Announcement to the

School Community

Mr James Boyd

Deputy Principal/Head of Senior School

It gives me great pleasure to announce the appointment of Mr James Boyd as the new Deputy Principal

and Head of Senior School. James will commence his role on 1 January, 2019 following Mrs Bev West's

retirement at the end of this year.

We warmly welcome James along with his wife Caroline and their children, Lachlan (10) Harriet (7) and

Angus (5) to the Kinross Wolaroi community.

His appointment is the culmination of an extensive search, using the services of a specialist education

executive recruitment firm that yielded a very strong field of candidates from leading schools across

Australia.

James has had considerable success as a leader and teacher in a both single sex and co-educational schools in Australia and the United Kingdom. He is passionate about developing, leading and empowering excellence from staff and students, by creating and enabling a culture in which staff and students can flourish, and strive for and achieve personal bests. He is currently Director of Boarding at Cranbrook School in Sydney where he has transformed the culture and quality of the boarding experience. His previous appointments have been as a Boarding Housemaster, Director of Rugby and History teacher at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh and teacher of History at St Edward's School, Oxford and Eton College, Windsor. James holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in History from the University of Durham and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of Buckingham.

In addition to his leadership experience in various educational settings, James is a highly skilled Rugby

Coach having led Cranbrook to its first 1st X.V Premiership in twenty years in 2014 and has coached

Scotland Under 18 and Oxford University. During his time in Edinburgh, he was a member of the Scottish

Rugby Union High Performance Coach program. James also possesses a strong interest in Russian History, Literature, Film and Politics.

On behalf of the Kinross Wolaroi School community, I very much look forward to formally welcoming James and his family to Orange and into the School community.

Dr Andrew Parry

Principal