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Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference

Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference

The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) is an association of the head teachers of 283 independent schools (both boarding schools and day schools) in the United Kingdom, Crown dependencies and the Republic of Ireland. There are also International Members (mostly from the Commonwealth) and 30[1] Associate Members who are head teachers of state schools or other influential individuals in the world of education, who endorse and support the work of HMC.

Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
AbbreviationHMC
Formation1869
TypeNon-governmental organisation
PurposeEducational accreditation
HeadquartersMarket Harborough
Location
United Kingdom
349 schools
Mike Buchanan
AffiliationsISC
Websitehmc.org.uk[39]

History

The Conference dates from 1869 when Edward Thring, Headmaster of Uppingham, asked sixty to seventy of his fellow headmasters[2][3] to meet at his house to consider the formation of a "School Society and Annual Conference".[4] Fourteen accepted the invitation,[2] and twelve were present for the whole of the initial meeting: Thring himself, George Blore (Bromsgrove), Albert Wratislaw (Bury St Edmunds), John Mitchinson (The King's School, Canterbury), William Grignon (Felsted), Robert Sanderson (Lancing College), George Butler (Liverpool College), Augustus Jessopp (Norwich School), William Wood (Oakham), Steuart Pears (Repton), T. H. Stokoe (Richmond), Daniel Harper (Sherborne), and James Welldon (Tonbridge). John Dyne (Highgate School) attended on the second day, and Alfred Carver (Dulwich College) did not turn up.[5]

Membership of the HMC is often considered to be what defines a school as a public school in England and Wales.[7][8] Not all private, independent schools are in the HMC; in particular, many notable girls' schools are not members, partly because historically the HMC was for boys' schools only. Today HMC's membership includes boys', girls' and co-educational schools.

Structure

The size of the Conference has grown.

Until the 1970s, membership was confined to 200 schools.

List of HMC member schools

The following are the member schools, listed with their headmaster or headmistress.

In some schools other titles are used, such as "High Master", "Warden", "Rector" and "Principal".

England

  • The Abbey School, Reading[9] — Rachel S.E. Dent

  • Abingdon School[9] – Mike J. Windsor

  • Ackworth School[9] — Anton Maree

  • Arnold KEQMS[9] — David Harrow [10]

  • Aldenham School[9] — James Fowler

  • Alleyn's School[9] — Gary Savage

  • Ardingly College[9] — Ben Figgis

  • Ashford School[9] — Michael Hall

  • Ashville College[9] — Richard Marshall

  • Bablake School[9]

