Head Appointed for Guildhouse School

Following our recent search for CATS Global Schools were are pleased to share the news of John Wilson’s appointment and wish him all success ahead:

https://www.schoolmanagementplus.com/movers-shakers/john-wilson-to-lead-guildhouse-school-in-london/?swcfpc=1

In our current opportunities we are searching for the next Head of CATS Cambridge. For more details please visit:

https://www.wildsearch.org/opportunities/2025/12/1/cats-global-schools-cambridge-principal

Cornish Mutual NED Appointed

Following an extensive search for a board member with farming experience, the Cornish Mutual have appointed Bridget Whell, who farms at Leyonne near Fowey. She is a former Cornwall NFU Chair and farms with her husband and two daughters with a herd of 450 cows.  

Edward Wild summarises some of the highlights of our upcoming publication, Leading Education:

https://www.schoolmanagementplus.com/heads-governors-school-leadership-governance/what-exactly-have-politicians-done-for-education/

Leading Education: Upcoming Publication to Celebrate a Century of Education Secretaries

Our think tank, Wild Research, will be launching its 35th publication, in partnership with Cairneagle. The publication will include essays by 14 leading academics, education leaders and politicians on a selection of politicians who have led the Department for Education and its predecessor departments since 1925 to the present day. From Eustace Percy to Michael Gove, the report includes a wide range of politicians, each of whom made a distinct contribution to education policy and legislation through a century of history.

The report will be launched on 11 November and available to download from our website.

Edward Wild writes for Schools Management Plus on Education Governance

Wild Search has a well established interest in education governance, the subject our think tank’s first ever report in 2011 and a theme to which we have returned in subsequent publications. Our founder Edward Wild reflects on some of the challenges in this article:

https://www.schoolmanagementplus.com/heads-governors-school-leadership-governance/is-it-time-for-change-in-independent-school-governance/ 

To download any of our reports on this and other themes please visit: https://www.wildsearch.org/research-education

Primera BID Leaders Appointed to CDA and Hatton Garden

Wild Search have advised a number of Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) on key appointments, most recently working for the Central District Alliance, part of the Primera group of BIDs and Hatton Garden BID.

We wish Sam and Alex all success in their new roles:

https://www.centraldistrictalliance.com/cda-welcomes-new-deputy-chief-executive/

https://www.hatton-garden.london/news-and-events/hatton-garden-bid-welcomes-new-bid-director-