Hugh Raymond Wright is an English schoolmaster and educationalist who was chairman of the Headmasters" Conference for 1995–1996.
Background
The son of the Review Raymond Blayney Wright and his wife Alice Mary Hawksworth, Wright was educated at Kingswood School, Bath, from 1949 to 1957 and The Queen"s College, Oxford, where he was a Bible Clerk and graduated Bachelor and later Master of Arts in Literae Humaniores.
Career
His first post was as an assistant master at Brentwood School, from 1961 to 1964. From 1964 to 1979, he taught at Cheltenham College, where he was Head of Classics from 1967 to 1972 and housemaster of Boyne House, 1971 to 1979. His first appointment as a headmaster came at Stockport Grammar School, from 1979, and in 1985 he became head of Gresham"s School, Holt, remaining there until 1991.
Finally he was Chief Master of King Edward"s School, Birmingham, from 1991 to 1998.
He was elected Chairman of the Headmasters" Conference in 1995, a year before it became the Headmasters" and Headmistresses" Conference, having previously chaired its North West District from 1983 and its Community Service Sub-Committee from 1985 to 1990. We are talking about one-off initiatives, not grandiose schemes".
He chaired a group called the "Children"s University", providing Saturday schools, and a summer literacy scheme for eleven-year-olds was held at King Edward"s in 1997. Admiralty Interview Board Panel, 1982-1995
Chairman of National Steering Committee for Children"s University, 1995–2001
Chairman of Governors, Kingswood School, Bath, 1998–2006 (and governor, 1995–1998)
In 1962, Wright married Jillian Mary McIldowie Meiklejohn, and they have three sons.
Membership
Member of Bloxham Project Committee, 1993–1998, and Trustee, 1998–2006
Member of Governing Bodies Association Committee, 2000-2003
Member of Chaplaincy Team, Shepton Mallet Prison, 2001–
He is a member of the East India Club and gives his recreations in Who"s Who as "music, theatre, hill walking, wildfowl, gardening, Rugby football".