One Year in Kuwait Turns into 17
In this episode, Richard Marchant shares his experience of moving to Kuwait with a family and how he is now the Secondary Headteacher at the New English School.
EdCircuit Staff
Richard Marchant is currently working in a thriving and forward thinking secondary school in Kuwait. During his role as Secondary Headteacher at the New English School, and formerly Deputy Headteacher, he has led the development of educational technology in the school community. This has culminated in the highly successful deployment of Chromebooks to all students from Year 4 to Year 13 during the last 12 months.
In March 2017, Google welcomed the New English School to the Google for Education Reference Programme in recognition of the early success of the one to one project. Richard qualified as a specialist chemistry teacher in 1997 and moved to the New English School, Kuwait in 2001. He has been in senior management at the school since 2004, completed his Master’s degree in Educational Leadership in 2012 and the National Professional Qualification for Headship in 2015.