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GovernanceThe Merchant Taylors' Company founded the school in 1561 and the Merchant Taylors' Educational Trust continues to be responsible to the Court of the Merchant Taylors Company for ensuring the due governance of Merchant Taylors' School. The Governing Body consists of: representatives of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors' of the Fraternity of St John Baptist in the City of London; OMTs; the Head Master; the Bursar; and figures from the world of education and local community. A representative of the teaching faculty also attends meetings. Close links between the Company and the School have helped the school prosper for 450 years and it is our most earnest wish that they continue to do so. THE MERCHANT The following were elected Master and Wardens of the Company for the year beginning 14 July, 2006: Master: Mr H R Oliver-Bellasis First Upper Warden: Mr J H Penton MBE Second Upper Warden: Dr J H S Sichel Upper Renter Warden: Mr M W G Skinner Under Renter Warden: Mr N R Hunter Jones
MERCHANT Chairman: Sir Geoffrey Holland KCB (for more information on Sir Geoffrey Holland, see below) Governors: Mr M C Clarke Dr J H S Sichel Mr P H Watkins Miss M Rudland Mr R J Brooman Mr R C G Gillott The Baroness Butler-Sloss GBE Head Master’s Nominee: Mr G F Brown Senior Common Room member in Attendance: Mr N G Blight Dr T R Stubbs (Second Master) Others in Attendance Second Upper Warden (from previous year): Mr J A J Price Head Master: Mr S N Wright Bursar & Clerk to the Governors Mr G R H Ralphs Clerk of the Merchant MERCHANT Chairman: Sir Geoffrey Holland, KCB (Chairman of Governors, MTS) Committee: Mr P M Franklin-Adams (Chair of Governors, Mr C P Hare Mr J A J Price Mr J Armstrong The Merchant Sir Geoffrey Holland, KCB, Chair of Governors, MTS; and Chair of the Quality Improvement Agency. Sir Geoffrey Holland, KCB, OMT, is one of a select handful of individuals to have had a decisive impact on UK education and under his stewardship MTS is and will be a school remains true to both its traditions and capable of meeting the demanding challenges of the 21st century. Born in 1938. Sir Geoffrey’S father (Frank Holland, CBE) was Comptroller of the London County Council and his mother was a schoolteacher, both children of skilled craftsmen in the He won a scholarship to MTS, delighted in learning while he was here, and gained also a sense of the importance of contributing to an institution as well as taking from it. Two years National Service in the Tank Regiment followed, during which time at Catterick, Aldershot and The department’s induction programme took him, literally, to the coal face: “I spent a month in He became the youngest-ever Principal and later the youngest-ever Assistant Secretary in his Department, as well as serving two Ministers, Robert Carr and Maurice Macmillan, as Principal Private Secretary (Bernard, in Yes Minister terms). He was made the Director of Special Programmes in the Manpower Services Commission and four years later became its Director, playing a key role in the development of youth training, of school/industry links (the Technical and Vocational Educational Initiative and Compacts) and the development of open and distance learning. He wrote the Government report Young People at Work (1977) - widely regarded as a turning-point in the battle against youth unemployment. In 1988, he became Permanent Secretary at the Employment Department Group and in January 1993 and moved to become Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education before becoming Vice-Chancellor of Exeter University, a post from which he retired in 2002. In 2003, Sir Geoffrey became Chairman of the Learning and Skills Development Agency and 2006, Chair of the Quality Insurance Agency. Sir Geoffrey’s concerns have coalesced around the need for educational institutions such as MTS to grasp the full implications of a mass higher education system in contemporary society, whether those implications concerned the need to remain highly competitive, recharging management and leadership structures, developing the quality of teaching and seeking fresh sources of revenue. Above all, he has challenged the divide between “Academe” and “Mammon”, understanding that a post-industrial economy would increasingly prize “soft skills” and breadth rather than a narrower subject-specific expertise: at “We recognise that employers are increasingly looking for graduates with demonstrable personal transferable skills (PTS), which in many cases are accorded greater importance than subject knowledge…self-management, learning skills, communication, teamwork, problem-solving and data-handling”. (1996) “Look to develop teaching arrangements designed to promote … independent learning capabilities … enhance the resources available to … move to more student-based learning”. (1995)
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