Andy Packer was educated at a Secondary Modern school and High School Sixth Form in Kent, before going on to read Social Studies at Liverpool Polytechnic and take his PGCE at Goldsmith’s College, London.

His teaching career began with thirteen years in Inner London, where he took on both curricular and pastoral responsibilities and helped to develop Integrated Humanities programmes.

He moved to St. John’s School, Marlborough in the early nineties, as a Head of Year in the Upper School. In 1998, he became Assistant Headteacher and Head of the Lower School, on its separate site, where he worked with a dedicated team to revitalise the learning and pastoral environment.

He joined Tim Small in 2001 as Deputy Head at he Stonehenge School, Amesbury and was appointed to succeed him as Head that September.
Recognising the importance of teamwork in school improvement and transformation, he and his staff have taken the school to new heights of success, adding nearly 20% to the GCSE higher grades score in only two years.

It is Andy’s personal conviction that a school can only fulfil its true potential when it is fully integrated with its own, wider community.