FAREWELL
TO STAFF LEAVING
At the end of May 2020, we said farewell to Julia Wood who had been the Bursar at St George’s since August 2011. Over this time Julia has been in charge of the finance and operations side of the School and, as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, worked closely with me and the Deputy Heads, as well as the Governors. In a smaller school a Bursar has much greater interaction with staff and pupils than in a larger school and Julia developed strong relationships across the staff and an understanding and appreciation of many areas of school life. Always willing to help out in whatever capacity was needed, Julia’s legacy is most obvious on the St George’s site in the two major building projects which she led; the new School Library, which opened in 2019, and the impressive new Swimming Pool which opened in September 2019. Julia is well connected within the world of independent school Bursars having worked at Winchester College and the Independent Schools’ Bursars Association before joining St George’s. She has moved to become Director of Finance and Operations at Woldingham School where she is excited to embark on new development projects and will oversee a far larger school site, of 700 acres, including a herd of resident cattle! Julia left St George’s during the period when the school buildings were closed and therefore, we have not been able to say a proper thank you for all that she has given to St George’s over the years and give her a proper send-off in School as yet, but we look forward to welcoming her back to St George’s when circumstances allow. JULIA WOOD BURSAR
Liz Hewer
Flora Burrows joined St George’s as Head of Modern Languages in September 2011 after a successful stint at The Reading School. She was a popular member of staff with both colleagues and pupils and much loved as a tutor to the Sixth Form. Girls found her easy to talk to and would often ask to be allocated to her tutor group. As a linguist, Flora saw the value of taking pupils out of the classroom and out of the country on trips in order to improve their skills and have fun at the same time. Trips included the annual Third Year residential visit to Normandy and a highly successful visit to Tenerife with the Geography department in 2018. We were very sorry to see Flora leave us in January 2020 in order to take up a role closer to home and wish her all the best with her future career.
FLORA BURROWS HEAD OF MODERN LANGUAGES 06
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