Highlight of the Week

New Head officially commissioned

Mrs Clare Sherwood, the new Head of the Cathedral School, was officially commissioned in Llandaff Cathedral this week.

At the first Senior Eucharist of the new academic year, the Reverend Canon Brendan Clover, Senior Provost of the Woodard Schools Corporation, undertook official proceedings, along with the Cathedral School’s Chaplain and the Dean of Llandaff Cathedral.

On her commissioning, Mrs Sherwood said: “I felt incredibly proud to stand before the pupils, staff and governors and be officially commissioned as Head of the Cathedral School. Having been educated at a cathedral school myself, I feel privileged to be leading a school with a similar ethos and values.  

“I have thoroughly enjoyed meeting members of the Cathedral School community this week and very much look forward to meeting many more as the term progresses. My family and I have been warmly welcomed since our move to Llandaff this summer.

“The Cathedral School has a reputation for excellence and following a period of significant development, with the introduction of sixth form teaching, this is an exciting time in the School’s history.”

Mrs Sherwood was educated at Hereford Cathedral School, and progressed from there to read History at Pembroke College, Cambridge. At Cambridge she held a choral scholarship, captained her college teams in Netball and Ladies’ Cricket, and played Ladies’ Football and Rugby.

She trained as a History teacher at Bristol University, and taught firstly in Charters Comprehensive School in Ascot, then at Leighton Park School in Reading, and was Head of History at Wycombe Abbey School. She joined Blundell’s as Deputy Head in 2011. She is also a serving school inspector with the Independent Schools Inspectorate.

Mrs Sherwood is married to Simon, a fellow teacher and musician; the couple have three children, two sons (ages 12 & 6) and a daughter (aged 9).