Masters
| 1513–1528 | John Smith | BCanL (Cambridge) | |
| 1528–1539 | Robert Calton | ||
| 1539–1563 | George Somer | ||
| 1563–1565 | Henry Cockrame | BCanL (Oxford) | |
| 1565–1575 | Brian Garnett | ||
| 1575–1584 | John Depup | MA (Trinity College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1584–1587 | Robert Ableson | BA (Queens' College, Cambridge) | |
| 1587–1592 | Christopher Heylowe | MA (St John's College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1592–1607 | John Lowe | BA (Caius College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1607–1616 | Thomas Soresbie | MA (Queen's College, Oxford) | † |
| 1616–1628 | Robert Theobald | MA (Trinity College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1628–1657 | Thomas Leake | MA (St John's College, Cambridge) | † |
| 1657–1664 | Henry Pitts | MA (Pembroke College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1664 | Henry Watkinson | (St John's College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1664–1672 | Samuel Birch | MA (Emmanuel College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1672–1688 | Jeremiah Cudworth | MA (Christ's College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1688–1691 | Gowin Knight | MA (Christ Church, Oxford) | † |
| 1691–1707 | Edward Griffith | MA (Queens' College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1707–1720 | Richard Johnson | BA (St John's College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1718–1719 | William Smeaton | MA (Queens' College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1719 | William Saunders | MA (Trinity Hall, Cambridge) | * |
| N/A | Thomas Miles | MA (Clare College, Cambridge) | ‡ |
| 1720–1722 | John Womack | BA (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge) | † |
| 1722–1731 | John Swaile | MA (Cambridge) | † |
| 1731 | Edward Chappell | MA (Jesus College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1731–1758 | John Henson | (Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge) | † |
| 1758–1793 | Timothy Wylde | * | |
| 1793–1806 | John Challand Forrest | MA (Queens' College, Cambridge) | † |
| 1806–1819 | John Toplis | MA, BD (Queens' College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1819–1833 | Dr Robert Wood | MA, DD (St John's College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1833–1860 | William Butler | MA (Queen's College, Oxford) | * |
| 1861–1868 | Frederick Teeling Cusins | MA (St John's College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1868–1884 | Dr Robert Dixon | MA, LLD (St John's College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1884–1901 | Dr James Gow | MA, LittD (Trinity College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1901–1925 | Dr George Sherbrooke Turpin | MA (St John's College, Cambridge); DSc (London) | * |
| 1925–1953 | Cedric Lawton Reynolds | MA (Clare College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1954–1970 | Kenneth Robert Imeson | MA (Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge) | * |
| 1970–1995 | Dr Dennis Trevor Witcombe | OBE; MA, BLitt (St John's College, Oxford); PhD (Manchester) | * |
| 1995–2007 | Christopher Stuart Parker | CBE; BA (Bristol); FRSA | * |
| 2007–present | Kevin David Fear | BA (Southampton) |
* Resigned or retired
† Died in office
‡ Never assumed post
Brian Garnett (headmaster 1565–c.1575) is notable for being the father of the Jesuit priest Henry Garnett, who was executed for his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot.
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I got nothing, Ma, to live up to.”
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