CRANLEIGH PREPARATORY SCHOOL
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By the pupils. For the Community. MICHAELMAS TERM 2013
A new Headmaster at Cranleigh School By Millie C, 6Ha I will be moving to Cranleigh School in September 2014. When I found out that Mr Waller was retiring and there was to be a new Headmaster at the school next year, I decided to write to the new Head to see if he could tell us a bit more about himself and what he would like to achieve when he moves here. Mr Martin Reader has been appointed as the new Head from September 2014. He is currently Headmaster at Wellington School in Somerset. He wanted to become headmaster at Cranleigh because ‘it is a local boarding school which has really high standards and a huge variety of opportunities.’ He also likes its strong Christian heritage which encourages family values. Mr Reader became a teacher because he loved English at university and he thought it would be great to share his interest with young people. As a child he really wanted to become a cricket player but the trouble was he wasn't much good at cricket! Then he wanted to be a children’s television presenter, now realises that teaching is perhaps not that different. Mr Reader said that challenges motivate him. ‘I have never bought a team shirt because when I was playing you had to earn the shirt, you couldn't just go out and buy one. In life, I suppose that I like the satisfaction of earning shirts.’ Mr Reader’s funniest moment as a teacher is when a Matron had told him that a some of the girls had been baking cookies but they had all been eaten by someone. Later when she asked who had eaten the special-recipe dog biscuits, the girl who went green was the obvious culprit! When asked what animal he thought he might be, Mr Reader said that his daughter thought of him as a silver back gorilla but he suspects that that is to do with his hair (and not the fact that most people think of headmasters as sitting around and not doing very much and getting extremely grumpy when approached!) When asked what he would spend his winnings on if he won the lottery jackpot Mr Reader said ‘it would be a miracle as he didn’t buy a lottery ticket!’ If he did then he would spend some of the money on a Jaguar XK150 roadster, and a ski chalet in the Mr Martin Reader is currently the Head at Wellington School French Alps. If he won the Euro millions, he would set up a foundation which supported education projects and wildlife conservation. When asked about any changes that he might make when he takes up his position at Cranleigh school he replied by saying ‘that would be giving the game away.’ He feels that he is bound to make some changes as ‘schools cannot stand still and let the world move on around them; we have to prepare you to live in a changing world.’ We are looking forward to seeing what exciting plans and changes will happen when we move to Cranleigh School in 2014 and we look forward to welcoming Mr Reader next year.