  • Bancroft's School[9] — Simon R.J. Marshall

  • Barnard Castle School[9] — Anthony C. Jackson

  • Bedales School[9] — Magnus Bashaarat

  • Bede's School[9] — Peter Goodyer

  • Bedford School[9] — James Hodgson

  • Bedford Modern School[9] — Alex N. J. Tate

  • Benenden School[9] — Samantha Price

  • Berkhamsted School[9] — Richard Backhouse

  • Birkdale School[9] — Peter Harris

  • Birkenhead School[9] — Paul Vicars

  • Bishop's Stortford College[9] — Jeremy Gladwin

  • Bloxham School[9] — Paul Sanderson

  • Blundell's School[9] — Bart Wielenga

  • Bolton School[9] — Philip Britton MBE

  • Bootham School[9] — Christopher P. Jeffery

  • Bradfield College[9] — Christopher Stevens

  • Bradford Grammar School[9] — Simon Hinchliffe

  • Brentwood School[9] — D. Ian Davies

  • Brighton College[9] — Richard Cairns

  • Bristol Grammar School[9] — Jaideep Barot

  • Bromley High School[9] — Angela Drew

  • Bromsgrove School[9] — Peter Clague

  • Bryanston School[9] — Sarah Thomas

  • Bury Grammar School[9] — Joanne Anderson

  • Canford School[9] — Ben Vessey

  • Caterham School[9] — Ceri Jones

  • Charterhouse[9] — Alex Peterken

  • Cheadle Hulme School[9] — Neil Smith

  • Cheltenham College[9] — Nicola Huggett

  • The Cheltenham Ladies' College[9] — Eve Jardine-Young

  • Chetham's School of Music[9] — Alun Jones

  • Chigwell School[9] — Michael Punt

  • Christ's Hospital[9] — Simon H. C. Reid

  • Churcher's College[9] — Simon H. Williams

  • City of London Freemen's School[9] — Roland Martin

  • City of London School[9] — Alan Bird

  • City of London School for Girls[9] — Ena Harrop

  • Clayesmore School[9] — Joanne Thomson

  • Clifton College[9] — Tim Greene

  • Cokethorpe School[9] — Damian Ettinger

  • Colfe's School[9] — Richard Russell

  • Colston's School[9] — Jeremy McCullough

  • Cranleigh School[9] — Martin S. Reader

  • Culford School[9] — Julian Johnson-Munday

  • Dame Allan's School[9] — John R. Hind

  • Dauntsey's School[9] — Mark J. Lascelles

  • Dean Close School[9] — Emma L. C. Taylor

  • Denstone College[9] — Miles Norris

  • Downe House School[9] — Emma McKendrick

  • Dulwich College[9] — Joseph A.F. Spence

  • Durham School[9] — Kieran McLaughlin

  • Eastbourne College[9] — Tom Lawson

  • Edgbaston High School[9] — Ruth A. Weeks

  • Ellesmere College[9] — Brendan J. Wignall

  • Eltham College[9] — Guy R. Sanderson

  • Emanuel School[9] — Robert S. Milne

  • Epsom College[9] — Jay A. Piggot

  • Eton College[9] — Simon Henderson

  • Exeter School[9] — Bob Griffin

  • Felsted School — Christopher Townsend

  • Forest School[9] — Marcus Cliff Hodges

  • Framlingham College[9] — Paul B. Taylor

  • Francis Holland, Regent's Park[9] — Charles Fillingham

  • Francis Holland, Sloane Square[9] — Lucy Elphinstone

  • Frensham Heights School[9] — Rick Clarke

  • Giggleswick School[9] — Mark Turnbull

  • The Godolphin School[9] — Emma J.F. Hattersley

  • Godolphin and Latymer School[9] — Frances M. Ramsey

  • Grammar School at Leeds[9] A merger between the all-boys Leeds Grammar School (HMC member) and Leeds Girls' High School — Sue Woodroofe

  • The Grange School[9] — Deborah A. Leonard

  • Gresham's School[9] — Douglas Robb

  • Guildford High School[9] — Fiona J. Boulton

  • The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School[9] — Gus R. Lock

  • Haileybury[9] — Martin Collier

  • Halliford School[9] — James Davies

  • Hampton School[9] — Kevin Knibbs

  • Harrow School[9] — W. M. Alastair Land

  • Hereford Cathedral School[9] — Paul A. Smith

  • Highgate School[9] — Adam S. Pettitt

  • Hull Collegiate School[9] — Alexandra Wilson

  • Hurstpierpoint College[9] — Tim Manly

  • Hymers College[9] — David C. Elstone

  • Ibstock Place School[9] — Anna H. Sylvester-Johnson

  • Immanuel College[9] — Gary Griffin

  • Ipswich School[9] — Nicholas J. Weaver

  • James Allen's Girls' School[9] — Sally-Anne Huang

  • The John Lyon School[9] — Katherine E. Haynes

  • Kent College[9] — David J. Lamper

  • Kent College, Pembury[9] — Julie Lodrick

  • Kimbolton School[9] — Jonathan Belbin

  • King Edward VI School, Southampton[9] — A. Julian Thould

  • King Edward's School, Bath[9] — Martin J. Boden

  • King Edward's School, Birmingham[9]

