2009.

Mr Philip Meadows returned to Loretto having been head of Chemistry at Loretto from 1987 - 1996. From Loretto he joined Sedbergh School as a Housemaster and then he was the Headmaster of two successful junior schools: Mowden Hall School, one of Northumberland's leading prep schools for 3 - 13 years, and Tettenhall College Junior School, a day school for 3 - 11 years, which feeds into Tettenhall College in Wolverhampton.

Under Philip Meadow's headship at Mowden Hall, the school continued its long-standing record of outstanding achievement across sport, music and drama as well as academic success. In particular Philip Meadows, a Cambridge graduate, strengthened the academic programme resulting in over half of all pupils gaining scholarship awards to top class independent senior schools including Rugby, Ampleforth, Sedbergh and Gordonstoun.

Philip Meadows started his teaching career in Scotland in 1983. He is currently an examiner for OCR and the Cambridge Pre-U launched by Cambridge this year and seen as a more rigorous alternative to A-levels.

He is committed to the value added aspect of an independent education and sees it as in integral part of his role to create opportunities for children in a far reaching range of extra-curricular and sporting activities. In this capacity he has led racing and recreational skiing trips to the Alps and organised rugby and cricket tours to South Africa, Canada and the West Indies. He is an experienced leader of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, a 1^st XV rugby coach and played rugby for Heriots FP RFC.

Philip Meadows, aged 48, is married to Sylvia and they have three children, one of 15 and twins of 12.