A former deputy headteacher of City of London School has been appointed as the new headteacher of Immanuel College in Bushey.

Gary Griffin will take over in September from Charles Dormer, who is leaving after five years in the job.

Edward  Misrahi, joint chairman of Immanuel, said: “The governors sought a successor who was an academic, who would have the capability to consolidate and continue to raise the standard and performance of the college.

“We were fortunate that we were able to attract a strong set of candidates, but were clear that Gary has all the requisite qualities, experience and energy to further strengthen our performance and to lead the College to the next phase in its success.”

Mr Griffin spent nearly 30 years at City which he joined as a history and politics teacher, rising to become Second Master (deputy head) and acting headmaster in 2014. In his last six years at the independent boys’ school, he oversaw pastoral care and school discipline among other duties.

While he is not Jewish, he is a former governor of a Jewish school, Naima JPS, whose education committee he chaired.

Since leaving City in 2014, he has worked with various schools as an education consultant including Immanuel for the past couple of years.

Mr Griffin said he look forwarded to “leading Immanuel and working closely with the senior eadership Team and its exceptional staff to further the strong three pillars of academic excellence, expert pastoral care and inspiring Jewish Education”.

It would be a privilege to “have the opportunity to build on the work of Charles Dormer who has led the school so admirably in recent years to such a strong performance”.