  • King Edward's School, Witley[9] — John Attwater

  • King Henry VIII School[9] — Jason Slack

  • King's Bruton[9] — Ian S. Wilmhurst

  • King's College, Taunton[9] — Richard R. Biggs

  • King's College School[9] — Andrew D. Halls

  • The King's School, Canterbury — Peter J.M. Roberts

  • The King's School, Chester[9] — George Hartley

  • King's Ely[9] — Sue E. Freestone

  • King's High School[9] — Richard J. J. Nicholson

  • The King's School, Gloucester[9] — David C. A. Morton

  • The King's School, Macclesfield[9] — Simon Hyde

  • King's Rochester[9] — Ben Charles

  • The King's School, Worcester[9] — Matthew Armstrong

  • Kingston Grammar School[9] — Stephen Lehec

  • Kingswood School[9] — Simon A. Morris

  • Kirkham Grammar School[9] — Daniel Berry

  • The Lady Eleanor Holles School — Heather Hanbury

  • Lancing College — Dominic Oliver

  • Langley School[9] — Dominic K. Findlay

  • Latymer Upper School[9] — David Goodhew

  • Leicester Grammar School[9] — John W. Watson

  • Leighton Park School[9] — Matthew L. S. Judd

  • The Leys School[9] — Martin J. Priestley

  • Lincoln Minster School[9] — Mark Wallace

  • Lingfield College[9] — Richard W. Bool

  • Lord Wandsworth College[9] — Adam Williams

  • Loughborough Grammar School[9] — Duncan Byrne

  • Magdalen College School[9] — Helen Pike

  • Malvern College[9] — Keith Metcalfe

  • Manchester Grammar School[9] — Martin A. Boulton

  • Marlborough College[9] — Louise Moelwyn-Hughes

  • Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby[9] — David J. Wickes

  • Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood[9] — Simon Everson

  • Millfield[9] — Gavin Horgan

  • Mill Hill School[9] — Jane Sanchez

  • Monkton Combe School[9] — Chris Wheeler

  • Moreton Hall[9] — Jonathan Forster

  • Mount Kelly[9] — Guy Ayling

  • Mount St Mary's College[9] — Nicholas Cuddihy

  • Newcastle-under-Lyme School[9] — Michael Getty

  • New Hall School — Katherine A. Jeffrey

  • Newcastle High School for Girls[9] — Michael J. Tippett

  • Norwich School — Steffan Griffiths

  • Nottingham High School[9] — Kevin D. Fear

  • Newcastle upon Tyne Royal Grammar School[9] — John Fern

  • Norwich High School for Girls[9] — Kirsty Von Malaise

  • Oakham School — Nigel M. Lashbrook

  • Oldham Hulme Grammar School[9] — Craig J.D. Mairs

  • The Oratory School[9] — Joseph J. Smith

  • Oswestry School[9] — Julian P. Noad

  • Oundle School[9] — Sarah Kerr-Dineen

  • Pangbourne College[9] — Thomas J.C. Garnier

  • The Perse School[9] — Edward C. Elliott

  • Plymouth College[9] — Jonathan Cohen

  • Pocklington School[9] — Toby Seth

  • Portsmouth Grammar School[9] — Anne K. Cotton

  • Princethorpe College[9] — Ed D. Hester

  • Prior Park College[9] — W. James Murphy O'Connor

  • Putney High School[9] — Suzie K. Longstaff

  • Queen Anne's School[9] — Julia Harrington

  • Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield[9] — David N. Craig

  • Queen Elizabeth's Hospital[9]> — Stephen W. Holliday

  • Queen's College[9] — Lorraine Earps

  • Queenswood[9] — Jo Cameron

  • Radley College[9] — John S. Moule

  • Ratcliffe College[9] — Jonathan P. Reddin

  • Reading Blue Coat School[9] — Jesse Elzinga

  • Reed's School[9] — Mark W. Hoskins

  • Reigate Grammar School[9] — Shaun A. Fenton

  • Rendcomb College[9] — Robert T. Jones

  • Repton School — Mark Semmence

  • Rossall School[9] — Jeremy A. Quartermain

  • Roedean School[9] — Oliver Blond

  • Royal Grammar School, Guildford[9] — Jonathan M. Cox

  • RGS Worcester[9] — John D.C. Pitt

  • Royal High School, Bath[9] — Jo F. Duncan

  • The Royal Hospital School[9] — Simon Lockyer

