Appointment of New Head

Ampleforth College announces that Peter Roberts will step down as Head at the end of the Autumn Term on medical advice. The Board has appointed Jon Mutton, Deputy Head Pastoral and Wellbeing at Ampleforth College, to succeed him.

Edward Sparrow, Chair of Governors, said: "We are very sorry to lose Peter: he is one of the outstanding independent school heads of his generation and we owe him much. In his two years with us, he has built confidence, increased numbers, and made excellent progress on our mission to re-establish the College as the leading Catholic boarding school in Europe. We wish him great happiness in his retirement with his wife Marie.

We are lucky to have, in Jon Mutton, an extremely talented and popular successor who has fulfilled many senior leadership roles in his thirteen years at the College and who will build on Peter Roberts’ strategic vision, providing continuity and stability of leadership in the years to come. The Board is confident that, under Jon's leadership, Ampleforth College will continue to provide outstanding education and pastoral care for all its students - and will go from strength to strength."