Mrs. Michael Crossley

Mr. & Mrs. CrossleyMike is forty-four years old and has been Deputy Head at Bishop Stortford College Junior School since 2004.He has a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Liverpool and has a strong background in prep school education where he has taught English up to scholarship level with much success.He has a National Professional Qualification for Headship from the National College of School Leadership, and certificates in teaching English as a foreign language and teaching children with specific learning difficulties.

His previous appointments were Head of English and Master in Charge of the Upper School at The Beacon School in Amersham and as an English teacher at St. Faith's School in Cambridge.

He coordinated and designed Bishop Stortford's performance management process and introduced the school's behavioural and anti-bullying policies.He currently oversees the Head of Boarding and boarding procedures amongst his other duties.

Mike, in his younger days, played rugby to a high level and was captain of Hertfordshire for a period, as well as being selected to play for the Eastern Counties.He also enjoyed a successful season in Australia playing for Melbourne Rugby Club and represented Victoria whilst travelling to the Far East in 1991.

Mike and Alex have a daughter and a son aged seven and three respectively, and the family will live in the flat within the school.
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We will all have an opportunity to meet Mike and Alex Crossley during the course of the coming school year, as they will be invited to several of the school's functions.

I am sure you will all want to join me in congratulating Mike Crossley, Head of Upper School, Head of English and Master in charge of Rugby, who has been appointed Deputy Head of the Junior School at Bishop's Stortford College from September.This is a tremendous accolade to his talents, which he has devoted to The Beacon for many years.Bishop's Stortford is a large co-ed prep school of well over 500 pupils in Hertfordshire and Mike will enjoy a very demanding role, one that he will accomplish with distinction.

Congratulations to the following boys who, following their Common Entrance examinations, have been offered places at the schools of their first choice:
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Mike Crossley