Current Management
The School's current Head Teacher is Mr Paul Johnson who took over from Ruth Pierson in 2005. Ruth Pierson and Paul Trevett acted as temporary headteacher and deputy headteacher in the period before Mr Johnson took up the role when Mr David Greenwood was the Headmaster. Mr Greenwood had to step down due to illness, but under his leadership the school re-established itself after undergoing restructure and change after the move from Fishers Court to Allington Lane. Paul Trevett who was one of the founding members of staff continues to teach at the school with his wife Lorraine. The School is now called The King's School Senior as the primary school, The King's Primary School, has now joined with the senior section. The Primary School is an amalgam of the Quob Lane Christian Primary School and the Winchester Christian Primary School, set up initially by David and Catherine Greenwood in 1997. Although at the moment, part of primary is based in Quob Lane, Southampton, over the course of 2010 the younger year groups will be moved up to the same site as the senior school. In 2011 the rest of the Primary School at Quob Lane as moved into a semi-permanent location on the Senior School grounds. Due to the size of the location the years are mixed, e.g. year 5 and 6 are one class.
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