The Board of Governors is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Edward Swanwick as the new Head of Luckley House School from September 2025. Mr Swanwick replaces Mrs Areti Bizior, who has been at Luckley House since September 2020 and is leaving to move to the Dean Close Foundation in Cheltenham with her family.
Mr Edward Swanwick joins Luckley House from Westbourne School where he is currently the Vice Principal. Prior to this, Mr Swanwick was Senior Deputy Head at Toowoomba Anglican School in Australia. Professional roles in the UK have included Deputy Head (Pastoral) and Designated Safeguarding Lead at Clifton College in Bristol and Assistant Head (Head of Boarding) at Abingdon School in Oxfordshire. In addition to his current role, Mr Swanwick is also a Governor of Sibford School, Oxfordshire, an independent coeducational all-through boarding and day school. Mr Swanwick graduated from Cambridge with a Master of Educational Leadership and School Improvement. He was raised in Australia, where he obtained his first undergraduate degree, a Bachelor of Arts (English and Politics) from the University of Queensland before obtaining a Bachelor of Education, also from the University of Queensland.
On joining Luckley Mr Swanwick comments:
“I feel honoured to have been appointed as the next Head of Luckley House School.
Throughout the recruitment process, I was continually impressed by the warmth of the Luckley House community, the strength of its Christian ethos, and the ambitious vision the School holds for its future.
Luckley House’s values resonate deeply with my own – particularly the commitment to holistic education, strong pastoral care, academic ambition and the development of young people of outstanding character. I very much look forward to working with the pupils, parents, staff, governors and alumni, building upon the School’s many successes and contributing to its exciting next chapter.”
We look forward to working with Mr Swanwick and the wider staff to deliver the next chapter of Luckley’s strategic vision to provide an outstanding holistic education, preparing our pupils to be ready for the wider world and all the challenges and opportunities that face them. Mr Swanwick joins Luckley at a hugely exciting time in its development and we are very pleased to welcome him and his family to Luckley House.
Mrs Claire Tao
Chair of Governors
