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Following a rigorous and highly competitive process, the Governors of The Leys and St Faith’s Schools Foundation are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Clare Ives to succeed Martin Priestley as Head of The Leys when he retires after almost twelve years of dedicated service in September 2025.
The Governors were unanimous in their judgment that Dr Ives has the skills and commitment to lead The Leys in the years ahead. It seems fitting that as the school celebrates its 150th Anniversary in 2025, we will also be appointing the school’s first female Head.
Dr Ives is currently the Senior Deputy Head at Sevenoaks School. Before that she was a Boarding Housemistress, the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Lead and a former Head of History at Canford School. Dr Ives studied at the University of St Andrews, where she earned a first-class degree in Modern History and wrote her PhD on Robert Kennedy and the US Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
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