New Immanuel College head appointed

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”.