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David Lambon (BSc, MEng, PGCE,
PQH) was appointed as Headmaster
of the English School from April
2018. Mr Lambon has been a
Headmaster for 17 years and
has considerable experience of
leading schools across a wide
variety of contexts in the U.K,
Ireland and in Europe.
After completing grammar school
in Northern Ireland, Mr Lambon was
sponsored by Shell to attend the
University of Manchester Institute of
Science and Technology (U.M.I.S.T).
He graduated in 1991 with a degree
in Mechanical Engineering and
Management. Further studies led
to a degree in Mathematics and he
followed this with an MBA in School
Leadership and Management. In his
early career, Mr Lambon taught
Maths and Physics before taking his
rst leadership position in 2000.
Between 2004 and 2011, he was
Headmaster of St Mary's Grammar
School, Magherafelt, which became
the highest achieving academic
school in Northern Ireland under
his leadership. Also, at this time
St Mary's was awarded Specialist
School Status for Science and Sport.
His next post was Principal of
St Malachy's College Belfast,
a grammar school for boys and
one of the oldest schools in Ireland.
It was the rst school in Ireland and
the UK to be awarded Specialist
School for Music status. From there,
Mr Lambon took up the post of
Headmaster of Ampleforth College,
a prestigious and historic boarding
school with many famed alumni.
He was the rst lay principal of this
illustrious institution. During his
time at Ampleforth, Mr Lambon
successfully led the school to
become a Teaching School - a model
of good practice in teacher training
and sta€ development. In 2016, in
addition to his role at Ampleforth,
Mr Lambon was appointed as a
National Leader for Education in
England. This role saw him tasked
with helping schools move from
"Good to Outstanding". This required
him to review all aspects of
provision in schools from academic
achievement to the quality of
extra-curricular and pastoral
provision and to ensure that the
needs of the Gifted & Talented
students were fully met within the
classroom context. Mr Lambon joins
us from St George's School, Munich,
where he served as Director from
2016. His main area of interest in
Germany has been the design
and construction of a new school
building and developing
collaborative teaching methods
for the delivery of the International
Baccalaureate.