St Benedict’s School in Ealing is pleased to announce the appointments of Luke Ramsden and Fiona Allen as Deputy Heads. They will be taking up post in September 2016 and will join the Headmaster Designate, Andrew Johnson, in a new partnership at the head of the school.
Luke Ramsden already has a long association with Benedictine education, having been both a school boy and most recently a housemaster at Ampleforth College. He went on from Ampleforth to read History as an undergraduate and then postgraduate at University College, Oxford, specialising particularly in the history of the Mediterranean in the early Middle Ages. Luke explains that he is pleased to be retaining a connection with the Benedictine community of schools: ‘The rule of St Benedict has proved a successful way of organising communal life for around 1500 years. Its emphasis on kindness, service and putting the needs of others first is as important to a school in 21st century London as it was to a monastery in 6th century Italy.’
Fiona Allen started her teaching career at the Godolphin and Latymer School where she taught Biology for nine years, before going part time to complete a Diploma and then a Masters in Occupational Psychology. She took a break from education, and became a consultant Occupational Psychologist for nine years, working with a range of businesses and organisations in the field of recruitment, training and development.
When her daughters were coming up to school age she decided to return to teaching: ‘I realised I missed the continuity, interacting with lively young minds, and being a permanent part of a community. I was lucky enough to be appointed as Head of Biology at University College School in 2009. I am now very much looking forward to joining the St Benedict’s community.’
