Pangbourne College (RG8 8LA)
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Pangbourne College,
Pangbourne, Reading, Berkshire, England, RG8 8LA.
Telephone: 0118 9842101
Fax: 0118 9845443
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Pangbourne is a distinctive school. No other school in the UK has the privilege of wearing Royal Naval officer cadet uniform, and pupils wear it every day with pride. Founded in 1917 as Pangbourne Nautical College, it originally prepared boys to be officers in the Merchant Navy, but as the merchant fleet dwindled it became a training ground for many Royal Navy officers. In 1969, with many boys by then choosing university as a first step beyond school, it shed much of the nautical training in favour of a more traditional academic focus, and became Pangbourne College.
Many aspects of the College's unique history are preserved today through ceremonial but the most important one is the continuing emphasis on leadership, self-discipline and service. These ideas may at first sound old-fashioned, but we believe that they represent the fundamental basis upon which a young person can find their place in the modern world. They contain all the elements of what is needed to become a good citizen.
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New Headmaster appointed|28/10/2006|The Governors of Pangbourne College are delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Thomas Garnier as Headmaster with effect from September 2005.
Mr Garnier brings a wealth of talents and achievements to his new position. Chairman of Governors, Mr Michael Allsop, said: "In selecting Mr Garnier from an outstanding field of candidates I am confident we have taken a very positive step forward at a time of exciting opportunity and challenge for the College."
Mr Garnier, 36, was educated at Radley College and the University of Bristol where he gained a BSc in Physics. After serving seven years as an Officer in the Royal Navy he took a PGCE at the University of Oxford before joining the staff of Abingdon School teaching Physics. He was appointed Housemaster of Crescent House, one of the school's three boarding houses, in 2002 and became Head of Boarding in 2004.
Married with two sons, Mr Garnier is an experienced rowing and rugby coach. He founded the Abingdon School Christian Union and is a governor of Christ Church Cathedral School.
In accepting the position Mr Garnier noted that his training as a naval officer had taught him to aim for the highest standards. "Pangbourne's distinctive ethos of leadership, self-discipline and service is one that I support wholly," he said.
Mr Garnier succeeds Dr Ken Greig who has been appointed Rector of Hutchesons' Grammar School in Glasgow.
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