Appointment of Luke Pearson as Deputy Head: School Administration and Operations

We take pleasure in announcing that Mr Luke Pearson has been appointed as a Deputy Head: School Administration and Operations at the Boys’ College. He will begin his tenure on 1 January 2024.

Mr Pearson obtained his BSC and PGCE from Rhodes University. He began his career in education as a teacher-intern at Graeme College in Makanda. Thereafter, teaching at The Priory Church of England School in Surrey in the UK, before joining St Stithians in 2013. In his years in education prior to St Stithians Mr Pearson has served as a Restorative Justice Practitioner, a Child Protection Officer, Head of Year, an A-Level Physics Teacher, a Psychology Teacher, a Pupil Enhancement Co-ordinator, and a Geography Teacher. In his years at the Boys’ College, he has served as Director of Leadership, a House Director, a Grade Director, a Physical Sciences Teacher, and a Rugby and Water Polo coach. Mr Pearson has attended the International Boys’ Schools Coalition annual conference where he presented his Action Research paper which looked at Enhancing Positive Attributes to Masculinity. He has served on the Campus Leadership Committee, as an Acting HOD, on the Boys’ College Discipline Committee and participated in the St Stithians Leadership Development Programme. Mr Pearson has also been an IEB Sub-Examiner for Physical Sciences. He is driven to actively encourage the development of each individual student academically, physically, socially and spiritually.

The search and selection process for the position of Deputy Head was wide-ranging and drew interest from a large number of top-quality candidates who are in leadership positions at prominent schools. The recruitment process for the position of Deputy Head was managed by myself and the HR Director. A strong pool of short-listed candidates participated in two rounds of interviews with questions, discussions and presentations as well as psychometric assessments. The two interview panels included the Head of the Boys’ College, Head of the Boys’ Prep, the HR Director, Head of Girls’ College, the Chair of the Boys’ College PTA, a Parent representative of the Boys’ College Diversity and Transformation Reference Group, Boys’ College and Boys’ Prep Deputy Heads and the Rector of the College.

The interview panellists were very impressed with Mr Pearson’s presentation and his ideas for the future of the Boys’ College and his determination to make boys aware of their roles in society and the importance of being socially, environmentally, and politically aware. His outstanding qualities as an educational leader with insight and passion came through very clearly in his focus for the Boys’ College to foster relationships, to continue to grow as a space of belonging and to be relentless in embedding the values we wish to see our boys armed with for life.

Luke is married to Hayley who is the Executive Director of Academic Education at the Gordon Institute of Business Science and has a PhD in Personal and Professional Leadership. They have three children, Lincoln (Grade 4) and twins, Maddison and Harper (Grade R).

We wish Luke all the best in his new position.

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