In 1534 he was appointed headmaster of Magdalen College School.

After the war he was appointed headmaster at Adams' Grammar School.

He remains the only deaf person in Britain ever to be appointed headmaster of a deaf school by a local education authority.

But, at the same time, he was appointed headmaster of a troubled school in the suburbs of Montreal.

In 1992 he was appointed headmaster of Ampleforth, leading the school through a period of change and development.

Michael Spencer Urwin was appointed headmaster at the beginning of 1996.

H.T. Woo was appointed headmaster, and remained so for only one year.

In 1972, he was appointed headmaster of Riverdale Country School.

Anderson was appointed headmaster of Scotch in 1904, a position he held for 41 years until 1945.

Meanwhile, in 1788, Vincent had been appointed headmaster of Westminster.