  • Royal Masonic School for Girls[9] — Kevin Carson

  • Royal Russell School[9] — Christopher J. Hutchinson

  • Rugby School[9] — Peter R.A. Green

  • Ryde School[9] — Mark A. Waldron

  • St Albans School[9] — Jonathan W.J. Gillespie

  • St Albans High School for Girls[9] — Jenny Brown

  • St Bede's College[9] — Louis d'Arcy

  • St Benedict's School[9] — Andrew Johnson

  • St Columba's College, St Albans[9] — David R. Buxton

  • St Dunstan's College[9] — Nicholas P. Hewlett

  • St Edmund's College[9] — Paulo M. Durán

  • St Edmund's School[9] — Edward G. O'Connor

  • St Edward's School, Oxford[9] — Stephen Jones

  • St George's College, Weybridge[9] — Rachel Owens

  • St Helen and St Katharine[9] — Rebecca J. Dougall

  • St John's School, Leatherhead[9]> — Rowena Cole

  • St Lawrence College[9] — Antony R. Spencer

  • St Mary's Calne[9] — Felicia Kirk

  • St Mary's College[9] — Michael A. Kennedy

  • St Mary's School Ascot[9] — Mary Breen

  • St Paul's Girls' School[9] — Sarah K. Fletcher

  • St Paul's School[9] — Mark Bailey

  • St Peter's School[9] — Jeremy M. P. Walker

  • St Swithun's School[9] — Jane S. Gandee

  • Seaford College[9]> — John Green

  • Sedbergh School[9] — Andrew A. P. Fleck

  • Sevenoaks School[9] — Katy L. Ricks

  • Sherborne School — Dominic A. Luckett

  • Sherborne Girls — Ruth M. S. Sullivan

  • Shiplake College[9] — A. Gregg S. Davies

  • Shrewsbury School[9] — Leo Winkley

  • Sidcot School[9] — Iain Kilpatrick

  • Silcoates School[9] — Philip Rowe

  • Sir William Perkins's School[9] — Chris C. Muller

  • Solihull School[9] — David E.J.J. Lloyd

  • South Hampstead High School[9] — Victoria Bingham

  • Stamford Endowed School[9] — Will M. Phelan

  • Stephen Perse Foundation[9] — Tricia Kelleher

  • Stockport Grammar School[9] — Paul M. Owen

  • Stonyhurst College[9] — John R. Browne

  • Stowe School[9] — Anthony K. Wallersteiner

  • Surbiton High School[9]> — Rebecca Glover

  • Sutton Valence School[9] — Bruce Grindlay

  • Taunton School[9] — Lee C. Glaser

  • Tonbridge School — James E. Priory

  • Trent College[9] — Bill J. Penty

  • Trinity School[9] — Alasdair J. Kennedy

  • Truro School[9] — Andrew S. Gordon-Brown

  • University College School[9] — Mark J. Beard

  • Uppingham School — Richard J. Maloney

  • Warminster School[9] — Mark Mortimer

  • Warwick School[9] — Deneal Smith

  • Wellingborough School[9] — Andrew Holman

  • Wellington College[9] — Julian P. Thomas

  • Wellington School[9] — Henry W. Price

  • Wells Cathedral School[9] — Alastair Tighe

  • West Buckland School[9] — Phillip Stapleton

  • Westminster School[9] — Patrick Derham

  • Whitgift School[9] — Chris D. Ramsey

  • Winchester College[32] — Tim Hands

  • Wimbledon High School[9] — Jane Lunnon

  • Wisbech Grammar School[9] — Chris Staley

  • Withington Girls' School[9] — Sarah Haslam

  • Woldingham School[9] — Alex Hutchinson

  • Wolverhampton Grammar School[9] — Kathy Crewe-Read

  • Woodbridge School[9] — Richard G. Robson

  • Woodhouse Grove School[9] — James Lockwood

  • Worksop College[9]

  • Worth School[9] — Stuart McPherson

  • Wrekin College[9] — Tim Firth

  • Wycliffe College[9] — Nick Gregory

  • Wycombe Abbey[9] — Rhiannon Wilkinson

  • Yarm School[9] — David M. Dunn

Scotland

  • Dollar Academy[9] — David Knapman

  • The Edinburgh Academy[9] — Barry G. Welsh

  • Erskine Stewart's Melville Schools[9] — Linda A. Moule

  • Fettes College[9] — Geoffrey Stanford

  • George Heriot's School[9] — Lesley Franklin

  • George Watson's College[9] — Melvyn W. Roffe

  • The Glasgow Academy[9] — Peter J. Brodie

  • Glenalmond College[9]

