The headteacher at a UK independent school based in Oxford has actually won a distinguished nationwide life time accomplishment award ahead of her retirement next year.
Caroline Jordan, head of Headington Oxford, has actually been called the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Tatler Schools Awards, identifying her contribution to education over a profession covering more than 30 years.
Mrs Jordan has actually led Headington because 2011 after acting as headmistress of St George’s School in Ascot.
Dr Stephen Burley, who was called a Tatler ‘Best Head’ in 2025, will prosper her as head in September 2027.
Dr Stephen Burley, who was called a Tatler ‘Best Head’ in 2025, will prosper her as head in September 2027. (Image: Headington Rye Oxford)
Responding to the award, she stated: “I am definitely delighted. This is such an award to the remarkable assistance I have actually had from the ladies, personnel and moms and dads that I have had the big enjoyment to deal with over the last 30 years.
“I will truly miss the warm and ambitious communities I have found in girls’ schools and will continue to watch them with great affection when I retire next summer. For now, I am going to enjoy every moment.”
She credited her election to those she had actually dealt with, consisting of coworkers, household and all the “amazing thousands of girls” who have actually been through the schools she’s operated in.
“It’s a tribute to them”she stated, including: “That’s what actually makes a distinction to me.”
Informed at St Helen and St Katharine School in Abingdon and later on the University of Oxford for geology, Mrs Jordan invested around a years in the industrial sector. In 1994 she re-trained as an instructor while handling her three-month-old infant in your home.
Throughout more than 22 years in headship, she has actually ended up being a popular voice in women’ education and an enthusiastic supporter for motivating girls into science, innovation, engineering and mathematics (STEM) topics.
Her time at Headington has actually seen a few of the most considerable advancements in the school’s history, including its merger with Rye St Antony in 2024.
Under her management, the school has actually likewise broadened its scholastic and co-curricular offering and bought centers consisting of a brand-new Dance and Fitness Centre, library, 6th kind centre, The Hive Creativity & & Arts Centre, food and nutrition block, and a boathouse at Long Wittenham.
Other accomplishments consist of mentoring 10 individuals to end up being headteachers, working as president of the Girls’ Schools Association in 2016, being vice-chair of the Independent Schools’ Council in between 2017 and 2020 and holding positions with the Independent Schools Examinations Board and the Independent Schools Inspectorate.
Caroline Jordan, headteacher at Headington Rye Oxford, stated she is “thrilled” with the award (Image: Headington Rye Oxford)
The school stated a program of occasions and activities will occur throughout the next scholastic year, permitting present and previous students, moms and dads and personnel to commemorate Mrs Jordan’s contribution before her retirement.
Carol Oster Warriner, chair of guvs, stated: “Caroline is among the most inspiring leaders in UK education, with an extraordinary record of nationwide management through her deal with the Girls’ Schools Association and the Independent Schools Council.
“During her 15 years at Headington, she has actually integrated tactical vision with nerve, empathy and an undeviating dedication to students and personnel, most just recently directing our landmark merger with amazing clearness and humankind. We are exceptionally happy to have her as our Head.
“Her Tatler Lifetime Achievement shortlisting, along with the School’s choice as a finalist for Regional Independent School of the Year: South, is a fitting and well-deserved reflection of her extraordinary management.”
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