David Gainer nominated for ‘Best Head’ Award

On the 12th September the prestigious Tatler Schools Guide Awards were held at the Dorchester.

We were delighted when it was announced that out of over 500 prep school heads in the UK, our headmaster David Gainer was one of the only five to be nominated for ‘Best Head of a Prep School’ award. This represents not only an accolade from the editors of the Schools Guide, but also from David’s peers who were asked to nominate a head for the award. The Tatler Schools Guide is an annual supplement to the October issue of the main magazine and schools are chosen for entry according to their own criteria and not because the entry has been paid for. (The only other publication to do this is ‘The Good Schools Guide’). This year 116 prep schools were chosen to be in the guide. Godstowe's entry in the Guide says, ‘...non-selective it may be, but Godstowe girls have a selection of top senior schools at their feet – Wycombe Abbey, Downe House, Cheltenham Ladies et al...’, and ‘Mr G has utterly transformed the boarding and ethos of the school’.

To see the entry in full, please go to the Inspections and Testimonials page of the Godstowe Website.