  • Gordonstoun School[9] — Lisa Kerr

  • High School of Dundee[9] — John. D. Halliday

  • The High School of Glasgow[9] — John O'Neill

  • Hutchesons' Grammar School[9] — Colin Gambles

  • Kelvinside Academy[9] — Ian Munro

  • Lomond School[9] — Johanna Urquhart

  • Loretto School[9] — Graham Hawley

  • Merchiston Castle School[9] — Jonathan Anderson

  • Morrison's Academy[9] —Gareth J. Warren

  • Robert Gordon's College[9] — Simon J. Mills

  • St Aloysius' College[9] — Matthew Bartlett

  • St. Columba's School, Kilmacolm[9] — Andrea Angus

  • St. Leonards School[9] — Michael J.H. Carslaw

  • Strathallan School[9] — Mark Lauder

Wales

  • The Cathedral School, Llandaff[9] — Clare Sherwood

  • Christ College[9] — Gareth D. Pearson

  • Howell's School, Llandaff[9] — Sally Davis

  • Monmouth School for Boys[9] — Andrew J. Daniel

  • Monmouth School for Girls[9] — Jessica Miles

  • Rougemont School[9] —Robert Carnevale

Northern Ireland

  • Bangor Grammar School[9] — Elizabeth Huddleson

  • Belfast Royal Academy[9] — Hilary Woods

  • Campbell College[9] — Robert Robinson MBE

  • Coleraine Academical Institution[9] — David R.J. Carruthers

  • Methodist College Belfast[9] — J. Scott W. Naismith

  • Royal Belfast Academical Institution[9] — Janet Williamson

  • The Royal School, Armagh[9] — Graham G. W. Montgomery

  • The Royal School Dungannon[9] — David Burnett

Guernsey

  • Elizabeth College[9] — Jenny Palmer

Jersey

  • Victoria College[9] — Alun Watkins

Isle of Man

  • King William's College[9] — Joss H. Buchanan

Republic of Ireland

  • Clongowes Wood College[9] — Christopher Lumb

  • The King's Hospital[9] — Mark E. Ronan

  • Saint Columba's College, Dublin[9] — Mark T. Boobbyer

International members

Africa

  • Michaelhouse, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa[9] — Antony Clarke

  • Peponi School, Ruiru, Kiambu County, Kenya[9] — Mark Durston

  • Peterhouse Boys' School, Marondera, Zimbabwe[9] — Howard W. Blackett

Asia

  • The British School, New Delhi, India[9] — Vanita Uppal

  • British School Jakarta,Indonesia[9] — David N. Butcher

  • The Cathedral & John Connon School, Mumbai, India[9] — Meera Isaacs

  • The Doon School, Dehradun, India[9] — Matthew Raggett

  • Dulwich College Beijing, China[9] — Simon Herbert

  • Harrow International School, Hong Kong[9] — Ann Haydon

  • The International School Bangalore, India[9]

  • Jerudong International School, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam[9] — Barnaby J. L. Sandow

  • Kellet School, Hong Kong[9] — Ann McDonald

  • Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia[9] — Glenn Moodie

  • Marlborough College, Malaysia[9] — Alan D. Stevens

  • Shrewsbury International School, Bangkok, Thailand[9] — Chris P. Seal

  • Tanglin Trust School, Singapore[9] — Craig Considine

  • Woodstock School, Uttarakhand, India[9] — Jonathan Long

Australia and New Zealand

  • Anglican Church Grammar School, East Brisbane[9] — Alan Campbell

  • Camberwell Grammar School, Balwyn, Victoria[9] — Paul Hicks

  • Haileybury College, Keysborough, Victoria[9] — Derek Scott

  • Kincoppal-Rose Bay School, Rose Bay, New South Wales[9] — Maureen Ryan

  • The King's School, Parramatta, New South Wales[9] — Anthony L. George

  • Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne, Victoria[9] — Roy Kelley

  • Methodist Ladies' College, Kew, Melbourne[9] — Diana C. Vernon

  • Scotch College, Hawthorn, Victoria[9] — I. Tom Batty

  • The Scots College, Bellevue Hill, New South Wales[9] — Ian P. M. Lambert

  • Shore School, North Sydney, New South Wales[9] — Timothy Wright

  • St Leonard's College, Brighton East, Victoria[9] — Stuart Davis

Central, North and South America

  • The Grange School, Santiago, Chile[9] — Rachid R. Benammar

  • St. Andrew's Scots School, Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina[9] — Gabriel Rshaid

  • St. George's College, Buenos Aires, Argentina[9] — Ian Tate

  • St. George's College North, Los Polvorines, Buenos Aires, Argentina[9] — Oliver Proctor

