A NEW headteacher will be taking up his post at Ludlow's secondary school next year.

The Diocese of Hereford Multi-Academy Trust has announced that a new headteacher has been appointed at Ludlow Church of England School, the secondary school for Ludlow and the surrounding area.

The appointment of Mark Burton was unanimously agreed by the experienced selection panel after a very competitive process involving a number of impressive candidates.

Acedemy trust chief executive, Canon Andrew Teale, said: “We are very pleased to have appointed Mr Burton as the new headteacher at Ludlow Church of England Secondary School.

“As our school community in Ludlow would expect, we carried out detailed due diligence on all our shortlisted candidates and while we considered a number of very credible and impressive individuals for this role, he came out of the thorough, detailed selection process as the unanimous choice of everyone on our panel.

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“I am confident that Mr Burton was the best candidate we interviewed and we were particularly impressed by the way he dealt with difficult questions about the type of challenges being faced by schools right across the country at the present time. We were left in no doubt that he will lead the school very well.”

“Mr Burton is absolutely delighted to have been offered this role and we are very pleased that he has agreed to take up the opportunity that we have offered him.”

“While Mr Burton will officially be starting in his new role in January 2024 prior to that he will spend time getting to know the school itself and also the wider school community in Ludlow.”