David Scott (headmaster)
Encyclopedia
David G Scott is an Australian educationalist who has been the Principal of Kingswood College
, Melbourne, Anglican Church Grammar School
(Churchie), Brisbane, and is the immediate past Headmaster of Newington College
, Sydney.
. In 1994, he moved to Victoria as Headmaster of Kingswood College. He was the sixth Headmaster of Anglican Church Grammar School
("Churchie"), in Brisbane. He has been a Western Australian state youth sailing
coach and has competed in sailing at international, national and state competitions and has won Masters rowing
events in national competitions.
contested this, claiming that "it's certainly very similar to what WorkChoices allow employers to do."
On 20 March 2008 Scott announced his resignation as Headmaster of Newington College effective from 31 December 2008. He plans to retire to Western Australia. The headmastership at Newington College will be taken over by Dr David Mulford, effective from 1 January 2009.
, a large, Kindergarten to Year 12 IB World School with campuses at Melton and Caroline Springs in the western suburbs of Melbourne.
Kingswood College
Kingswood College is coeducational K-12 college operating under the auspices of the Uniting Church in Australia, located in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Box Hill, Victoria, Australia...
, Melbourne, Anglican Church Grammar School
Anglican Church Grammar School
The Anglican Church Grammar School , is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for boys, located in East Brisbane, an inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.Founded in 1912 by Canon William Perry French Morris, Churchie has a non-selective...
(Churchie), Brisbane, and is the immediate past Headmaster of Newington College
Newington College
Newington College is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for boys, located in Stanmore, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
, Sydney.
Teaching career
Scott taught for 21 years in government schools in Western Australia before being appointed as Deputy Headmaster of Wesley College, PerthWesley College, Perth
Wesley College, informally known as Wesley, is an independent, day and boarding school for boys and girls , situated in South Perth, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia....
. In 1994, he moved to Victoria as Headmaster of Kingswood College. He was the sixth Headmaster of Anglican Church Grammar School
Anglican Church Grammar School
The Anglican Church Grammar School , is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for boys, located in East Brisbane, an inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.Founded in 1912 by Canon William Perry French Morris, Churchie has a non-selective...
("Churchie"), in Brisbane. He has been a Western Australian state youth sailing
Sailing
Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and...
coach and has competed in sailing at international, national and state competitions and has won Masters rowing
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
events in national competitions.
Anglican Church Grammar School
Scott was appointed in 1998 as the sixth Headmaster of Churchie. During a period of publicity over sex abuse allegations in Anglican schools and churches, Scott decided to contact 20,000 past and present students to ask about any abuse they may have experienced.Newington College
Scott was Headmaster of Newington College from mid-2003 to the end of 2008. During 2006, the press reported on a dispute where 40 department heads and housemasters were according to news reports forced to reapply for their positions. Scott said the action was part of a comprehensive review and had nothing to do with the Work Choices reforms, however Lee Rhiannon of the Australian GreensAustralian Greens
The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is an Australian green political party.The party was formed in 1992; however, its origins can be traced to the early environmental movement in Australia and the formation of the United Tasmania Group , the first Green party in the world, which...
contested this, claiming that "it's certainly very similar to what WorkChoices allow employers to do."
On 20 March 2008 Scott announced his resignation as Headmaster of Newington College effective from 31 December 2008. He plans to retire to Western Australia. The headmastership at Newington College will be taken over by Dr David Mulford, effective from 1 January 2009.
Mowbray College
He was (October–December 2009) acting principal of Mowbray CollegeMowbray College
Mowbray College is an independent, non-selective, co-educational day school, located in Maldon and Caroline Springs, Victoria, Australia.The school has three campuses. The Patterson campus, located at Melton, teaches students from pre-school to Year Twelve. The Brookside and Town Centre campuses...
, a large, Kindergarten to Year 12 IB World School with campuses at Melton and Caroline Springs in the western suburbs of Melbourne.