  • St Paul's School, Brazil São Paulo, Brazil[9] — Louise Simpson

Continental Europe

  • Aiglon College, Chesières, Switzerland[9] — Richard M. McDonald

  • The British School of Barcelona, Spain[9] — Jonathan Locke

  • The British School of Brussels, Tervuren, Belgium[9] — Melanie Warnes

  • The British School of Milan, Italy[9] — Chris Greenhalgh

  • The British School of Paris, Croissy sur Seine, France[9] — Nicholas Hammond

  • The British School in the Netherlands, Voorschoten, The Netherlands[9] — Kieran Earley

  • Campion School, Pallini, Athens, Greece[9]— Stephen W. Atherton

  • The English College in Prague, Praha, Czech Republic[9] — Nigel Brown

  • The English School, Nicosia, Cyprus[9] — David A. Lambon

  • King's College, Soto de Viñuelas, Madrid, Spain[9] — Matthew Taylor

  • The Prague British School, Czech Republic[9] — Michael Bardsley

  • St. Catherine's British School, Athens, Greece[9]—Stuart Smith

  • St Julian's School, Quinta Nova, Portugal[9] — Nicola A. Mason

Middle East

  • Brighton College Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates[9] — Simon A. Corns

  • The British School – Al Khubairat, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates[9] — Mark Leppard MBE

  • British School Muscat, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman[9] — Kai Vacher

  • Doha College, Doha, State of Qatar[9] — Steffen Sommer

  • Dubai College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates[9] — Mike E. Lambert

  • JESS, Dubai, United Arab Emirates[9] — Mark S. Steed

  • Jumeirah English Speaking School, Dubai, United Arab Emirates[9] — Simon O'Conner

  • St Christopher's School, Isa Town, Kingdom of Bahrain[9] — Simon Watson

Associates

  • Alpha Plus Group, London[9] — Mark Hanley-Browne

  • Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury, Wiltshire[9] — Stuart Smallwood

  • Gordon's School, Woking, Surrey[9] — Andrew Moss

  • ISC, London[9] — Richard Gaskell

  • Methodist Independent Schools Trust, London[9] — David Humphreys

  • Pate's Grammar School, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire[9] – Russel Ellicott

  • Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College, Loughborough, Leicestershire[9] – Peter Middleton

  • West London Free School, London[9] — Clare Wagner

  • Jill Berry

  • Brenda Despontin

HMC Projects in Central and Eastern Europe

HMC Projects in Central and Eastern Europe is a charity offering opportunities for students and young teachers from Central and Eastern Europe to develop themselves, by coming to HMC member schools in UK for a year.

Chairmen of the Headmasters' Conference (HMC)

