# Tom Wheare
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'''Thomas David Wheare''' [FRSA](/source/FRSA) (born 1944) is an English [schoolmaster](/source/schoolmaster) and headmaster.[[http://www.gdst.net/aboutus/introduction/ourleadershipteam/council/Pages/TomWheare.aspx Tom Wheare] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717045851/http://www.gdst.net/aboutus/introduction/ourleadershipteam/council/Pages/TomWheare.aspx |date=2011-07-17 }}, [Girls' Day School Trust](/source/Girls'_Day_School_Trust).]
==Biography==
Wheare was educated at the [Dragon School](/source/Dragon_School) and [Magdalen College School](/source/Magdalen_College_School%2C_Oxford) in [Oxford](/source/Oxford). He then went on to [King's College, Cambridge](/source/King's_College%2C_Cambridge)[[http://web.bryanston.co.uk/bsbc/buff_prev_bul.html Buffalo Bulletin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513202758/http://web.bryanston.co.uk/bsbc/buff_prev_bul.html |date=2008-05-13 }}, Autumn 2003.] (gaining an [exhibition](/source/Exhibition_(scholarship)), studying [History](/source/History), and singing in the College Choir) and [Christ Church, Oxford](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Oxford) (studying [Education](/source/Education) for a [Dip.Ed.](/source/Diploma_of_Education) and acting as a lay clerk in the [Christ Church Cathedral](/source/Christ_Church_Cathedral%2C_Oxford) Choir).{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}
During his career as a teacher, he has been a [Housemaster](/source/Housemaster) at [Shrewsbury School](/source/Shrewsbury_School) and Assistant Master at [Eton College](/source/Eton_College). From 1983 to 2005, he was Head of [Bryanston School](/source/Bryanston_School) in [Dorset](/source/Dorset).[[http://www.bryanston.co.uk/podium/default.aspx?t=110952 About Bryanston — History], [Bryanston School](/source/Bryanston_School).][Holdsworth, Angela (ed.), ''Bryanston Reflections: Et nova et vetera''. London: Third Millennium Publishing, 2005. {{ISBN|1-903942-38-1}}.] The Tom Wheare Music School at Bryanston, designed by [Hopkins Architects](/source/Hopkins_Architects),[{{cite web|title=The Tom Wheare Music School|url=http://www.hopkins.co.uk/projects/2/164|accessdate=22 March 2015}}][{{cite web|title=Hopkins completes another Bryanston School building|url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/hopkins-completes-another-bryanston-school-building/8679313.article|publisher=Architects Journal 2 March 2015|accessdate=22 March 2015}}] was opened in September 2014.[{{cite news|title=School opens new state-of-the-art music school|url=http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/localnews/dorchester/11481963.School_opens_new_state_of_the_art___8_5m_music_facility/|accessdate=22 March 2015|publisher=Dorset Echo|date=18 Sep 2014}}][{{cite web|title=The new Tom Wheare Music School|url=http://www.bryanston.co.uk/podium/default.aspx?t=204&tn=The+new+Tom+Wheare+Music+School&nid=752344&ptid=113829&sdb=False&pf=pgr&mode=0&vcm=False|accessdate=22 March 2015}}]
Wheare was an active member of the [Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference](/source/Headmasters'_and_Headmistresses'_Conference) (HMC), serving as Treasurer from 1993 to 1999, and chairman in 2000. He has been a governor of a number of schools over the years, including [Blackheath High School](/source/Blackheath_High_School), the Dragon School, [Exeter School](/source/Exeter_School), and [Port Regis School](/source/Port_Regis_School). He is Deputy Chairman of the [Girls' Day School Trust](/source/Girls'_Day_School_Trust)[{{cite web|title=GDST Trustees|url=http://www.gdst.net/2234/about-us/organisational-structure/trustees/|accessdate=22 March 2015}}] and has been a member of the executive committee of the [Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools](/source/Association_of_Governing_Bodies_of_Independent_Schools) (AGBIS).
Wheare is a Fellow of the [Royal Society of Arts](/source/Royal_Society_of_Arts). He edits the annual ''Which School?'' books[Wheare, T.D. (ed.), ''Which School? 2008'', John Catt Educational Ltd, 2007. {{ISBN|978-1-904724-43-8}}.][Wheare, T.D. (ed.), ''Which School? 2009'', John Catt Educational Ltd, 2008.] and the HMC magazine, ''Conference & Common Room''.
He is the son of [Sir Kenneth Wheare](/source/Kenneth_Wheare) and Lady (Joan) Wheare,[{{cite web|title=Joan Wheare: Oxford's 'urban guerrilla'|url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/community/obituaries/obits/10789899.Rebel_with_many_causes_who__was_Oxford___s____urban_guerilla___/|publisher=Oxford Mail|accessdate=22 March 2015}}] is married and has two daughters. He lives in [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire).[
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Category:1944 births
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Category:People educated at The Dragon School
Category:People educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford
Category:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Category:Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
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Category:Headmasters of Bryanston School
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