SEND Tutoring talks to Chris Wheeler Head of Monkton Coombe in Bath

Chris Wheeler joined Monkton as Principal in January 2016. He was elected Vice Chair of HMC for 2019-20 and has served on HMC’s Inspection Sub Committee. He previously served as Principal and CEO at Hillcrest International schools in Kenya, Headmaster at St Christoher’s, Hove, and has variously been Deputy Head, Housemaster (day and boarding), and Head of English.

Chris continues to teach English and Drama and is passionate about innovative and inspirational education whether seeking effective ways to use technology to enhance classroom practice, developing ever stronger ways to take a proactive approach to pastoral care, or forging international links to ensure pupils have a genuinely global outlook.

Chris leads various partnership projects including supporting Royal Springboard and the Boarding Schools Partnership, the foundation of the Bath Schools’ Choir Who Can’t Sing, developing links with Jamie’s Farm to support children at risk of exclusion and developing a pupil exchange programme with Flakefleet Primary in Lancashire.

10th October Podcast Questions:

1. What does your school do to help other State schools in the nearby vicinity?

2. What is Monkton’s approach to SEND provision?

3. What do you think about Labour’s proposal regarding the VAT increase to parents who choose to send their children to private schools?

He is also one of my good friends and one of whom I’ve known since I was 11. He’s someone from afar who has always been supportive of my decisions to get into teaching and a go-to, for advice and guidance. It was a real honor to have him on SEND Tutoring’s podcast…

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