  • Edward Thring, Headmaster, Uppingham School, 1869

  • Daniel Harper, Head-master, Sherborne School, 1870

  • John Dyne, Head Master, Highgate School, 1871

  • A R Vardy, Chief Master, King Edward's School, Birmingham, 1872

  • G Ridding, Head Master, Winchester College, 1873

  • Alfred Carver, Master, Dulwich College, 1874

  • John Percival, Headmaster, Clifton College, 1875

  • T W Jex-Blake, Head Master, Rugby School, 1876

  • G C Bell, Master, Marlborough College, 1877

  • H M Butler, Head Master, Harrow School, 1878

  • J J Hornby, Head Master, Eton College, 1879–80

  • E C Wickham, Head Master, Wellington College, 1881

  • H W Eve, Head Master, University College School, 1882–83

  • E M Young, Head Master, Sherborne School, 1884–85

  • W Haig Brown, Head Master, Charterhouse, 1886–87

  • W A Fearon, Head Master, Winchester College, 1888–89

  • E Warre, Head Master, Eton College, 1890–91

  • L W Barker, Headmaster, Merchant Taylors' School, 1892–93

  • E Warre, Head Master, Eton College, 1894–95

  • H A James, Headmaster, Rugby School, 1896

  • E Lyttelton, Headmaster, Haileybury, 1897

  • H W Moss, Headmaster, Shrewsbury School, 1898–99

  • Dr H B Gray, Head Master, Bradfield College, 1900

  • H W Moss, Headmaster, Shrewsbury School, 1901

  • C C Tancock, Headmaster, Tonbridge School, 1902

  • E Lyttelton, Headmaster, Haileybury, 1903

  • A W Upcott, Head Master, Christ's Hospital, 1904

  • G Rendell, Head Master, Charterhouse, 1905

  • S R James, Headmaster, Malvern College, 1906

  • C E Brownrigg, Master, Magdalen College School, 1907

  • R Arbuthnot Nairn, Head Master, Merchant Taylors' School, 1908

  • W T A Barber, Headmaster, The Leys School, Cambridge, 1909

  • E Lyttelton, Head Master, Eton College, 1910

  • N C Smith, Head-master, Sherborne School, 1911

  • J Gow, Head Master, Westminster School, 1912

  • W C Eppstein, Headmaster, Reading Blue Coat School, 1913

  • F Fletcher, Head Master, Charterhouse, 1914–15

  • A A David, Headmaster, Rugby, 1916–18

  • F Fletcher, Head Master, Charterhouse, 1919

  • A A David, Headmaster, Rugby, 1920–21

  • R Cary Gilson, Chief Master, King Edward's School, Birmingham, 1922

  • F Fletcher, Head Master, Charterhouse, 1923

  • Cyril Alington, Head Master, Eton College, 1924–25

  • F Fletcher, Headmaster, Charterhouse, 1926–27

  • R Cary Gilson, Chief Master, King Edward's School, Birmingham, 1928–29

  • F B Malim, Master, Wellington College, 1930

  • F Fletcher, Headmaster, Charterhouse, 1931

  • F B Malim, Master, Wellington College, 1932

  • D C Norwood, Head Master, Harrow School, 1933

  • F Fletcher, Headmaster, Charterhouse, 1934

  • F B Malim, Master, Wellington College, 1935

  • H H Hardy, Headmaster, Shrewsbury School, 1936–38

  • Spencer Leeson, Head Master, Winchester College, 1939–45

  • J Wolfenden, Headmaster, Shrewsbury School, 1946–49

  • G C Turner, Headmaster, Charterhouse, 1950

  • R Birley, Head Master, Eton College, 1951–52

  • E James, High Master, The Manchester Grammar School, 1953–54

  • Walter Hamilton, Headmaster, Westminster School, 1955–56

  • R Birley, Head Master, Eton College, 1957–58

  • Desmond Lee, Head Master, Winchester College, 1959–60

  • C P C Smith, Headmaster, Haileybury, 1961–62

  • D R Wigram, Headmaster, Monkton Combe School, 1963–64

  • Walter Hamilton, Headmaster, Rugby School, 1965–66

  • Desmond Lee, Head Master, Winchester College, 1967

  • D D Lindsay, Headmaster, Malvern College, 1968

  • T E B Howarth, High Master, St Paul's School, 1969

  • J MacKay, Headmaster, Bristol Grammar School, 1970

  • A R D Wright, Headmaster, Shrewsbury School, 1971

  • F H Shaw, Headmaster, King's College School, Wimbledon, 1972

  • F F Fisher, Master, Wellington College, 1973

  • Michael McCrum, Head Master, Eton College, 1974

  • N P Barry, Headmaster, Ampleforth College, 1975

  • R W Young, Principal, George Watson's College, 1976

  • J M Rae, Headmaster, Westminster School, 1977

  • David Baggley, Headmaster, Bolton School, 1978

  • J S Woodhouse, Headmaster, Rugby School, 1979

  • I D S Beer, Headmaster, Lancing College, 1980

  • John Thorn, Head Master, Winchester College, 1981

  • J W Hele, High Master, St Paul's School, 1982

  • Roger Ellis, Master, Marlborough College, 1983

  • David Emms, Master, Dulwich College, 1984

  • B H McGowan, Headmaster, Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, 1985

  • C H D Everett, Headmaster, Tonbridge School, 1986

  • M J W Rogers, Headmaster, King Edward's School, Birmingham, 1987

  • D A G Smith, Headmaster, Bradford Grammar School, 1988

  • M M Marriott, Headmaster, Canford School, 1989

  • D. J. Jewel], Master, Haileybury, 1990

  • J. G. Parker, High Master, The Manchester Grammar School, 1991

  • D. L. Milroy, Headmaster, Ampleforth College, 1992

  • R. J. Wilson, Headmaster, Trinity School, 1993

  • Hugh Wright, Chief Master, King Edward's School, Birmingham, 1994—5

  • Anthony Evans, Headmaster, Portsmouth Grammar School, 1996

  • Michael Mavor, Headmaster, Rugby School, 1997

  • Patrick Tobin, Principal, Stewart's Melville College, 1998

  • James Sabben-Clare, Headmaster, Winchester College, 1999

  • Tom Wheare, Headmaster, Bryanston School, 2000

Chairmen of the Headmasters'and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC)[37]

