Mr Gregory, will replace the current Head, Margie Burnet Ward who will be retiring at the end of this academic year.
Before becoming a teacher, Mr Gregory spent eight years in a management role at Barclays, before moving to a teaching career. He has taught modern languages at Barnard Castle School, County Durham and Merchant Taylor’sSchool, Northwood before becoming a boarding Housemaster at Old Swinford Hospital, Stourbridge.
Mr Gregory said: “Modern education must be an excellent preparation for life – professional, personal, social, moral and I believe that Wycliffe produces people who are ready to face up to life after school and deal with its challenges.”
The new Head, who is currently Deputy Head (pastoral) at Mill Hill School, London, has a strong boarding and academic profile. He was educated at Ipswich School and studied French and Spanish at the University of Nottingham.
He said he hoped to pass on a deep belief he has held since his own school days. “It was really important to me to feel that at my school we could punch above our weight and compete with anyone at anything, provided we were prepared to work hard, commit some energy to something and make the most of our talent. I hope this is something that people will believe in at Wycliffe.”
Mr Gregory and his wife, Helen have three sons, Harry, Ben and Sam – Harry and Sam will be educated at Wycliffe and Ben, who has an autistic spectrum condition will be attending school elsewhere but will be very much part of their life at Wycliffe.
“I want someone’s time at Wycliffe to be an experience in itself,” he said. “It should be something to be enjoyed and appreciated for its own intrinsic value and not just a means to an end of walking away with some exam results.”
Mr Gregory said: “At Wycliffe, people really do matter. It is a place where differences and individual qualities are genuinely valued and respected and everyone embraces the concept of helping every single boy or girl be the best that he or she can individually be. These are all things in which I believe profoundly.
“It will matter to me tremendously to be recognised as being not only the tenth Head of the College in its 130 plus year history but also to be recognised as being a good Head.”