Background
Able, Graham George was born on July 28, 1947 in Norwich, Norfolk, England. Son of George Jasper and Irene Helen Able.
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Able, Graham George was born on July 28, 1947 in Norwich, Norfolk, England. Son of George Jasper and Irene Helen Able.
He was educated at Worksop College and went on to study Natural Sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he received his Master of Arts in 1968. In 1969 he completed his Postgraduate Certificate in Education and married Mary Susan Munro with whom he has a son, and a daughter. In 1983 he also completed an Master of Arts in Social Sciences from Durham University.
After completing his Postgraduate Certificate in Education in 1969 Graham Able went on to teach at Sutton Valence School. In 1976 he became the Boarding Housemaster and he continued in this role until his departure in 1983. In that year he took up the position of Second Master at Barnard Castle School and in 1988 he left Barnard Castle School and went on to become the Headmaster of Hampton School.
During his time at Hampton School he jointly published ‘’Head to Head’’ in 1992, became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1994, and MIoD in 1995.
In 1996 he left Hampton School and took up the position of Master of Dulwich College in 1997. He retired in the Summer of 2009.
During his time at Dulwich College Graham Able was Company-Chairman of the HMC and General Services Administration Education and Academic Policy Committee (from 1998 to 2001). In 2003 he was chairman of the HMC. Since 1998 he has been on the Edexcel Foundation Council, on the Council and Court of ICSTM since 1999 and on the Council of Roedean School since 2000.
In 2010, Graham Able took up the position of Chief Executive of the Alpha Plus Group, an education company that owns a number of schools and colleges in the United Kingdom.
Member council Imperial College, London, 1999, Roedean School, Brighton, England. Member of International Boys Schools Coalition (trustee 2000, vice president 2004), Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference (chairman 2003).
Married Mary Susan Munro, August 16, 1969. Children: Richard, Lisa Maria.