Hello. I am delighted to welcome you to John Ferneley College. My name is Terry Claridge and I am the Headteacher at John Ferneley, having started in April 2024. This is, therefore, a really exciting moment for me, for you and for your children, as we all look forward to our first time at John Ferneley. Not only that, but joining John Ferneley also means joining the Mowbray Education Trust, which means joining a school and trust that has at its heart the value that children come first, and that is paramount to all the work we do. 

In choosing us, your child will be joining a strong network of very supportive and experienced staff, a school that is moving from strength to strength and a school that has sky high ambition for all pupils. John Ferneley is a school that values academic success, and absolutely believes that every child has the right to a world class education, allowing them to reach their full potential and to better their own lives and the lives of those around them. The opportunity for a great education also depends on the right support and pastoral care for all. As a parent myself, I know only too well that a happy and settled child, given great opportunities and great teaching, will thrive. 

All children at John Ferneley have the opportunity to participate in, and contribute to, a wide variety of enrichment activities, trips, events and student rewards that will ensure that their experience is academically successful, as well as having enrichment as an experience. Most importantly, they will have the chance to be themselves, and will know that we will value their individual contributions to school life.

As teachers, our role is primarily to prepare young people for their next steps in life and as such, they will benefit from a very broad and balanced knowledge-rich curriculum, with chances to study a wide range of subjects, both at key stage three and key stage four. John Ferneley has very talented teachers, who are passionate about their subject and curriculum. That matters. Your child's education being delivered by knowledgeable, passionate teachers gives them every chance to succeed. 

I am honoured to lead a school that has high expectations. 

Terry Claridge
Headteacher at John Ferneley College