Simon David Weale (born 16 September 1967) is a former English

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er and current Headmaster of Cundall Manor School in North Yorkshire, England. He was previously Director of

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in India and prior to that headmaster of

Shebbear College Shebbear College is an all-through school, all-through Private schools in the United Kingdom, private co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 4 – 18 situated in Shebbear, Devon, Shebbear, Devon, England. The school's 85-acre rura ...

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Early life

Weale was born in

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, London. After attending

Westminster City School Westminster City School is a state-funded secondary Academy (English school), academy for boys, with a mixed sixth form, in City of Westminster, Westminster, London. The school educates over 800 students, with links to more than 100 different c ...

in London he went up to study History at

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Cricket career

A right-handed

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who bowled

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, Weale made his first-class debut for

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against

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in 1986. From 1986 to 1990, he represented the University in 20 first-class matches, the last of which came against

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. In his 20 first-class matches for the University, he scored 365 runs at a

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of 17.38, with 2 half centuries and a high score of 76. In the field he took 3 catches. With the ball he took 15 wickets at a

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of 97.26, with best figures of 3/130. Weale also played a single first-class match during this time for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team against the touring

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in 1987. In 1999, he represented the

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in a single

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match against

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in the

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. In his only List A match, he scored an unbeaten 9 runs and with the ball he took a single wicket at a cost of 24 runs.

Teaching career

After teaching history at

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Latymer Upper School Latymer Upper School is a public school in Hammersmith, London, England, on King Street. It derives from a charity school, and is part of the same 1624 Latymer Foundation, from a bequest by the English legal official Edward Latymer. There ...

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, head of Sixth Form

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and deputy head

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, he took up the position of headmaster at Shebbear College in Devon in 2013. In 2019 he became director of Bishop Cotton School,

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, India. But subsequently joined Cundall Manor School in North Yorkshire, England, in January 2025.

References

External links

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