Summary
Thomas David Wheare FRSA (born 1944) is an English schoolmaster and headmaster.[1]
Biography edit
Wheare was educated at the Dragon School and Magdalen College School in Oxford. He then went on to King's College, Cambridge[2] (gaining an exhibition, studying History, and singing in the College Choir) and Christ Church, Oxford (studying Education for a Dip.Ed. and acting as a lay clerk in the Christ Church Cathedral Choir).[citation needed]
During his career as a teacher, he has been a Housemaster at Shrewsbury School and Assistant Master at Eton College. From 1983 to 2005, he was Head of Bryanston School in Dorset.[3][4] The Tom Wheare Music School at Bryanston, designed by Hopkins Architects,[5][6] was opened in September 2014.[7][8]
Wheare was an active member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), serving as Treasurer from 1993 to 1999, and chairman in 2000. He has been a governor of a number of schools over the years, including Blackheath High School, the Dragon School, Exeter School, and Port Regis School. He is Deputy Chairman of the Girls' Day School Trust[9] and has been a member of the executive committee of the Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools (AGBIS).
Wheare is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He edits the annual Which School? books[10][11] and the HMC magazine, Conference & Common Room.
He is the son of Sir Kenneth Wheare and Lady (Joan) Wheare,[12] is married and has two daughters. He lives in Wiltshire.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Tom Wheare Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, Girls' Day School Trust.
- ^ Buffalo Bulletin Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine, Autumn 2003.
- ^ About Bryanston — History, Bryanston School.
- ^ Holdsworth, Angela (ed.), Bryanston Reflections: Et nova et vetera. London: Third Millennium Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1-903942-38-1.
- ^ "The Tom Wheare Music School". Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "Hopkins completes another Bryanston School building". Architects Journal 2 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "School opens new state-of-the-art music school". Dorset Echo. 18 Sep 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "The new Tom Wheare Music School". Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "GDST Trustees". Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ Wheare, T.D. (ed.), Which School? 2008, John Catt Educational Ltd, 2007. ISBN 978-1-904724-43-8.
- ^ Wheare, T.D. (ed.), Which School? 2009, John Catt Educational Ltd, 2008.
- ^ "Joan Wheare: Oxford's 'urban guerrilla'". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 22 March 2015.