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from 'Who Was Who' 1991-95 |
JENNINGS, Arnold Harry
CBE 1977, MA
Headmaster, Ecclesfield School,
Sheffield, 1959-79
(formerly 1959-67, Ecclesfield
Grammar School)
born 24 May 1915, son of Harry
Jennings and Alice Mary (nee
Northrop)
married 1939 Elizabeth Redman;
one daughter (one son deceased).
Education:
Bradford Grammar School;
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
(Classical Scholar; MA)
Tutor, Knutsford Ordination Test
School, Hawarden, 1939-40;
Served War, captain RA, England,
N.Ireland, France, Belgium,
Holland, and Germany, 1940-46;
Senior Classical Master,
Chesterfield Grammar School,
1946-53;
Headmaster, Tapton House School,
Chesterfield, 1953-58;
Part-time extra-mural Lecturer,
Sheffield University, 1946-54.
Member NUT Executive, 1958-59 and
1960-72
(Chairman, Secondary Advisory
Committee, 1968-72);
Secondary Heads Association: Hon
Sec, 1978-79;
Membership Sec, 1979-81;
Hon Member 1981- ;
President Head Master's
Association 1977;
Joint Association of Classical
Teachers, 1975-77;
Member of Secondary Schools
Examinations Council, 1961-64;
Schools Council:
Member, 1964-84;
Deputy Chairman and Acting
Chairman, 1982-84;
Chairman, Steering Committee 'C',
1975-78;
Chairman, Secondary Examinations
Committee, 1978-83;
Chairman, Classics Committee;
Convenor, A-level Classics
Scrutiny Panel: Secondary
Examinations Council, 1984-88;
School Exams and Assessment
Council, 1988-89.
Member of Court, Sheffield
University, 1959-78.
Sheffield City Councillor,
1949-58 (Mem, Sheffield Education
Committee, 1988-91).
Contested Parliamentary Election
(Labour) Heeley, Sheffield, 1950
and 1951
Governor, Richmond Further
Education College, Sheffield,
1986-88;
High Storrs School, Sheffield,
1988-94;
Stradbrooke Tertiary College,
Sheffield, 1989-90.
Chairman, Sheffield Tertiary
Forum, 1990-92;
Member, Sheffield Gypsies and
Travellers Support Group,
1990-92.
Publications:
(ed) Management and Headship in
the Secondary School, 1977.
(ed) Discipline in Primary and
Secondary Schools Today, 1979;
Recreations: work, wine, opera,
photography, travel
Address: 74, Clarkegrove Road,
Sheffield S10 2NJ
Died 7 Nov 1994. |
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