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aving now spent a year in post, and I can promise you I have never had a year pass so quickly, I have a much clearer idea of what it really means to flourish in the Cheltenham context. I am confident in what we are but also in what we can be. There is a clarity of direction for us, at both College and the Prep School, as Tom Oâ€™ Sullivan and I look forward to capitalising on the opportunities that lie ahead. At this time of increasing scrutiny for the independent sector, we know only too well that we must enhance what we can offer our pupils, the young people in the local area and beyond. Our partnership work both here and abroad is moving on apace and we are right at the forefront with some sector-leading collaborations, as we are founding members of the new Cheltenham Education Partnership. As our vision for the next ten years of College becomes clearer, we are also looking to embed real drive and dynamism into all the different aspects of school life, academically, in sport, music, drama, art and in terms of pupil personal development. I have 2 learned through speaking to pupils, past and present, that they came here to see their genuine potential realised. To see each and every member of our school succeed in being the best they can be, enjoying their learning yet still challenging themselves on a daily basis is the aim for the future. Respecting our history and our tradition, we will, over the next ten years, combine ambition with openness and honesty. We will be confident but not arrogant and we will grab opportunities wherever we can with both hands; to build new international partnerships, to be forward-thinking and outward-looking, to teach and to learn with a fresh outlook whilst all the time understanding that character, kindness, and humility underlay the most precious and long-lasting of all relationships. We are nothing without these and our thanks go to you, the College community, for all that you bring.