School gets a new head

College will be welcoming a new head teacher this year, as its current leader is emigrating to Switzerland.

Miles Norris, who has led the school since 2018, is moving overseas with his family as his wife is taking up a new role that the school says will provide them with an “exciting future”.

The chairman and governors say Mr Norris has led the college “with distinction” but, in September, he will hand over the reins to Lotte Tulloch, who is currently deputy head teacher at a school in Cumbria.

Chairman Professor Nigel Ratcliffe said: “We are delighted to announce this appointment and Lotte brings to Denstone all the experience and vision, both national and international, that we need to be ahead of the game as we take Denstone, its pupils and staff forward into a rapidly changing, very exciting world arena.

“Denstone is focused on excellence and strives to inspire.”

Currently Miss Tulloch is the deputy head of Sedbergh School in Cumbria and is also a member of the senior leadership team of Casterton, Sedbergh Preparatory School.

She was educated at Loretto School in Edinburgh and was awarded a Morehead-cain Scholarship to the University

I am genuinely thrilled to help shape and deliver the school’s strategic vision.

Lotte Tulloch, right

of North Carolina where she graduated with a BA with Distinction in English Literature.

Miss Tulloch gained her PGCE in secondary education from Buckingham University and studied for her Master’s degree in Business Administration at Keele University.

Outside of education, she is an accomplished musician and a passionate fell runner, having completed the Marathon des Sables in 2018.

She said, “I am genuinely thrilled to become the next head of Denstone College, to help shape and deliver the school’s strategic vision for continued academic and pastoral excellence.

“The opportunities and timeless values so alive at Denstone College, aligned with my core educational beliefs, mean that this will be a thoroughly exciting time for the whole Denstone COMMUDENSTONE nity,” she added. “As the next steward of this extraordinary establishment, I very much look forward to meeting as many of you as possible before I take up the role in September.”