  • Chris Brown, Headmaster, Norwich School, 2001

  • E. Gould, Master, Marlborough College, 2002

  • G. Able, Master, Dulwich College, 2003

  • Martin Stephen, High Master, The Manchester Grammar School/St Paul's School, 2004

  • Priscilla Chadwick, Principal, Berkhamsted Collegiate School, 2005

  • Andrew Boggis, Warden, Forest School, 2006

  • Nigel Richardson, Headmaster, The Perse School, 2007<*>

  • Bernard Trafford, Headmaster, Wolverhampton Grammar School, 2007–2008

  • Tim Hastie-Smith, Headmaster, Dean Close School, 2008–2009

  • Andrew Grant, Headmaster, St Albans School, 2009–2010

  • David Levin, Headmaster, City of London School, 2010–2011

  • Kenneth Durham, Headmaster, University College School, 2011–2012

  • Chris Ray, High Master, Manchester Grammar School, 2012–2013

  • Tim Hands, Master, Magdalen College School, 2013–2014

  • Richard Harman, Headmaster, Uppingham School, 2014–2015

  • Christopher King, Headmaster, Leicester Grammar School, 2015–2016

  • Mike Buchanan, Headmaster, Ashford School, 2016–2017

  • Christopher King, Headmaster, Leicester Grammar School, 2017-2018

  • Shaun Fenton, Headmaster of Reigate Grammar School, 2018–2019[38]

<*> Change to Academic Year Chairmanship

Chairmen of the HMC Committee[37]

The following were Chairmen of the HMC Committee in the early years of the Conference.

In these years they served alongside the Chairman of the Conference (the ‘annual meeting’) until, in 1921, it was agreed that the Chairman of the Annual Meeting should always also be Chairman of the HMC Committee.

  • G Ridding, Head Master, Winchester College, 1870, 1871, 1872

  • Daniel Harper, Head Master, Sherborne School, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878

  • G C Bell, Master, Marlborough College, 1879, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1885, 1886, 1887

  • T W Jex-Blake, Head Master, Rugby School, 1880

  • E C Wickham, Head Master, Wellington College, 1884, 1888

  • E Warre, Head Master, Eton College, 1889, 1893

  • W A Fearon, Head Master, Winchester College, 1891, 1895

  • E Lyttelton, Headmaster, Haileybury, 1898, 1902, 1904

  • H W Moss, Headmaster, Shrewsbury School, 1900

  • J Gow, Head Master, Westminster School, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1911

  • R Cary Gilson, Chief Master, King Edward's School, Birmingham, 1909, 1910

  • F Fletcher, Head Master, Charterhouse, 1913, 1916

  • C Lowry, Headmaster, Tonbridge School, 1917

Chairmen of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) by Institution[37]

InstitutionYear of First ChairmanshipTotal Years as Chair
Winchester College187315
Eton College187914
Charterhouse188612
Rugby School187611
Shrewsbury School189811
King Edward's School, Birmingham18727
Wellington College18815
Haileybury18975
The Manchester Grammar School19535
Sherborne School18704
Westminster School19124
Dulwich College18743
Marlborough College18773
University College School18823
Merchant Taylors' School18923
Magdalen College School19073
St. Paul's School, London19693
Uppingham School18692
Harrow School18782
Tonbridge School19022
Malvern College19062
Monkton Combe School19632
Ampleforth College19752
Highgate School18711
Clifton College18751
Bradfield College19001
Christ's Hospital19041
The Leys School19091
Reading Blue Coat School19131
Bristol Grammar School19701
King's College School, Wimbledon19721
George Watson's College19761
Bolton School19781
Lancing College19801
Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School19851
Bradford Grammar School19881
Canford School19891
Trinity School of John Whitgift19931
Portsmouth Grammar School19961
Daniel Stewart's and Melville College19981
Bryanston School20001
Norwich School20011
Berkhamsted Collegiate School20051
Forest School20061
The Perse School20071
Wolverhampton Grammar School2007-81
Dean Close School2008-91
St Albans School2009–101
City of London School2010–111
Leicester Grammar School2015–162
Ashford School2016–171
Reigate Grammar School2018-191

See also

  • Association of Representatives of Old Pupils Societies

  • Girls' Schools Association

  • List of independent schools in the United Kingdom

  • Headmasters' Conference of the Independent Schools of Australia

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