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Caroline Jordan

Position: Headmistress

School: Headington School

Qualifications: MA (Oxon), PGCE (Manchester)

Experience: Caroline is a physicist who originally ran a business for ten years before deciding to train as a teacher. She has always worked in girls’ schools and was Head of Sixth form and deputy Senior Housemistress at Wycombe Abbey before being appointed as Head at St George’s School, Ascot in 2005, then Headington School in 2011.

Summary

As a scientist Caroline always believed passionately in the opportunities that were afforded to girls in girls’ schools, but it is only now that she has a teenage son that she can really appreciate the advantages that both girls and boys gain from being educated in single sex schools! Having worked for a long time in boarding school environments she is positive about the advantages that boarding can offer busy families. She is very keen to keep abreast of the changing educational landscape and is privileged to serve as the Chairman of the Girls’ Schools education committee.

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