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Letter from the Headmaster
September 2005
As I write this, the new term is just about to begin at Brighton College.
I can hardly believe that it has been eight years since I succeeded John Leach in September 1997.
I was fortunate to take over a very good school indeed, which has been built up by John, Bill Blackshaw and their predecessors. The buildings are some of the finest in Sussex and the reputation of the College has always been of the highest.
One of the highlights of my years at the College has been meeting so many Old Brightonians, increasing numbers of whom are parents or grandparents. After all, why should you send your children to any other independent school when the results at Brighton College are amongst the very best?
If I was to pick out one OB event in particular which symbolises for me the best of the College and the OBA, it was the visit organised by OB and governor Ian White to Ypres last year to unveil a plaque to OBs who fell in the war at St George's Chapel. Every single OB who came on that trip said it was one of the most memorable experiences in their lifetimes. I will never forget Clare Connor and other OBs reading poems aloud to the group at Sanctuary Wood, a system of trenches near Ypres, as the leaves fell and the group of forty gathered round in a hushed awe.
I would like to conclude by thanking the OB Presidents who I have worked alongside, who include Peter Dingemans, Richard Brightwell, Andrew Symonds, Jane Haviland and now David Gold, and the committee for all their tireless support and work. I'd also like to thank OBs themselves for all their kindnesses over the last eight years. It is a particular pleasure that the numbers of OBs will have swelled by over a thousand during my period as Headmaster.
Anthony Seldon
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