After Cricket
After Ellison retired from cricket, his teaching qualification came in handy, as he said: "I never thought of teaching until I retired and had a phonecall out of the blue offering me a teaching job. And now I'm a housemaster."
Ellison is master-in-charge of cricket at Millfield School. In 2001, Ellison spoke out as a believer that schools cricket "should be played in the first half of the winter term", because of the increasing impact of examinations, notably the advent of AS Levels in the lower sixth. He also teaches PE and is a housemaster for the boarders.
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