Senior Leadership Team

Before joining Pitsford School as Headmaster, Dr Walker was Deputy Headmaster at Loughborough Grammar School. At Pitsford he also teaches History to all of Year 8. A graduate of the universities of Glasgow and Oxford, Dr Walker has held senior leadership posts responsible for pastoral care, academic management, as well as running a Sixth Form of over three hundred students. A career-long focus for Dr Walker has been to develop a love of literature and reading within students and he has published on this, as well as addressing a number of conferences on the topic (including once sharing a platform with the former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion). In addition, Dr Walker has worked on a number of projects developing well-being and community within schools and in recognition of this he was made a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and Farmington Institute Fellow in 2013.

As Deputy Head, Mrs Kirk is responsible for the pastoral care of pupils at Pitsford School. She is a graduate of Sheffield and Exeter Universities and currently teaches Geography, English and the Extended Project Qualification. Mrs Kirk is passionate about providing pupils with a holistic education that allows them to develop their talents within and beyond the classroom. With twenty years in Public Schools, she brings a variety of experience to Pitsford as a Boarding Housemistress, a Captain in the CCF, EPQ coordinator and theatrical director and drama teacher. Mrs Kirk grew up in Zambia and Malawi and has lived and worked in Japan. Her aim is to share the best of that experience with our pupils and to foster in them a love of life-long learning, a sense of independence, a curiosity for the world in which they live and an understanding of what can be achieved with hard work and a positive attitude.

My name is Jonathan Hall and I am proud to be the Head Teacher at Pitsford Junior School. I have been a Head Teacher for 16 years, working at two other Independent Schools in Cheshire and South Yorkshire. Before that I was a Deputy Head Teacher in Nottinghamshire. I am married and have three children of my own. To relax, I love reading, watching all sports and going to concerts.

As Assistant Head Dr Ewington manages the academic systems of Pitsford School including timetable construction and the education management systems in addition to overseeing the work of the STEM subjects. After completing his PhD at Cranfield University and his PGCE at Warwick University Dr Ewington was Head of Science at two schools and then Associate Head at Lichfield Cathedral School immediately before joining Pitsford School.

Dr Ewington is also a team inspector for the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) inspecting both educational quality and compliance. Before entering the teaching profession Dr Ewington worked for ICI and conducted research and post-graduate teaching at Cranfield University. Away from school, he enjoys – amongst other things – cinema and the sea whether he is diving, sailing or just enjoying the views.

As Assistant Head, Mr Harrison manages aspects of the academic systems of Pitsford School including reporting, data and intervention in addition to overseeing the work of the arts and humanities subjects. Mr Harrison studied History and Politics at Keele University in Staffordshire where he also completed a Master’s Degree in Contemporary History and his PGCE. He then went on to work in various Northamptonshire schools including Elizabeth Woodville School where he was Head of History and the Parker E-ACT Academy where he was Head of Humanities.

Mr Harrison has over twenty years’ experience as an examiner for Cambridge and is currently a Principal Examiner for IGCSE History. He continues to mark and set exam papers for the Cambridge exam board and has recently published a text book on 20th century history amongst other publications. Outside of academia, Mr Harrison is a keen guitarist and has also played ten-pin bowling at county level for Wellingborough as well as lawn bowls.