Anthony Richard Morrell "Tony" Little

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(born 1954,

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) is a British

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. Little spent seven years as housemaster of Brentwood School, seven years as the headmaster of Chigwell School, six years as headmaster of Oakham School, and 13 years as Head Master of

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. From 2015 to 2018 he was Chief Education Officer of

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responsible for ensuring the quality of education across the global chain.Coughlan, Sean
"Eton headmaster moves to global school chain"
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''. 17 Nov 2014. From September 2018 he became President of WLSA Shanghai Academy, developing a new generation of not-for-profit, needs-blind high schools in China. He also became Chair of the Laurus Trust, a multi-academy trust operating in the Manchester area. Since September 2020 he is the Chair of Governors at London Academy of Excellence, Stratford.

Education

Little was educated at

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where he was a music scholar, and at

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, where he was a choral scholar and gained an upper second class honours degree in

English language English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples th ...

and

literature Literature is any collection of Writing, written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, Play (theatre), plays, and poetry, poems. It includes both print and Electroni ...

. He received a

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in English as well as

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(Distinction) at

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Career

Little was an assistant master, teaching English, and then later a housemaster at

Tonbridge School Tonbridge School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school for boys aged 13–18) in Tonbridge, Kent, England, founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judde (sometimes spelt Judd). It is a member of the Eton Group and has clo ...

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from 1977 to 1982. He served as a housemaster and head of English and drama at Brentwood School,

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from 1982 to 1989. From 1989 to 1996, Little was headmaster of Chigwell School in Essex. He then served as Headmaster of Oakham School in

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from 1996 to 2002. In July 2001, he was appointed

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, and assumed the post in September 2002. Little stepped down from Eton in 2015, and was appointed Global Chief Education Officer of

, until July 2018. He became Chair of the Laurus Trust in September 2017 and President of WLSA Shanghai Academy in September 2018. He is the author of ''An Intelligent Person's Guide to Education'', published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in July 2015, and "Adolescence - How to Survive It", published by Bloomsbury PLC in June 2019

Other appointments

*Member of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, 1990–2015 *Fellow of the

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, 1991 *Honorary Educational Advisor to The World Trust of Janusz Piotrowicz *Governor of

Westminster School Westminster School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Westminster, London, England, in the precincts of Westminster Abbey. It descends from a charity school founded by Westminster Benedictines before the Norman Conquest, as do ...

*Governor of

Sevenoaks School Sevenoaks School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school. It is co-educational, a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding school, boarding and day school, located in Sevenoaks, Kent, England. Established in 1432, it ...

*Governor of

Northwood College Northwood College for Girls is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school for girls aged 3 to 18. The school was founded in 1870 and is located in Northwood, London, Northwood, London, England. History Northwood College for ...

, 1990 to 1998 *Governor of St Albans School, 1994–2014 *Governor of Oakham School *Governor of

Holyport College Holyport College is a coeducational state boarding and day secondary school, located in Holyport, Berkshire, England. It opened in 2014 and caters for students aged 11–19 years. It is sponsored by Eton College Eton College ( ) is a Pub ...

2013–2015 *Governor of the London Academy of Excellence 2011–2015 *Governor of The Windsor Boys' School 1989–2015 *Governor of

Norwich School Norwich School (formally King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich) is a private selective day school in the close of Norwich Cathedral, Norwich. Among the oldest schools in the United Kingdom, it has a traceable history to 1096 as an episcop ...

*Chairman of the Mvumi School Trust

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