Private School News

HEROES DAY AT ST RICHARD’S SCHOOL

No villain or disaster dared strike St Richard’s last Friday as the school was awash with superheroes celebrating ‘Heroes Day’; James Bond, Zorro, Batman, the Tooth Fairy and the intrepid 118 duo all jangled into school bearing loose change for the coin snake, which was created by an uninterrupted line of coins down the drive to the far cattle grid (over a quarter of a mile with change to spare!)

All this was to celebrate a member of staff and our very own hero, who has gone to Afghanistan with the Territorial Army for four months. The brass, silver and gold coins raised a grand total of £484.12 which is destined for ‘Help for Heroes’ – that’s an awful lot of pennies!

NEW HEAD APPOINTED FOR ST. RICHARD’S

Nathan Cheesman has been warmly welcomed as the new Headmaster of St. Richard’s School, Bredenbury, Herefordshire. He succeeds Richard Coghlan who retired after 25 years as Head. Nathan is married to Alexis and comes to St Richard’s after four years as Deputy Headmaster of Moreton Hall School, a Catholic co-educational preparatory school in Suffolk.

Mr and Mrs Cheesman, have four children, Aisling (14), Cassian (12), Liberty (9) and Flavia (7). The younger two have joined St. Richard’s whilst the elder two are attending schools in the area. The family have moved into the top floor of Bredenbury Court.

Nathan, a Catholic aged 40, was educated at Gillott’s School, Henley-on-Thames and obtained a B.Ed (Hons) at the College of St. Mark and St. John (Exeter University). He was in business before entering the teaching profession in 1994.

In his post as Deputy Head of Moreton Hall, he assisted the Head in all aspects of educational, organisational and financial well being of the school as well as the human resource management within it. He teaches at middle school level and is very involved with all aspects of school life, mainly sport, theatre, choral singing and outdoor pursuits.

Richard Coghlan said: “I am delighted that Nathan Cheesman has been appointed as my successor since Moreton Hall School in many ways mirrors the values and ethos of St. Richard’s. His appointment was a unanimous decision by my board of advisers and we all believe that he and Alexis will bring dedication, enthusiasm, commitment and energy to the job, and that St. Richard’s will continue to thrive under his leadership.”