New Senior Appointments Boost Foundation Leadership Team
The Princethorpe Foundation is delighted to announce that two new senior members of staff will be joining its Leadership Team in September.
Dr Liz Pyne, joins Princethorpe College from Finham Park School in Coventry, in the new role of Assistant Head (Teaching and Learning). Dr Pyne is an outstanding History teacher, who has had a wealth of strategic leadership and training experience in Teaching and Learning at her current school. An experienced practitioner, Liz is a Professional Mentor for Warwick University and has been rewarded with an Honorary Fellowship. She regularly shares best practice and the latest developments in pedagogy with colleagues from other schools.
Her role will be to inspire, support and develop pupils and staff to achieve the highest possible standards in teaching and learning.
Liz already has a close connection with the Foundation, as her two daughters attended the Crescent School. Outside of school Liz’s interests include reading, visiting historical sites and eating out at local restaurants.
Joining her is Andy Compton, who takes on the new role of Foundation Assistant Head (Director of Digital Strategy). Andy is an experienced Spanish and French teacher who has had responsibility for leading on new technologies and championing digital learning at his current school, Sidney Stringer Academy in Coventry. A passionate advocate of the power of digital technology on teaching and learning, he will draw on these experiences to develop strategies to use technology to its full potential, improving the ICT, learning and teaching across the whole Foundation, including the College and its two junior schools, Crackley Hall in Kenilworth and the Crescent School in Rugby.
Away from the classroom, Andy is also a keen sportsman, who runs and regularly plays and coaches football.
Comments, Headmaster, Ed Hester, “The Foundation is moving forward in very exciting ways and it is so important for us to have first class staff in leadership positions. We are therefore delighted to welcome Liz and Andy and wish them both well in their new roles.”