John Withers

John was the Head of Hilden Grange, Tonbridge for 29 years before joining the Head Office team in September 2019 in the role of Governance Support Officer. As Head of Hilden Grange John led on all aspects of running the school, from admissions, marketing and finance through to strategic development planning in liaison with the Governors of Alpha Plus. He is vastly experienced in academic, pastoral and co-curricular matters. He was also the Designated Safeguarding Lead.

At various stages of his career John taught Geography, History and Sport to all age groups from Year 3 to Year 8, including Geography to scholarship level. In recent years the team at Hilden Grange has been working to raise academic standards by making full use of data to track pupil progress and direct timely interventions. This means that John is very familiar with the use of PIPS, MidYis, NFER and CATs as diagnostic tools to identify key strengths and areas for development and to provide information on “value added” and he will be able to share this experience within the Group.