ACS (Int) to have new Principal in 2010

ACS (INTERNATIONAL) will have a new principal in January 2010. He is Mr Kerr Fulton-Peebles, who will take over from the Rev Dr John Barrett, who will be retiring. The Rev Dr Barrett has been heading the school since its inception in January 2005.

Mr Fulton-Peebles is 53 and married with four children, aged 23, 21, 18 and 13. He is currently the Headmaster of King Edward’s School, Witley, Surrey in the UK, an Anglican coeducational boarding and day school with a significant proportion of international students. He was previously the Principal of King William’s College in the Isle of Man.

Mr Fulton-Peebles was born and brought up in Scotland. He has an honours MA degree in Geography and Economics from Edinburgh University and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education from Moray House College of Education, Edinburgh.

He is a member of the Headmasters/Headmistresses Conference of the UK (HMC), is the chairman of HMC Projects in Central and Eastern Europe and represents HMC on the Council of International Principals. He is a trained School Inspector, and has wide educational experience, including experience of administering and teaching GCSE and the IB Diploma.

He and his wife are very committed Christians. He was brought up in the Church of Scotland. Since moving to the UK, he and his wife have become communicant members and have been attending services at their local Anglican Church regularly.

Mr Fulton-Peebles will visit the school for a period in November for discussions with staff and to begin the handover. However, the Rev Dr Barrett will continue to lead the school until the end of the year.