Maida Vale School appoints new Head Teacher for April 2023

Gardener Schools Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Magnus Bashaarat as the new Head Teacher of Maida Vale School, London. Mr Bashaarat will commence his role at Maida Vale in April 2023. We would like to express our gratitude to our current Head Mr Steven Winter for his hard work and dedication in helping found MVS.

Mr Bashaarat is highly experienced and joins us having been Head Teacher of Milton Abbey School and, most recently, Bedales. We are confident we have appointed a dynamic, experienced and empathetic leader to take our growing school on to its next stage.

During the Spring Term, parents, staff and pupils will have the opportunity to meet Mr Bashaarat as part of the transition process. This will enable him to take up the role of Head Teacher with greater insight and preparedness in the Summer Term. He will also attend our school Open Events during the Spring Term.

Below is a short biography written by Mr Bashaarat:

“I read English at Edinburgh University and worked as a journalist before completing my teacher training at King’s College, London. I began my career at Sherborne School in Dorset and then moved to Eton College where I spent fifteen years, seven of them as a house master. I moved as Deputy Head to Stowe School, Buckinghamshire, and on to Milton Abbey School, Dorset, as Head in 2013, and then from there to Bedales School, Hampshire, as Head in 2018. Alongside my Headship role I am a Governor at The University of Winchester.

“I am married to Camilla, and we have three children. I enjoy cycling and rowing, and still compete in events in both. In the summer I enjoy playing cricket for a team I founded whilst at university; I do not play football anymore but enjoy watching football of all levels. I am passionate about theatre and the creative arts. I acted at school and university and have directed plays often in the past and was a Trustee at The Royal and Derngate Theatre in Northampton. I read widely, especially historical fiction, American fiction, military history and poetry. I have championed contemporary poetry in the classroom and introduce pupils to new poets and their work whenever possible.”